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AM radio is almost obselete by now. My iPhone doesn't even have FM, and I don't carry around an FM radio with me everywhere I go. So for those who don't drive, radio is just about gone thanks to companies like Apple and Google not making use of their FM chips, LOL.
 
AnyHuman said:
AM radio is almost obselete by now. My iPhone doesn't even have FM, and I don't carry around an FM radio with me everywhere I go. So for those who don't drive, radio is just about gone thanks to companies like Apple and Google not making use of their FM chips, LOL.
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AM is not ever, nor was it ever, an option in cellular phones. The size of the needed antenna just will not work reliably with small, metal encased phones.

And, to correct the growing urban legend, more than half of terrestrial radio listening is not taking place in the car.
 
Even if it's not, the only people I know of who like listening to FM/AM at home are older people and people with less income, maybe those who do not have Internet. The majority of people I know who listen to radio prefer Internet radio over turrestrial because Internet beats turrestrial hands down. With just a Pandora account you can listen to any song, any artist/genre. And Pandora doesn't sound bad like those commercial stations that fight the "loudness war". Not to mention Pandora has 1 commercial in between songs when other stations play several usually in between songs.
 
AnyHuman said:
With just a Pandora account you can listen to any song, any artist/genre. And Pandora doesn't sound bad like those commercial stations that fight the "loudness war". Not to mention Pandora has 1 commercial in between songs when other stations play several usually in between songs.
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Pandora will be increasing the number of commercials very soon, because it continues to lose money. Their stockholders are demanding an end to the losses. So the free ride is coming to an end. Also, while you can listen to "any song" on Pandora, the vast majority of the users choose to hear the exact same songs and artists being played on OTA radio. How do I know this? Because their listening is tracked by streaming charts, and they're posted publicly so anyone can see them. The only songs they can hear on streaming radio that they can't hear on FM are the songs that have obscene words in them. And for some, that is an attraction. But those are the only song differences I see.
 
AnyHuman said:
Even if it's not, the only people I know of who like listening to FM/AM at home are older people and people with less income, maybe those who do not have Internet. The majority of people I know who listen to radio prefer Internet radio over turrestrial because Internet beats turrestrial hands down. With just a Pandora account you can listen to any song, any artist/genre. And Pandora doesn't sound bad like those commercial stations that fight the "loudness war". Not to mention Pandora has 1 commercial in between songs when other stations play several usually in between songs.
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Despite your anecdotal evidence, the actual data from Nielsen shows that all ages use OTA radio in the home and at work more than they listen in the car.
 
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