Re: [IRCA] A Cold, Harsh Reality for Radio

["Craig Healy" <bubba@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

With off-air radios supposedly not to be installed on some new cars, it 
brought a thought to my alleged mind...

Years ago there were only a few TV stations available in any given city or 
town.  Providence started with Channel 11 in the late 1940's after WWII.  In 
the mid-50's they changed to Channel 10 when Channel 12 came on.  In the 
mid-60's Channel 6 came on, completing ABC/CBS/NBC networks.

Some time later, cable TV came along and it's claimed there are many 
hundreds of channels available.  Some people think that over-the-air TV 
doesn't matter any more because of cable.  And these days it's beginning to 
have Netflix and similar sources tossing cable off to the side.

Transfer that history to radio.  Streams are the radio equivalent of cable. 
When 4G is universal, iPods/iPads/iPhones and the later summary to a single 
portable internet and phone will get any stream, anywhere.  At that point 
some people will think that over the air radio doesn't matter because of 
internet.

So, in ten or twenty years radios may not matter very much.  One of my 
clients sold their FM radio station but kept programming on streams. 
Different programming, different speeds and types of streams.  It may be 
quite early, but they might just survive.  Their streams are quite nice. 
http://www.mvyradio.com

The bottom line is that time does change the world.  Look at the use of cars 
vs. horses from 1905 to 1925.  Twenty years made a whole 'nuther world. 
Time may do that for radio as well.

Craig Healy
Providence, RI

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