so, what is "radio" good for?

[Alan Tolz]

I'm guessing that "radio" will be in the audio content delivery business 
over wireless internet in cars and through your computers, laptops and 
cellphones as well.   The basic tenants of audio entertainment/information 
will still be there and the winners will be those who are the best branded, 
LOCAL providers.  Just because a more egalitarian delivery system than 
transmitters and towers will reign won't change what people want - A 
connection with a personality, their immediate geographical area, and their 
favorite audio entertainment, whether it's music, talk, sports, news, 
whatever.  If you can stand out as a provider by way of any of these 
factors, people will listen.

They'll listen on their radios until wi-fi is ubiquitous because radio is 
FREE.  That's what keeps radio alive now, FREE and LOCAL entertainment and 
information delivery.

Alan Tolz
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <mike@miscon.net>
To: <boston-radio-interest@rolinin.bostonradio.org>
Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 12:47 PM
Subject: so, what is "radio" good for?


>
>
> As technology progresses, and real-time traffic, weather, and sports
> becomes readily - and more easily - available in a mobile environment;
> where music is available from a personal play-list, or provided (wireless)
> through an internet entity; where "news" becomes a "social
> platform" that allows anyone anywhere to be a "reporter;"
> what does "radio" do? What is its purpose? Its meaning?
>
> I'm not trying - as many others have done in the past - to predict
> the death of radio, but rather I'm wondering how it will change, adapt,
> remain relevant. And I'm asking you, esteemed list members, what the
> future holds. What will radio be live five, twenty, or fifty years from
> now?
>
> Mike
>