In a collaborative open letter, Paul Haaga (acting President and CEO of NPR) and Jon McTaggart (CEO of American Public Media Group) call for all smartphones to contain activated FM chips, citing radio’s role in emergencies. We agree with the emergency angle, but also regard FM as a desirable mobile feature in all respects. Continue Reading
This week Mark Kassof has been releasing installments of his ListenerThink study, in which Millennial listeners were asked to rank their sentiment toward FM, AM, and a selection of Internet music services. Pandora and FM came through with the rosiest scores.… Continue Reading
Today RAIN is excited to bring you video coverage of Kurt Hanson’s State of the Industry Address from RAIN Summit Chicago 2011. In the video (embedded below), Hanson argues that we’re not only entering a fourth golden age of radio,… Continue Reading