At the Arbitron Fly-In yesterday some much needed straight talk from researchers and consultants about how radio has lost a generation of teens. I had my epiphany a number of years ago when I first began teaching at USC. I couldn't believe that the next generation had such high disregard for radio. I couldn't believe that these young people knew Clear Channel -- almost the way I knew Clear Channel and that they didn't much like what Clear Channel was up to. Even though its late, the public outpouring of what radio did -- or more precisely, didn't do -- to lose an entire generation of 12-24's is healthy for radio. After all, you have&hellip
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