dimitri konstantine wrote:

: Firstly it's AM which the real listener is switching off in alarming numbers

nonsense. if the content of the radio programmes is truly an alternative, word of mouth will spread and they will listen whatever the medium. have you heard the bland output of UK commercial radio recently? I'd challenge anyone blindfolded to tell one legal FM station from another. it is no wonder the ipod generation isn't tuning in. I've got two teenage sons, their interest in radio is zero. they actually laugh at me for bothering to run a pirate station and just plug in their ipods to my mp3 collection.
of course proving the fact to advertisers that people are listening is another issue, even getting RAJAR to rate a station costs big money, but hey that's because radio is now sadly run by accountants instead of music fans.

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