Monday, October 8, 2007

HD Radio: 8-Track Tapes Of Our Age, Or The Next Big Thing?

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/rawfisher/2007/09/hd_radio_the_8track_tapes_of_o.html

There is a place where the audience for free, over-the-air radio is growing, not shrinking, where new technology allows listeners to pause and rewind songs as they play or to bookmark their favorite tunes.

In that place, millions of listeners have bought newfangled digital radios to tune in to recorded books, a news station aimed at kids, a classic jazz channel, sports events not available on ordinary AM and FM radio, and extended live coverage of concerts and music festivals.