The Day The Music(and talk radio) Died
May 9th 2009 02:51
Don McLean's 1971 ballad, American Pie laments the tragic deaths of rock icons Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and Giles Perry "Big Bopper" Richardson from a plane crash in 1959. With the passing of the three talented singers we most assuredly lost some great songs that would never get to be written.
If Michael Harrison, the founder of Talker's magazine is correct in his dire prediction that celestial radio will be a memory in five short years, then we may have to rethink the date in history "that the music died."
According to Harrison the only segment of radio that is producing revenue today is the "spoken" word format. This includes talk radio, NPR, and sports radio stations. Even these will eventually fall victim to the internet and FM and AM radio will join the newspaper industry in the giant media graveyard.
If Michael Harrison, the founder of Talker's magazine is correct in his dire prediction that celestial radio will be a memory in five short years, then we may have to rethink the date in history "that the music died."
According to Harrison the only segment of radio that is producing revenue today is the "spoken" word format. This includes talk radio, NPR, and sports radio stations. Even these will eventually fall victim to the internet and FM and AM radio will join the newspaper industry in the giant media graveyard.
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