One-third of American adults say they have listened to an Internet radio station at some point, and more than half of them (53%) say they have listened to an Internet station within the past month, according to a survey by American Media Services.
“ The development of Modern Industry, therefore, cuts from under its feet the very foundation on which the bourgeoisie produces and appropriates products. What the bourgeoisie therefore produces, above all, are its own grave-diggers. Its fall and the victory of the proletariat are equally inevitable.”
“ Using a grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting’s Public Media Innovation Fund Program, we are going to construct a virtual music studio based on the actual Fraser Performance Studio,” said WGBH radio producer Gary Mott. “It will have an auditorium space where Second Life avatars can go to hear live concerts modeled on those we broadcast on WGBH 89.7. Our goal is to see how Second Lifers react to this opportunity: Will they attend concerts? Will we reach people who do not usually listen to public radio? We will only find out by doing it.”