High Speed Car Action!

As part of my relentless pursuit of broadcasting knowledge (and being an ex-radio engineer) I subscribe to a number of television and radio engineering publications and e-newsletters. One recent edition of Radio World's "News Bytes" contained two juicy tidbits: The FCC's approval of broadband on commercial flights and some radio engineer's thoughts about the inevitability of broadband in the car.

Leave it to the engineers to throw a little cold water on my excitement about the latter. In any event, over in a special corner of the Hangar, we've been tinkering with ideas to get to folks we serve ready for that glorious day when the internet is served up fresh and fast in your car. And until that later glorious day when your car will drive itself, the spoken word will continue to be king.

Radio as we know it will have an important place for years to come, but the ability to access your favorite programmer -- on demand -- will change the way commuters consume audio as they drive.

The shift continues.