Does anybody still listen to terrestrial radio?

Question

Does anybody still listen to terrestrial radio?

Answer 1

indeed, many do.

Answer 2

you know it i do and many others  we are still connected

Answer 3

Nope, only extra terrestrial!!

Answer 4

Yeah I still do but not even half as much as I used to.  The ipod definitely changed America.

Answer 5

All the time.

I probably listen to radio and music more than most (I listen to music more than watch TV personally) I still listen to terrestrial but I find that the big corporation stations I stay away from because they are bland in my opinion and wind up listening to smaller town stations that still give the feeling of radio in a by gone era.

Sirius and XM give music choices not found in most areas (like mine) and make it portable, however what I love to listen to sounds the same cookie cutter on those sat radios and doesn't justify the extra expense for them currently... HD radio in my area is almost non existant and what I've seen from other areas, most of it isn't worth listening to at this time.

Tony S has it right in that some stations don't get it in what to program... however you have to think of the populance as whole (so most places wouldn't have dance or techno on the radio for instance) but the blandness of radio currently is driving people off...

But I think some people will be back on terrestrial radio real soon... Sat radio (even though it's fans are not believing it) is following the cable TV formula for making money.... loose money for a few years offering more programming and no commercials then adding the commercials slowly till your audience decides to pay for the added variety even with the commercials

Answer 6

There are very few choices for me (dance music) ON terrestrial radio so I am definitely on satellite (Sirius).  Haven't looked back all that much since.

Perhaps the ONLY time I would tune in to terrestrial radio is for local news.  Where I live (New York City) there is very little variety in terms of formats.  Even with an HD radio, which I have, it still is pretty much more of the same.  And it seems as if corporate radio just doesn't "get it".  Sure they go with safe formats for money but in the process of doing so "chop their nose to spite their face" in effect by losing more listeners who want more variety.

Answer 7

Yes a LARGE amount.

Answer 8

I would think millions of people.