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AM/FM beats CD and MP3 for everyday people

September 24, 2008 |

PHILIPS valve radioTim Harlow reports in the Star Tribune: nearly two-thirds of Americans said they listen to music every day or nearly every day according to an independent market research firm specializing in public opinion polls. The AM/FM radio hasn’t lost its appeal with music listening fans despite the popularity of CD and MP3 players and other sources to tune into sound, a recent poll of 1830 people conducted by Rasmussen Reports has found. Most adults (42%) still prefer to turn on the radio to listen to music compared to only 25% of respondents who said they most often use a CD player when listening to tunes and just 14% who use an MP3 player. (Under 10% turned to satellite radio [like XM - ed] while only 5% listened over their computer - and a paltry 1% used a tape deck, according to results of the survey. Young adults (45%) were more likely to use an MP3 player than their elders (22%).   While more popular with younger listeners, 69% of respondents said they rarely or never download music while 18% said they do that occasionally. Of those who download, 71% said they do it legally while 3% admitted that they pirated tunes; 26% claimed to be unsure if they downloaded music legally or illegally. A vast majority - 90% - said they did not belong to a monthly music service. But those who said they download music daily or at least once a week were more likely to do it illegally than those who do it once a week or less frequently.


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