tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34636862011-07-28T07:03:46.692-07:00Podcasting, satellite radio, streaming media, the aging of the Baby Boomers, the growth of the Hispanic market and the iPod are rapidly changing the Future of Radio. Hold on tight - it may be a bumpy ride.FindAnISPnoreply@blogger.comBlogger51100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463686.post-1143870623442319112006-03-31T21:24:00.000-08:002007-01-15T00:58:11.873-08:00

Monica Crowley, long-time weekend host on WABC, goes syndicated on Westwood One this weekend. The show will be live from Noon to 3 PM Eastern time (remember that this weekend is the start of Daylight Savings Time). The program starts out with about 80 affiliates.Monica's claim to fame was spending time with Richard Nixon during his final years, and writing two books about Nixon's life. Since 1996

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Sure, there are some exceptions - but while updating the streaming radio directory, it is obvious that most high schools, colleges and universities that hold low power educational FM licenses are letting them go dark - at least the schools are removing any reference to them from their official web sites. Some others are being handed over to their local public radio network to run with syndicated

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Over the Air HD radio has arrived (well almost). Clear Channel is clearly the company leading the movement to bring Over the Air radio into the Digital Age, starting its HD rollout in most major markets.Just as TV is entering the digital age, radio is now on the edge of the digital age for many of the same reasons:CD quality sound without needing new frequencies or additional bandwidthBetter

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About two weeks ago, WBAL in Baltimore announced it is dropping Rush Limbaugh and replacing his show with local programming. Read about it here.One of the reasons for Rush's original growth was he was an early adopter of Compuserv (pre-internet) and used it to access Lexis Nexis to do research to locate historical media accounts related to current events. Skillfully using an information service

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The purpose of this blog is to provoke discussion about the future of radio. Radio is undergoing significant challengesDeregulation and the industry consolidationThe birth of Satellite RadioThe coming Analog to Digital conversionCompetition from Internet Streaming and PodcastingPersonal Media players and internet dissemination of musicThe author of this blog is not an "industry insider" - just a

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