Radio is Number One in This Survey…

Tuesday, May, 20, 2008 by Mel Phillips.

The survey was conducted by Sonoro Audio, a German audio manufacturer that will soon be selling its widgets in the U.S.  Survey says:  39% of respondents’ audio-entertainment time was spent listening to  FM radio, 23% of the 560 respondents surveyed listened to MP3 players and 18% preferred CDs.  Overall, 57% of audio time was spent listening to AM, FM or Internet radio.  Which if my math is correct means that 18% of the radio listening was split between AM and Internet.  This bodes well for radio but I doubt that it will get you that Lexus dealer you were pitching…

Sonoro Audio apparently conducted this study as part of the feasibility research they’re doing in the U.S.  The audio manufacturer will soon be making their Cubo unit available on the Saks Fifth Avenue website.  The Cubo is a CD/MP3 Player and clock radio…

And at a time when consumers are locked in to MP3s, and iPods comes word that the largest Apple Store  in the U.S. is set to open this Thursday in Boston’s Back Bay.  The Boylston Street retail outlet will occupy 20,000 square-feet and employ 165…

10 Timeline Memories:

1. 1873]  Truly riveting:  Levi Strauss  receives a patent for using rivets to strengthen the pockets of the jeans he manufactures…
2. 1899]  Pedal to the metal:  Jacob Erman of New York City becomes the first U.S. driver to be arrested for speeding.  He exceeded the 12 MPH speed limit…
3. 1916]  Solid as a Rockwell:  Norman Rockwell’s artwork, “Mother’s Day Off” appears on the first cover of “The Saturday Evening Post”…
4. 1927]  Lucky Lindy:  Charles Lindbergh  takes off from Long Island’s Roosevelt Field to cross the Atlantic en route to Paris aboard “The Spirit of St. Louis“…
5. 1932]  Also winging it:  Amelia Earhart  takes off to fly solo across the Atlantic becoming the first woman to achieve the feat…1939]  Pan Am begins regular service from New York when a “Yankee Clipper” takes off from the harbor in Port Washington (LI)…
6. 1961]  Freedom Riders:  Federal marshals are sent into Montgomery (AL) when a white mob attacks a busload of “Freedom Riders“…
7. 1976]  Red Sox-Yankees duke it out: Carl Yastrzemski hits 2 home runs, giving him 5 in 2 games, an ML record in an 8-2 Red Sox win over the Yankees as a melee breaks out resulting in Bill Lee  injuring his pitching arm.  The fight starts when Lou Piniella barrels into catcher Carlton Fisk.  Lee, “The Spaceman” will never fully recover…
8. 1977]  Beatlemania breaks out:  The musical “Beatlemania” opens at the Winter Garden Theater in Manhattan…
9. 1989]  ‘Happy Trails’:  SNL comedian  Gilda Radner dies from cervical cancer at 42…
10. 1993]  Curtains:  “Cheers” closes its doors for the final time with 40% of the population or nearly 150 million watching at home.  Enjoy the entire  ‘Cheers’ theme…

Music Memories:

• 1967]  Signed, sealed, delivered on this date:  Jimi Hendrix  signs a contract with Reprise Records.  His first release on Reprise is the LP “Are You Experienced” which includes “Foxy Lady“, “Hey Joe” and this track…
• 1971]  Released on this date:  “What’s Going On” LP - Marvin Gaye…

Commentary:

Thanks to Joe McCoy for informing us of the passing of former radio newsman Keeve Berman, 71.  Keeve passed away on May 19th as the result of a blood clot traveling to his brain.  Keeve, died in a Florida nursing home.  Keeve was our news director at WOR-FM but his resume also included KQV Pittsburgh and 10 years as an ABC American Contemporary Network newsman.  The thing that I remembered most about working with Keeve Berman was his great sense of humor.  Jeff Roteman’s KQV website wrote this terrific tribute to Keeve….R.I.P. my friend…The city of Boston is once again the sports hotspot of the country.  The Celtics are serious playoff contenders again after beating Cleveland on Sunday to advance to the NBA East finals, the Red Sox are in first place in the AL East and last night, 24-year old cancer survivor Jon Lester pitched a no-hitter against Kansas City at Fenway Park.  It was the first no-no in baseball in 2008.  The last no-hitter?  Well that was pitched last September 1st by rookie Clay Buchholz, another Red Sox pitcher.  Here’s every at-bat in Lester’s no-hitter in a 5-minute video capsule…

“Happy Birthday…happy birthday”:

David Wells (45), Ron Reagan (50), NY Gov. David Paterson (54), comedian Dave Thomas (59), Cher (62), Bobby Murcer (62), Joe Cocker (64), Sadaharu Oh (68) and Jack Kervorkian (80)…

Timeline Countdown:  6 days until Memorial Day, 26 days until Father’s Day, 33 days until summer and 46 days until July 4th…

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