This CNN story reports that radio is threatened by advances in technology. Thank goodness.
In August my wife and I drove from Michigan through Ohio and Kentucky to a wedding in Tennessee. Wherever we went our radio choices boiled down to a) boy band pop stations, b) classic rock, c) soft rock/80s format, or d) pop country. Yuck.
When I drove to Chicago with a friend in July, the rental car had a CD player and the only time we switched to the radio was for traffic and weather updates.
Maybe if micro-power stations ever actually go life, there might be something worth listening to on the radio, but I find radio to be so bad I don’t even actually have a radio at home. I’d never use it.