http://www.pampelmoose.com/2008/06/radio-listening-continues-to-decline-steepest-decline-among-college-grads music . media . web. culture Wed, 18 Jan 2012 02:16:05 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.pampelmoose.com/2008/06/radio-listening-continues-to-decline-steepest-decline-among-college-grads/comment-page-1#comment-187106 Westcoastliberal Wed, 28 Dec 2011 03:19:33 +0000 http://www.pampelmoose.com/mspeaks/?p=1570#comment-187106 This isn't just the result of "competing" media made possible by new tech, it's also very much about the consolidation of the Radio industry and the bland, generic, no-talent product being delivered to the U.S. Radio market by consolidators such as Clear Channel and Cumulus. The idea that one company should hold licenses on 1,000+ Radio signals is killing the Radio industry. And when younger listeners stop using the medium, one more generational cycle and you might as well turn off the transmitter and save the power bill. This isn’t just the result of “competing” media made possible by new tech, it’s also very much about the consolidation of the Radio industry and the bland, generic, no-talent product being delivered to the U.S. Radio market by consolidators such as Clear Channel and Cumulus.
The idea that one company should hold licenses on 1,000+ Radio signals is killing the Radio industry. And when younger listeners stop using the medium, one more generational cycle and you might as well turn off the transmitter and save the power bill.

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