[BC] Some Satellite Radio Stats

[Robert Meuser]

Not really. there can easily be a big difference between subscribers and those who 
actually listen. I have both services and can only listen to one at a time and that is 
not 24/7.

R



On 10 May 2005 at 9:32, DANA PUOPOLO wrote:

> They claim that only satellite radio has only 681,000 listeners in the top 50
> markets. Where are the OTHER 4.4 million satellite listeners coming from then?
>  The numbers simply don't add up. "New math" perhaps?
> 
> -D 
> 
> ------ Original Message ------
> Received: Tue, 10 May 2005 09:27:25 AM PDT
> From: Rich Wood <richwood at pobox.com>
> To: Broadcast Radio Mailing List <broadcast at radiolists.net>
> Subject: RE: [BC] Some Satellite Radio Stats
> 
> ------ At 09:48 AM 5/10/2005, JD Davis wrote: -------
> 
> >But..... Satellite is going to KILL radio! Remember?! How come we're not
> >dying... in fact, at least here, we are doing better than ever!
> 
> Everything is going to kill radio. That's the only absolute when a new 
> technology emerges. TV was supposed to do it. The Internet was supposed to 
> do it. iPods are supposed to do it and satellite radio is the wooden stake 
> through our hearts. I have both satellite services. My impression is that 
> they're becoming more and more like terrestrial radio every day. Low rent 
> yakking jocks, radio-type promos and, it seems, smaller playlists. Now that 
> Spring is here I'm going to have to endure repeated loss of signal as I 
> drive on tree-lined streets. It was a major problem last year in New 
> England in areas not worthy of terrestrial repeaters.
> 
> The latest performance figures seem to show this was a great quarter for 
> publicly-traded broadcasters. What a way to go!
> 
> Rich
> 
> Rich Wood
> Rich Wood Multimedia
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