[Jay] built on the epic instruction set that [Mighty Ohm] published when he first built his own WiFi radio. Both of these radios used the same method of getting onto the internet; a hacked router.

Many Ham Radio operators in the United States participate ... is the fact that most cable companies now broadcast public WiFi hotspots from residential and commercial routers.

In regions where FM stations are spotty and there isn't strong Wi-Fi for streaming, AM radio becomes even more critical, Michael Harrison, the publisher of the talk radio trade journal Talkers ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. I am grounded in autos but range broadly. Yes, you can stream AM radio stations on your smartphones and bring them into the car with you.