Ive heard a lot about satellite radio. What is it and how does it affect WRTI?
Satellite radio is a commercial service available on special receivers that consumers purchase for their cars or homes. These receivers connect to 100 channels or more from a satellite signal that is available across the U.S. While this means that you can listen to channels from across the country, we believe it also takes away one of the most meaningful aspects of radio; localization. If you tune into a channel from another city, you won’t hear WRTI’s local programming, including information about upcoming concerts in your town, or the weather, or news from your area on satellite radio. We believe that our relationship with the WRTI community, and the localization of our content, is an essential part of what makes our public broadcast service valuable to our listeners.
