Radio Still Dominates The Automobile

      

      

 

 

Based on the 18-plus population surveyed in the 2016 Infinite Dial survey, 84% continue to use AM/FM radio as their primary source for audio in the car. Surprisingly, the CD player is next at 56%, followed by an MP3 Player or the listeners’ own digital music at 38%. Online radio comes in next at 21%, followed by satellite radio at 19%. And when consumers are asked how often they use an audio source, AM/FM dwarfs online radio 54% to 8%.

Sanders Takes Radio’s Top Spot

March 14, 2016                   

 

Tuesday is another big primary day for the candidates running for President as both Ohio and Florida will choose their delegates. Media Monitors is out with its latest report on which candidates are using radio the most in their battles to win the nomination. For the week of March 4 Bernie Sanders and his PAC aired 7,884 commercial to edge out Hillary Clinton and her PAV for a total of 7,506 ads. On the Republican side, Ted Cruz ran 1,170 spots, Marco Rubio 817 and Donald Trump 749.

Galaxy Phones Equipped With NextRadio

March 14, 2016

The Samsung Galaxy S7 & S7 Edge smartphones have just hit the market and they are fully equipped with NextRadio. These first two phones are the beginning of the FM Chip enabled mobile phones that will be available this year. NextRadio President Paul Brenner said, “We are excited that the number of Android phones with FM radio continues to accelerate rapidly. The launch of the new Galaxy phones is a perfect start to 2016, since these phones are getting rave reviews and will be a top seller to millions of users who can now listen to free radio on their phone.”