[BC] [Fwd: FROM ANOTHER LIST Radio enters a new golden age as digital use takes off]

[Mark Humphrey]

On 2/3/07, Robert Meuser <Robertm at broadcast.net> wrote:
> Radio enters a new golden age as digital use takes off
> http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/music-
> gigs/news/article2209539.ece
> The digital revolution and the expansion of new ways of accessing
> information through the internet has given a huge boost to one of the
> older and more traditional forms of electronic media - the radio.

Might this explain the decline of the conventional broadcast
transmitter business, as discussed in the "Harris layoffs" thread?

Looks like the demand for good content is as healthy as ever, it's
just the "last mile" of delivery that's changing.

BTW, the theme of this year's NAB Emmis Workshop is "Everything
Audio".  Mere coincidence?

Mark