Which stations, if any, could be affected in Houston?

[stan]

The radio industry keeps losing people like Danny C. Costa, a senior at Boston University who grew up listening to radio in New York and New Jersey.

For the last few years, Mr. Costa has tuned out radio in favor of Web sites where he can get access to downloads or videos he heard about from friends. He prefers these to the drumbeat of the Top 40. He burns his favorite songs onto CD’s or copies them onto his iPod.

“I just sort of stopped listening to radio, because I had access to all this music online,” Mr. Costa said.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/15/business/media/15radio.html?ei=5065&en=2d188c6de1f8d3ba&ex=1158984000&partner=MYWAY&pagewanted=print

 

[bhayes1016]

My guess is, it would affect the stations with younger demos (KRBE et al.) first.

 

[Mike O]

My guess is, it would affect the stations with younger demos (KRBE et al.) first.

I saw the figures for the number of people that have stopped listening to radio or cut down the hours significantly and you are correct, the 15 to 24 age bracket have dropped out the the most. There is a fairly large number across all ages and the number that have gone to internet radio goes up again fairly high for the 55+ age bracket.

Mike

 

[jras20]

As much as I love radio, I half to admit, ever since I got broadband about 3 years ago, I have been podcasting a lot more and listening to a few mixshows over the Internet, but I still listen to a lot of radio, just not as much as I use to, mainly when I listen I'll be in the car.