Click here for the Toronto Star Online Traditional radio still ignoring minorities We can settle in for another season on radio and television. The old shows are re-tooled.
New offerings come with different looks and sounds, promising a bright future.
This is probably the main reason behind a recent news report in this newspaper. Radio listenership falling in Canada, the headline said. Time spent listening to the radio last year fell for the fourth consecutive year. Statistics Canada says we now spend 19.9 hours a week instead of the 20.2 hours weekly from a year earlier. At the same time, StatsCan is reporting different numbers on the Canadian demographics.