Look up the definition of radio in the dictionary, and you’ll find some reference to electromagnetic waves. For example, Random House’s dictionary says radio is:
A system of telecommunication employing electromagnetic waves of a particular frequency range to transmit speech or other sound over long distances without the use of wires.
How quaint. Can you think of anything as 20th century as the term radio?
Yet look at the logos of the leading Internet streaming services. Pandora calls itself radio. And Slacker. And Live 365. And it is called Last dot FM.
Why?
Because all these audio services aspire to be radio. Terrestrial radio is audio’s gold standard. Look at any audio media usage study, For example:
What is the one audio source that nearly everybody uses? Terrestrial radio. Nothing comes close.
That fact gets lost sometimes.
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