A New Media Perspective: Is Talk Radio Taking Music’s Place on Radio?

A recent NY Times story says that many radio channels are making the switch to talk radio and dropping the rock format altogether. Maybe that’s an early sign of the shift to new–alternative–media like streaming audio, iPods, CDs, and XM. If people want their rock, most don’t need to get it from radio, at least so it seems. Maybe the future of radio is primarily news and talk and music is the exception. In my car and home, when I want to listen to music the last place I turn to is the radio.

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