Fundraising drive on commercial radio WIZZ-1520 (Greenfield, MA)

[Dave Tomm]

True, but keep in mind that spotty service in certain areas with some  
carriers hasn't hastened cellphone growth.  It just means different  
carriers do better in different areas.  I have Sprint, but it doesn't  
work when I visit my dad on the midcoast of Maine.  Everyone there has  
US Cellular.  If you want the technology, you go with what works.  If  
it's not available, you don't.  Heck, there are still rural areas of  
this country that don't even have cable, but it's still considered a  
viable form of television programming distribution.

Like any other new technology, internet radio will start in the larger  
cities and in affluent suburbs.  Those are the areas with "early  
adopters" that will jump on the latest technology as soon as it's  
introduced.  If demand grows, it will spread to the the fringe areas  
of major markets and into medium and smaller cities.  It may never get  
to the very rural parts of this country, much like cable and cellphone  
service, but if it can reach potentially 80 to 90% of the available  
population, it would be considered a success.

-Dave Tomm


On Sep 16, 2009, at 9:59 PM, SteveOrdinetz wrote:

> At 04:48 PM 9/16/2009, Dave Tomm wrote:
>> Car manufacturers are now building docks for the I-Phone, so it can
>> recharge while driving and patches in directly to the car's sound
>> system.  Many stations are developing apps that allow streaming over
>> the I-Phone.  Public Radio has already done it.  Clear Channel has
>> their iheartradio app that allows streaming of nearly all of their
>> stations, plus other content as well.  Individual stations have apps
>> as well.  It's still in the rudimentary stages, but internet radio is
>> coming.  It will make satellite radio largely obsolete and make  
>> things
>> even more difficult for local signals.
>
>
> Realistically, how much bandwidth is available for wireless  
> streaming?  It's one thing when there are only a handful of these  
> devices around but as more and more get "out there" you'll start to  
> see problems.
> Also, keep in mind that, especially here in New England once you get  
> away from the cities & interstate corridors, cell service becomes  
> flakey really fast.
>