On Dec 30, 7:15*pm, "Bob Campbell" wrote:
"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.

Radio Listening Transformed By TV and Changed By The Internet
* The TV allows the Radio Listener to Listen and See;
and Transforming Them from simply Listeners to Viewers
and Listeners and becoming Multi-Media Consumers.
* The Internet allows the Radio Listener a Greater Variety
of "Other" Audio Consumer 'Options' plus Visual Video
Options Too; and changed the way they "Think" about
At-Home Media and Personalized Entertainment.
eChat, eZines, eGroups, iPods, iMusic, iPhones, Blogs...

Daily and Nightly Radio Listening was the Primary At-Home
News and Entertainment Source and "Choice" from the 1920
through the 1950s.

By the 1960s TV had Transformer and replaced Radio as
the Primary At-Home News and Entertainment Source and
"Choice".

Add in More TV Channels and Cable TV and Satellite TV
Options with up to a Hundred or more Choices in the 1970s
and 1980s expanded the At-Home Entertainment Options;
often with Radio being a non-consideration.

Then the 1990s brought in the World Wide Web and the
Internet with a whole new level of At-Home Entertainment
Options; with Radio simply being forgotten.

Since the 1990s each new Generation Naturally
{Automatically} "Thinks" of Turning-On the Morning
News, Sports, Weather, and Traffic on the TV or
Checking their FAV Internet Web-Portal for the same
-but Not Radio.

It is only during the Morning Commute in their Cars
and Trucks that they can not Watch TV while Driving :
So AM&FM Radio becomes one 'option' in their minds;
and then mainly for the Traffic and Weather -but- They
have other Audio Entertainment Music 'options' too like
CDs, MP3s and iPods.

They may listen to Radio at work -but- Again they have
other Audio Entertainment Music 'options' too like CDs,
MP3s and iPods; plus their FAV Internet Web-Portal for
the same.

The Evening Commute is much like the Morning Commute
and listening to the Radio is just one option.

Since the 1970s each new Generation Naturally
{Automatically} "Thinks" of Turning-On the Evening
News on the TV not Radio.

Since the 1970s each new Generation Naturally
{Automatically} "Thinks" of Late Night Viewing of
the TV not listening to the Radio.

The new Generations have Big TV and Entertainment
Centers in their Living {Family} Rooms and Radio is
usually a forgotten element of it all.

The new Generations have a TV in every Bedroom and
an Alarm Clock with a built-in Radio which usually is
used for the Alarm and Clock features while the Radio
is a forgotten element.

The new Generations have a TV in their Kitchens; but
you may not find a Radio there anymore.

To the new Generations TV and now the Internet are
"Where-It's At" while Radio is so 'passe'.

FWIW - Each of 'you' Older-Generation Radio Listeners
are Reading this Message on the Internet
-and- That Ain't Radio Either.
-conclusion- YES WE HAVE CHANGED TOO ~ RHF