How things have changed

[telstar_1]

Well you know of me, and I do listen. Mainly to NPR

 

[mc6809e]

I listen to the radio every day and I'm listening to it right now while typing this. However, I realize you don't know me.

 

[Mr Tony]

I listen to the radio daily when I'm at home and when I head to work (all of 8 minutes away)
Saturdays here in Mankato are good for classic rock. 10am they have the Sammy Hagar show where he plays similar items he thought of (last week was lead singers that had a birthday in July). Then at 6pm is Uncle Dee Snyder and the House of Hair
Saturday mornings on KMSU (college radio) is the polka show!!!

 

[Foxbat]

I listen to FM Radio, mostly in the car but also at our vacation home. I even have the shirt:

 

[dishdude]

Well I'll be!

 

[llokey]

Link shows the vast majority of cable television networks experienced dramatic drops in viewership in 2025.

Still cannot understand why so many households ( about 65 Million now) pays a lot of money per month for these channels, where the majority of content is nothing but reruns, that are available for free on services like Pluto/Tubi/Roku and etc.

Top-Rated Television Networks: Ranking 2025’s Winners and Losers

TV network ratings for 2025: A complete broadcast, cable ranker of the top-rated/most-watched channels of the year, including winners and losers.

variety.com

If I want to watch reruns I can use my dvr to record the shows and watch them without commercials. Maybe you just like commercials with your reruns.

 

[Bruce]

If I want to watch reruns I can use my dvr to record the shows and watch them without commercials. Maybe you just like commercials with your reruns.

If you want to pay and watch them, go for it, but they are available on services like Pluto, yes with commercials, but still free.

I do not usually watch reruns, I want new scripted content, the majority of that content is on the paid streaming services, which also includes the content from Network/Cable Channels, reruns included.

 

[FTA4PA]

I listen to FM - baseball and music - while working in the garage.

 

[ncted]

The only new content I watch on linear TV is the local news and the occasional sportsball game, like the World Cup. I am not a huge fan of sports in general, and I really don't want to pay for it. Everything else new I watch is on a streaming service, which is mostly stuff I watch with my wife. I have been spending more of my personal TV time watching old TV shows I never got around to viewing in the past as I have lost interest in a lot of the new content coming out for whatever reason.

I am buying these on physical media when they are on special and watching them on my Jellyfin server. I could watch some of them on FAST services or pirate them, but I hate commercials and refuse to pirate anything. My latest physical media purchase was Killjoys which doesn't seem to be available anywhere to stream, unless you want to "buy" episodes on Amazon or Apple. I got all 5 seasons for $8.

 

[TRG]

It's exactly like what happened to the newspaper industry. AM/FM is suffering too, I don't know anyone that listens to the radio any more.

Radio is pretty much all I listen to. Rarely do I watch TV anymore. An occasional movie here and there but that's about it.

 

[telstar_1]

Radio is pretty much all I listen to. Rarely do I watch TV anymore. An occasional movie here and there but that's about it.

Another radio listener!

 

[MikeD-C05]

I have radio in the car, but rarely use it. I use my Sirius/Xm app on my phone and android Auto app to connect to my car speakers. I can also use my Pandora app or my Spotify app. Love not having to hear any commercials on my Sirius/Xm app. The other two apps have a short commercial after 6 songs are played, but they are free and don't cost anything to subscribe to.

 

[Howard Simmons]

I have radio in the car, but rarely use it. I use my Sirius/Xm app on my phone and android Auto app to connect to my car speakers. I can also use my Pandora app or my Spotify app. Love not having to hear any commercials on my Sirius/Xm app. The other two apps have a short commercial after 6 songs are played, but they are free and don't cost anything to subscribe to.

Then You are listening to a radio.

 

[dishdude]

Then You are listening to a radio.

Not AM/FM, he's doing what everyone I know does and streams podcasts or music.

 

[Foxbat]

Technically, streaming over cellular phones is still using radio receivers…

 

[dishdude]

Technically, streaming over cellular phones is still using radio receivers…

I'm getting all beat up over that post lol

My point was the AM/FM radio industry, declining listenership and advertising revenue. Local TV stations are seeing it now too, while also getting hit with the decline in retrans fees from everyone dropping paid live TV services. Newspapers got it starting around 20 years ago.

 

[Howard Simmons]

I'm getting all beat up over that post lol

My point was the AM/FM radio industry, declining listenership and advertising revenue. Local TV stations are seeing it now too, while also getting hit with the decline in retrans fees from everyone dropping paid live TV services. Newspapers got it starting around 20 years ago.

 

[ncted]

I'm getting all beat up over that post lol

My point was the AM/FM radio industry, declining listenership and advertising revenue. Local TV stations are seeing it now too, while also getting hit with the decline in retrans fees from everyone dropping paid live TV services. Newspapers got it starting around 20 years ago.

I can tell you first hand that the newspaper company I worked for was not prepared for the Internet. I actually worked in the Internet division which was started in 1996, but the newsroom, ad sales, and the leadership thought they'd be able to continue with the ridiculous profit margins forever without changing anything. By the time they realized, it was too late.

The obvious mistakes were many, including not offering a subscription model early on when people were still used to paying for print news. Subscriptions were just supposed to cover the cost of delivery of the printed product, so the idea that people would be charged to deliver the digital product were met with disbelief. Profits came from advertising, so that is what would pay for the digital news content. There was no consideration that the online model might be different. When they did start putting up paywalls and charging for online subscriptions, people were upset they were losing access to the product that had been free for a couple of decades at that point.

 

[Bruce]

12 Months in a row, streaming has destroyed traditional broadcast and cable, this time by 9%.

https://www.mediaplaynews.com/nielsen-streaming-upped-may-household-tv-market-share/

 

[ncted]

I'd honestly be surprised cable/broadcast is still that high, except I recently visited my parents who leave multiple TVs on all day playing various channels. That has got to skew the numbers.