Mark Washburn writes:
... Michael Harrison, publisher of the talk-radio magazine Talkers, told a group at the National Association of Broadcasters Radio Show that competing technologies -- like Internet, Wi-Fi, podcasts and cell phones -- would all but fill the niche they now occupy. ¶ "These are dark times for terrestrial radio," Harrison said. "And most people in terrestrial radio are in denial of it." ...
... Harrison, who entered broadcasting in 1967 and has published Talkers since 1990, said he believes most listeners will abandon the traditional AM and FM radio services and migrate to new technologies in the next two decades. ¶ "The next 15 years will be the demise of terrestrial radio as we know it and the rise of the extraterrestrial," he said. Just as Vaudeville gave way to movies and horses to the automobile, he said, radio will be overtaken by gadgets that serve people's needs more efficiently. ...
Link: Charlotte Observer. Internal link added. Thanks to Kurt Hanson's Radio and Internet Newsletter for the tip. --Dennis
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