Why (FM, Not XM) Radio Sucks

wemmick writes "The Washington Post has an article "Can XM Put Radio Back Together Again?" which discusses the history of marketing FM radio, how XM could be different, and about Lee Abrams -- "the man who shackled FM radio to the tyranny of mass market research" and is now program director for XM."

Comments

Article Goes On and On.....

[nuintari]

This article is a bit long winded, and for someone who hates radio as much as I do, its inanely boring. But, I read most of it anyways.

here's what the article says in so few words:
1. FM tries to fit people into one of 6 categories.
2. We will try to fit people into 2 or 3 of 100 categories.
3. Hopefully, we won't end up sounding like Sterns and Bob and Tom in the morning.

I have one station that I listen to, its 91.3, NPR, northwest ohio. If I can, I'd rather have a cd in most of the day, because as much as I love classical and Jazz, even NPR doesn't speak to me, but their talk stuff is good.

I feel that I fit the mold of, Radio is for filler background noise in the car when, on a long trip, we have listened to every cd we have three times over. Sorry, but I refuse to pay for what is essentially high quality elevator music.

I'll discover my music the cool way, download mp3's, buy the cd's if I like them. And I have friends, we all share our musical tastes. Radio has never done a thing for me, XM is gonna flop.

Spell and Grammer check is for people with spare time.....

Re:It's too late....

[FigBugDeux]

what about WKRP?