Derrick Van Orden: “AM radio has about 45 million listeners each month.”

“Reference AM radios without objection. And one from the national association of farm broadcasters. Reference AM radios without objection. Thank you, Mr. Hooks. AM radio has about 45 million listeners each month. And my constituents rely on this for emergency alert alerts, local news and information, weather in the case of natural disasters, tornadoes, floods, wildfires and other local emergencies.” (00:21–00:25)

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