Will Terrestrial Radio Disappear in 20 Years?

The National Association of Broadcasters is taking an extraordinarily aggressive role in challenging the Sirius-XM merger, going so far as to wrap a banner around their corporate headquarters reading ”XM + Sirius = Monopoly.” Mel Karmazin, Sirius’ CEO, has argued that it is precisely that level of aggressiveness that suggests the intensity of the competition for ears.

Enter: Michael Harrison, the editor of Talkers magazine. And his message to the National Association of Broadcasters Radio Show on Wednesday about the future of terrestrial radio is even darker.