This article talks about how internet radio stations like Pandora, are becoming more popular than the AM/FM radio. Since it has fewer commercials and is programmed to play exactly the kind of music that you want to hear, it’s going to be more popular than listening to what a radio host feels like playing. Also it has features where you can create multiple stations for multiple types of music, you can skips song you don’t like and rate the ones that you do, and there is a greater variety of music available. However, the radio is still the biggest source for finding new music, according to a study in the article.
I wasn’t surprised when I read this because Pandora is just so cool. It helps find you all kinds of songs similar to what you like, there’s no static, and it’s really easy to use. I was surprised to see that the radio was still leading in terms of finding new music though because most of the stations playlists are controlled by a computer instead of a DJ. I also found it interesting to read that most people still hear about concert from the radio the most because if people have started listening to the radio less, how can they still be hearing about all of the concerts from it. Overall, I thought the article was good and made sense when you thought about it. People are always going to chose something they can customize over something that they cannot.
Lasat, Matthew. ARS Technia. ARS Technica, 2 Nov. 2010. Web. 2 Nov. 2010. <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/11/are-the-likes-of-pandora-poised-to-kill-amfm-radio.ars>.
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