On Sun, 9 Mar 2008 01:53:12 GMT, "Scooter" wrote:

Dear, Clear Channel, Cox Radio, Citadel, Emmis and want to be's.
It's a matter of time before the FCC and our bumbling congress forces all
stations to turn off their analog frequencies and go 100% digital. Or maybe
radio is a dying industry. By 2020 radio as we know it will be irrelevant
and replaced by other technologies Like cassette, 8 track tape 45's and
dial-up have become. snip

I disagree. Radio is a timeless, elemental technology which is
probably going to be around as long as humans inhabit this earth. It
will probably decline in popularity as new technologies come around,
but I doubt it will ever completely go away. If large commercial
broadcasters are leaving (analog) radio, that can only be a good
thing, IMO: it will free the airwaves for smaller, independent
broadcasters to operate with little government interference.

BTW, out of the technologies you list, only one is truly obsolete: 8
track tapes. Dial-up is still used by a lot of people, and in rural
areas, it is often the ONLY way to get online. 45s are still a popular
release format among indy rock bands, and a lot of smaller labels are
still releasing vinyl. As for cassettes, they're still widely
available, so presumably, people are still buying them. As a matter of
fact, someone mentioned an article to me a few months ago that was
titled, "Cassettes: the format that refuses to die."
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