mramsey1Jan 5, 2017Here’s How Radio Gets MORE Important In CarsI have written extensively about the challenges radio will have in cars with a dashboard which is built to sync with Apple Carplay and...
mramsey1Dec 21, 2016Facebook Live Audio – So What?Cue the panic in the radio streets. Facebook is moving into the audio space by making available a publishing tool called “Live Audio.”...
mramsey1Nov 8, 2016Now Any Car Is An Android AutoThe evolution of the car dashboard: It’s all some folks in radio want to talk about. Understandably, since such a large fraction of radio...
mramsey1Oct 11, 2016Apple CarPlay And Android Auto Are About To ExplodeI have written a lot about the coming transformation of the auto dashboard and my belief that, in the long run, it will be the domain of...
mramsey1Mar 23, 2016If Radio Wants to Matter in the Cars of the Future…Remember when buying a new car meant more than buying an entertainment system that also happened to contain wheels? In other words,...
mramsey1Jan 4, 2016Look Out! Ford will Support Apple CarPlay and Android Auto by 2017Ford is going all-in on bringing Apple CarPlay and Android Auto to the auto dashboard: Ford is making Apple CarPlay and Android Auto...
mramsey1Nov 14, 2014About Seth Godin’s “End of Radio”Radio broadcasters have made much fuss about Seth Godin’s post this past week titled “an end of radio.” In it, Seth referenced the...
mramsey1Aug 28, 2014The Nail in HD Radio’s Coffin – And What It Means For YouFrom Tom Taylor Now: A site named GMAuthority says among the changes for the [Chevrolet] Traverse, “HD Radio [is] removed.” There’s more....
mramsey1Aug 24, 2014Here’s Why Radio Will Have a Tough Time on Mobile PhonesThe battle for real estate and attention on mobile devices is even tougher than you think. This past week Techcrunch reported on a study...
mramsey1Aug 13, 2014Chevrolet’s Plan for Built-In Wi-Fi In Your CarThere’s a tendency for some broadcasters to put too much faith in the idea that consumers will prefer traditional radio over the online...
mramsey1Jun 30, 2014The New Auto Dashboard: Is Radio Screwed?Last week, Google announced Android Auto, which – like Apple’s CarPlay – aims to fully fulfill the promise of the so-called connected...
mramsey1Jun 25, 2014T-Mobile Says: Your Online Radio Listening is now FreeRemember when some broadcasters dismissed online radio, arguing it would never catch on because the data plan caps would keep a lid on...
mramsey1Apr 21, 2014Radio Listeners: Is “Free” All That Matters?“When it comes to mobile devices, we need to remind listeners that radio is FREE – that its use does not sap so much precious battery...
mramsey1Feb 3, 2014Apple and Google Want the Car Dashboard – NowDear Radio Listeners: Apple and Google want you! Even (and perhaps especially) when you’re in your car. Here’s a video showing some of...
mramsey1Nov 6, 2013What’s the Future of Radio in the Connected Car?What does the crystal ball predict about the future of the so-called “connected car” and radio’s place in it? That was the purpose of my...
mramsey1Oct 29, 2013Making Sense of the Auto DashboardIt seems to me that radio is in a bit of paralysis by analysis when it comes to the “connected” auto dashboard. As we get lost in the...
mramsey1Sep 19, 2013Radio’s Auto Dashboard Strategy: We’ve Got It All WrongIn the race to exploit new digital opportunities, Kleiner Perkins partner Mary Meeker has described three “consumer Internet ‘white...
mramsey1Jul 25, 2013How to Beat the New Car DashboardAll this fretting over the evolving car dashboard is so much ado about the wrong stuff. Okay…. A flood of new content is coming. Lots of...
mramsey1Mar 13, 2013Radios Ripped from New Cars? “Not So Fast,” say ConsumersYou can climb down from the ceiling now, Mr. Broadcaster – it turns out new cars will feature FM/AM radios built-in for the foreseeable...
mramsey1Mar 30, 2012What Wins in the New Radio DashboardA huge proportion of radio listening happens on the mobile devices known as automobiles, especially during the aptly-titled “drive...