[BC] The reason for having Satellite Radio

[nakayle@gmail.com]

On 1/24/06, Kent Winrich, K9EZ <kwinrich at gmail.com> wrote:
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> <mailto:nakayle at gmail.com>nakayle at gmail.com wrote:
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> >    But I don't think it's satellites that broadcasters needs to worry
> about-
> >it's ipods- where people play just what they want to hear- whenever they
> >want it- with no yack at all.
> >
> >    -Nat
> >
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> You could have said the same thing about cassettes and CDs.


   But there's a difference- ipods are far more portable, convenience, and
economical than cassettes and CDs ever were.   I know many young people who
don't listen to radio at all now- they sample and download what they want to
hear from I-tunes, Rhapsody, Yahoo and similar internet music services and
carry around exactly the music they want to hear.

  And it's not just music- even talk radio is now facing serious competition
from hundreds of  "podcasts" serving every conceivable interest- without
commercials or censorship.   Anyone with a internet server can go into the
podcast business and new ones are popping up every day.