Bedside clock and pocketable transistor radios might be a thing of the past, but these apps keep the spirit of AM / FM alive ...

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.

Edison's latest Share of Ear reveals that 69% of all time spent listening to news audio occurs on radio or its streams.