Some surprising statistics from a Jan. 19 post in radio-info.com. Look carefully at where the real revenue is. I would say radio is not dead yet!
Sirius XM
“It’s the Worst I’ve Ever Seen It”
WFMT Executive Vice President Steve Robinson has been doing pledge drives for more than 40 years. An article in the Chicago Sun Times quotes him as saying that this year, “it’s the worst I’ve ever seen it.” Look for the entire article here.
Extra-terrestrial Classical Radio
Ok, well, maybe extraterrestrial isn’t the term you’d use, but this post is about classical music radio outside of the terrestrial stations — two sources in particular: 1) the new, combined Sirius XM classical channel which they call Symphony Hall, currently on channel 80 on Sirius and 78 on XM, and 2) Naxos Web Radio, which has 80 (!!!!!!!!!) classical channels, divided by genre. Both are subscription services.