why did older cars have such long antennae when newer cars either don’t have one at all or a tiny nub?

Question

why did older cars have such long antennae when newer cars either don’t have one at all or a tiny nub?

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Answer 1

Those long antennas were largely for AM radio. FM radio doesn’t need such a long antenna. So FM antennas are easily hidden sometimes printed on the window glass