Radio Is Abandoning Rock

“Rock’s share of overall music sales has remained steady at about 20 percent of the market, according to Nielsen SoundScan. But on the radio, rock’s numbers — both in audience share and in number of stations — are on the decline, in part because rock fans are moving to the Internet and satellite radio for their music and in part because the rock audience doesn’t spend nearly as much time listening to radio as do audiences for black and Hispanic music.”