It doesn't take long to conclude that the radio industry has a big problem.
Not the recession.
Or owing too much debt to repay it.
The listener problem.
Radio groups find themselves in an impossible position these days -- a sad situation of their own making.
You might argue that there was nothing they could do about the Internet, iPods, social networking, music discovery through bit torrent sites or the popularity of cell phones and text messaging.
Then again, radio CEOs could have seen these new technological and sociological trends as opportunities.
Nonetheless, the question of what shall&hellip
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