According to Apple, their last phone that had an FM chip in it was the 
iPhone 6. 
https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/28/16379316/fcc-iphone-fm-radio-activation-request-ajit-pai


On 2/2/20 3:06 PM, Bill Pasco wrote:
> I was a career broadcaster, 42 years in the business. Though a lot of 
> what Ted said is correct, there are some small pieces of 
> misinformation in his post I'd like to correct, and also give my view.
> First, I think this actually is on topic. Why, because we are 
> confusing terms a little bit here. It is the portability of an audio 
> local information source that you would mostly miss if conventional 
> radio died out. This is in fact being replace by your GTE wireless 
> devices. The iPhone and Android phone already have the hardware 
> ability to get conventional radio signals, but the manufacturers have 
> purposely left it turned off because the evolving GTE cell network 
> make it obsolescent and not really necessary. Being tied to the web 
> does not mean being hard wired. Nearly all local radio stations 
> already have web based streaming services through Tune-In, Pandora, 
> I-Heart radio, or directly through Amazon's Alexa app. I have a hunch 
> that Google and Apple also have these services. Nearly everyone under 
> the age of 60 already has a smart phone of some kind, and many older 
> folks do too, though not all. Most folks keep that phone with them 
> 24-7. Web services are easily compatible with other functions of that 
> phone, so even while listening you can take or make calls, surf the 
> web, check email or whatever.
> It is actually not true that conventional radio does not pay artists 
> for using their music. They do not pay directly, that is true. But 
> every radio station has to have ASCAP, BMI, and SESAC licenses. Based 
> on what is played, these organizations collect fees for those songs, 
> and it is then paid to the artists who are a part of those 
> organizations as artists. If the artist is totally independent, then 
> he has to take care of his music rights himself, and that doesn't work 
> so well.
>
> FM and AM both are already available through digital. Not every area 
> has it, but most major cities do. FM HD, which is just a branded term 
> for digital, features a simulcast of there standard FM signal, and 
> then also often adds one or two additional HD channels to the signal. 
> You must have an HD radio to hear it. There are portables and table 
> top HD radios out there, and all car radios now have this ability. It 
> has been slow to catch on, but it is still out there.
>
> AM also has HD. It makes AM sound prety darn good, but it has very 
> limited range. AM frankly is very expensive to operate, and by todays 
> standards, it is just to limited technically. It will die eventually.
>
> ShortWave is already dead. The only conventional short wave stations 
> still around are religious. Everyone else has gone to digital web 
> based systems. The only other thing still using SW are some digital 
> text and video services which you cannot decode anyway.
> So, conventional analog broadcast radio will slowly die out, but the 
> stations will still exist, and you will still be able to reach them 
> using some form of over the air digital. I predict that it will all 
> eventually migrate to your personal device, sometimes called a smart 
> phone. I honestly think satellite based radio will die too, Serius XM 
> already offers a robust streaming service and they are having trouble 
> making money with the satellite audio service. Satellite will mostly 
> be used to relay services and signals to local hubs for distribution 
> through the cell network. Guess what, we'll all still call it radio. 
> Technically, it is still radio. Signals being transmitted through the 
> air but digitally encoded.
>
> The problem with local verses national information is really not 
> related to radio in itself. It is related to ownership of content 
> producers. Local ownership is almost gone. Conglomerates own most of 
> the distribution capability of content. So, my friend, as usual, it 
> comes down to a question of money.
>
> Hope this was helpful. Sorry for the length, but it is a complicated 
> subject.
>
> Bill
>
>
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