[BC] On the FM Dial, Rock Is Sliding Away

[Larry Albert]

**** Story in Washington Post ****


On the FM Dial, Rock Is Sliding Away

By Marc Fisher
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, November 27, 2005; Page N06

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The format changes, coming on the heels of moves over the past 18 months to 
change formats at rock stations in Washington, Houston and Miami, show that 
radio executives are increasingly ceding the rock audience to iPods and 
satellite radio.

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Aside from the continuing rise of Hispanic-oriented hits, the trend in 
music programming on broadcast radio is toward a narrower range of formats. 
As jazz, classical, bluegrass and other minority music interests are 
vanishing from public radio, so too are oldies and rock starting to fade 
from commercial stations in many cities.



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