"Brenda Ann" wrote in message
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The average person is simply happy with what they have, and uninterested
in spending the money for a so called upgrade.

The average person IS happy - but he is NOT listening to radio these days.
One more generation of MP3 player listeners who grow up not listening to
radio *at all* will be the end of radio.

Personal anecdote. I have a 20 year old daughter in college. She is home
for Christmas vacation. She is *very* into her digital music collection.
She has *no* vinyl records/cassette tapes, very few CDs and never listens to
the radio, but she has tons of MP3s. She noticed I have 2 laptops and 2
"other things" on top of the entertainment center/bookshelf in the upstairs
family room. She asked "why do you have 2 laptops up there?" My answer
was that these were 2 of my AM radio stations - 800 AM and 630 AM. She
asked "What do you mean 800 AM? What is that?" I said "You know, AM
radio." I got a blank stare from her.

Nuff said.

Frankly, I hope that AM radio dies sooner rather than later. It will free
up more frequencies for me to "housecast" internet radio/MP3 players on. I
currently have about 10 AM transmitters, but I am only using 3 of them right
now due to lack of frequencies that don't interfere with each other.