Drilling Down: Radio Listeners Seem to Buy Less Music
The MusicFirst Coalition has publicized a six-month-old study that suggests that radio play hurts record sales.
In the 1970s, it was the Iranians and their interest in all-in-one home stereo systems. In the 1980s, it was the Russians and their love of camcorders. In the 1990s, Africans were after boomboxes and cordless phones.