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The total listenership for terrestrial radio in the United States as of January 2017 was 256 million, [8] up from 230 million in 2005. [9] Of the 121 million listeners in markets served by portable people meters in 2021, an average of 7.5 million are listening to a radio at any given time, up slightly from 2020.
Internet radio: although the Internet originally was used for only text and graphics, beginning in the early 1990s it was adapted to transmitting audio; improved dial-up modems and audio compression in the 1990s allowed Internet radio to be accessed by the average user years before video content, which generally requires a broadband connection.
The table of years in radio is a tabular display of all years in radio, for overview and quick navigation to any year. Contents: ... Statistics; Cookie statement;
Years in British radio (106 P) S. Radio stations by year of disestablishment (100 C) Radio stations by year of establishment (110 C) ... Statistics; Cookie statement;
Television began to replace radio as the chief source of revenue for broadcasting networks. Although many radio programs continued through this decade, including Gunsmoke and The Guiding Light, by 1960 networks had ceased producing entertainment programs. [8] As radio stopped producing formal fifteen-minute to hourly programs, a new format ...
Nielsen Audio (formerly Arbitron) is a consumer research company in the United States that collects listener data on radio broadcasting audiences. It was founded as the American Research Bureau by Jim Seiler in 1949 and became national by merging with Los Angeles-based Coffin, Cooper, and Clay in the early 1950s. [2]
The "radio industry" is a generic term for any companies or public service providers who are involved with the broadcast of radio stations or ancillary services. Radio broadcasters can be broken into at least two different groups: Public service broadcasters are funded in whole or in part through public money.
By the end of the 1970s, 50.1% of radio listeners were listening to FM stations, ending AM's historical lead. By 1982, FM commanded 70% of the general audience, and 84% among the 12- to 24-year-old demographic. [17]