"D Peter Maus" wrote in message
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About 90% of the population still listens to the radio. Even those
with access to, and regular use of, other technologies.

Much of what you say is true. But Radio is not going away anytime soon.

Perhaps, but I don't think enough of those care about what's there to be
forced into buying a bunch of digital radios to replace their long reliable
analog ones. TV is one thing, NTSC has never been all that great, and most
at least PERCEIVE an improvement over NTSC... radio is not like that. It's
background noise in most cases now (unlike even 30 years ago). If forced to
replace a large number of radios (most households have at least 5 or 6), I
think most will just abandon radio. I know I will. I refuse to allow the
government to force me to replace something that is already meeting my needs
just fine.