"On-demand platforms, including streaming music and podcasts, now account for 56% of all audio time in 2026, according to Edison Research's Share of Ear."
"Over the past decade, the number of sports-formatted AM/FM stations has climbed 14%, while revenue shares, as measured by Miller Kaplan, have surged 38%."
"A simple truth for sports radio talent is this: if you haven’t developed a strategy to get on video and create outside of your show, the hourglass is running out of sand"
It is troubling that, as an industry, we have failed to respond in a timely manner and have allowed a false narrative to emerge regarding who we are and what we do.
The report from Edison Research comes as an estimated 80 million Americans will travel more than 50 miles for Thanksgiving festivities this week, according to AAA.
Borrell Associates projects that figure will climb considerably over the next four years as the industry undergoes what it describes as a "great reshuffling."