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A deadline looms for a long simmering campaign in Washington, D.C., as lawmakers push to make AM radios a mandatory feature in all new cars in the U.S. The AM radio for every vehicle act has been around in one form or another for a few years and has support from both parties in Congress. This year it faces being wrapped into a larger package of transportation related bills called the Build America 250 Act, which lawmakers are targeting for passage by the 30th of September. Citybates centers on AM radios traditional role as a medium of choice to carry emergency broadcasts in case of natural disasters or severe weather. Auto manufacturers who oppose the measure say that the advent of electric vehicles has created interference with the AM signal and that makes listening all but futile. They also cite the added cost of continuing to use AM in vehicles. This is Kent Peterson, KC-0 DGY.