Radio Remains King of the Road Despite Rise of Digital Music
People increasingly get their music through services like Pandora or iTunes, but that old codger — the radio — still rules the road.
More than half of Americans listen to AM/FM radio nearly every time they get in the car, while 86% listen to it at least some of the time, according to a poll conducted earlier this year by Edison Research and charted by Statista.
That compares with just 13% who say that most of the time they listen to some form of digital music, such as through an iPhone or MP3 player. More people — 15% — still listen to CDs when they’re driving. Digital-music use is higher when you look at people who say that they “ever” listen to it, but radio and CDs still outpace all forms of digital music.
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