Holiday sales also are expected to fuel growth for XM Radio, the leader in satellite radio with more than 2.5 million subscribers.
With superior sound quality, variety, a signal that doesn’t fade, no commercials and unregulated content, satellite radio certainly has a lot to offer, even for those who can’t stomach Stern’s raunchy sense of humor.
But before you place a satellite receiver on your Christmas wish list, you may want to consider other developments changing radio as we know it.
Maybe you should hold out for the high-definition digital technology that’s poised to transform the traditional FM dial.
Or maybe you should snag Apple’s trendy iPod, which you can now use to access on-demand content ranging from alt-music sets to National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered.”
Then again, you could just wait. Within 10 years, you’ll be able to have Internet radio — with its incomparable variety and funky niche offerings — beamed into your car as well as your home and office.
