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Mar 18, 2021
[…] Today, the nation’s top ten radio owners claim almost two-thirds of listeners, according to a study by the Future of Music Coalition. “Local” ownership of stations has declined by one-third between 1975 and 2005. The listener has become disenfranchised. Radio is a jukebox with commercials, with exceptions mostly in small markets. Nationally, listenership has declined dramatically from its peak in the late 1980s. […]