In the comment section of the Springsteen vs. Clear Channel post Jason Josephes brings up a good point:

This meshes well with the radio story in the print edition this week. Look, there was a time when radio was king but, with the internet, you can hear plenty of Springsteen with a simple mouse click. Or you can mail order his new CD from several retailers. The days of Clear Channel and Wal-Mart sanitation are over, so the former’s decision not to play The Boss is, in the end, no big deal.

If you haven’t read the radio story yet (Left of the Dial by Molly Hamilton) click here to check it out. She spends the day listening to everything Seattle radio has to offer:

There’s no point to radio anymore. It’s a cultural institution, sure, and we tolerate it, keep it around for posterity. But radio offers nothing to the music world that can’t be found elsewhere at pretty much the same price. I recently spent 12 full hours absorbing everything it has to offer, starting from the bottom and working my way to the End (yeah I know, they thought of it first). The only conclusion I came up with is that the act itself—actually turning a dial—is sweetly nostalgic, but it gets you nowhere.