Stupid question of the day ... AM radio...

[notmyfirstEV]

Ok after a few months of owning the car, and admitting its not my daily car, its my wife's, I have no idea how to tune the damn radio to an AM station. Yes ... some of us still want to hear talk radio (or sports!) and I have been unable to figure this out. So once your done laughing or "/facepalm" and you know the answer, can you please help an old guy out?

Thank you!

 

[jkcheng122]

Look up the station you want to listen. The 3 doesn't have AM, but it does have HD FM. A lot of the AM stations are available on the 2ndary channels of HD FM stations.

 

[Az_Rael]

Unfortunately there is no AM radio. Why Electric Cars Are Ditching AM Radio

 

[notmyfirstEV]

Well, at least I don't feel as stupid looking for something that can't be found lol.

Thank you for the quick replies.

 

[RTPEV]

Look for it on TunedIn. There are lots of radio stations there.

 

[MikeC24]

You can search for the AM station on Tune-In, then favorite it. The stations then show up on your radio screen. Because it's streaming it takes about 5 seconds to connect to the station. You'll most likely get a short ad that plays first, but the little secret is that if you press the stations preset button again it should by-pass the ad and take you directly to the station.

 

[Matsayz]

Yeah no AM radio on the Model 3. But you can probably stream your station via Bluetooth to the car.

 

[Kurt'sX]

Driving a 2016 Model X with a premium sound package.....and sure enough, no AM radio available. Found it unfortunate because here in the Pacific Northwest our weather/road conditions activate the weather warning system which directs drivers to tune in on an AM radio station.

 

[seattlite2004]

Unfortunately there is no AM radio. Why Electric Cars Are Ditching AM Radio

Bolt, Korean EVs, Jag and Leaf still have AM Radios....Taycan and Etron do not.

 

[Akikiki]

AM radio? Is that really A.M. radio - radio you listen to in the morning? P.M. Radio is the other half of the day? We don't need to stinkin' A.M. radio.

 

[Kevy Baby]

Ok after a few months of owning the car, and admitting its not my daily car, its my wife's, I have no idea how to tune the damn radio to an AM station. Yes ... some of us still want to hear talk radio (or sports!) and I have been unable to figure this out. So once your done laughing or "/facepalm" and you know the answer, can you please help an old guy out?

Thank you!

Not sure which part of California you are in or which stations you are looking for, but in So Cal, I have found KNX (KRTH HD-2) and KLAC (Dodgers radio) can be found on KYSR-HD2 (Alt 98.7). If elsewhere or different stations are desired, I'm sure a simple web search will provide the answers (look for your target station on Wikipedia and you should be able to find the answer there).