National Hockey League says Stanley Cup Final on radio in Boston

[ljs0610@comcast.net]

I think you are hearkening back to a truly bygone era.  95% of the population?  You must mean 95% of the population that still listens to OTA radio....which has rapidly diminished and continues to decline.  The population I know under the age of 25 almost NEVER listens to OTA radio stations.  It's satellite or Ipods.  End of story.  They have no patience for listening to what they don't care for and for commercials that don't speak to them.  I truly can be a fan of radio, just not a fan of bad radio which is all too prevalent and has led to the advent of satellite. I don't think anyone who watches television on slick flat screens in HD wants to go back to watching What's My Line? on black and white tube televisions. And I prefer not to listen to a poorly produced radio product delivered on a weak, noisy signal. That doesn't mean I'm not a fan of radio...just not a fan of a poorly produced product on a less-than-optimum signal that doesn't align with my preferences.  To wit, I do listen to the SportsHub on a daily basis....because it DOES align with my interests and is delivered on a signal that is not distracting and annoying.  I just don't understand the idea that one has to be some kind of "radio purist" listening to irrelevant stations, lamenting the old days and damning inventive, innovative technology that has expanded the dimensions of the medium.  I am a fan of radio.....just good radio (because how, really, can you be a fan of something you don't like?)....I think that would make me a discriminating consumer. 

----- Original Message -----
From: Don <Donald_Astelle@Yahoo.com>
To: ljs0610@comcast.net, B-R-I <boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>
Sent: Sun, 03 Jun 2012 19:27:17 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: Re: National Hockey League says Stanley Cup Final on radio in Boston



> Another reason (in addition to all those disturbed by the inexorable 
> disappearance of certain radio genres) why satellite radio, Sirius/XM, is 
> an absolute must for anyone who considers themselves a fan of radio. <<

Another reason why you A<FM 
who considers themselves a fan of radio.

Localism.....and to be aware of what 95% of the rest of the population is 
listening to.

Sirius/XM ratings (as a whole) are miniscule...and the formats on Sirius/XM 
that get ANY ratings at all are the ones that duplicate the broadcast 
formats available to anyone on AM/FM.

I don't know how you can be a "fan of radio" and say that you never (ever!) 
listen to AM or FM broadcast....and don't even need to.