In just about every technology-oriented study you see these days, multi-tasking is a major topic – and not just among kids. Everyone does more than one thing at a time, whether it’s watching TV, talking on the phone, or going online. In fact, a new study from BIGresearch shows that more than two-thirds of American consumers indicate multi-tasking while watching TV, reading a newspaper, or web browsing.
Interestingly, the medium with the least amount of multi-tasking is radio. Only about half say that while listening to the radio, they’re using another medium. Some suggest that this is because many people use radio while in a vehicle, and that’s a fair interpretation. But another might be that radio is still the best companion at work. Of all the entertainment media – newspapers, television, Internet – you can actually get something done while you’re listening to the radio.
There’s got to be a sales piece in here somewhere, as well as more fodder for the RAB.
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And that is why it is very important for radio stations to make their audio signals available to the at-work audience. If the audience can’t listen to ‘their’ radio station on the device of their choice (such as the work-supplied PC), the audience will find other way to get their source of audio entertainment – like the iPod.
And this is more important for AM stations whose terrestrial signal has a difficult time at best making its way into the office environment.