Perhaps I should say my brain is on Wired. A couple of days ago I wrote about why I like Radio Paradise so much. Yesterday, while reading the February issue of Wired Magazine, I came across Brendan Koerner's Why Things Suck: Radio. In five paragraphs her articulates why modern FM radio stations suck, concluding with:
So bored consumers are just tuning out. Listenership among 18- to 24-year-olds is down 20 percent over the past decade. Stations have responded not with bold programming but by cutting costs. They've also expended considerable resources to squelch competition from low-powered FM stations and Internet radio. Not that it has helped — 85 percent of teenagers now discover new music through sources beyond the FM dial. Even the biggest radio fans envision a grim future for the medium. One bright spot: The inevitable shift to digital radio could create more room for more types of content.
Now I am not a teenager, but internet radio stations like Radio Paradise have introduced me to more fun and interesting music in a couple of years than I could ever get from most commercial FM radio stations. Not only is the music fresh and exciting it is wonderfully mixed so that it flows together, giving the impression the songs were arranged together by the original creators acting in concert.
I swear I don't work for Radio Paradise. I am not paid a dime although, on occasion, I give money to support the wonderful work Radio Paradise is doing.
