How much longer will terrestrial (AM/FM) radio stations exist?

The short answer is, Until they are no longer cost-effective. Today they are. Eventually they will not be. Terrestrial radio is already supplemented by Internet radio, which will take over as soon as wireless paths (mostly through cellular transmission) become wide and reliable enough, and tuner apps are no longer hard to use. read more

I think you're going to see terrestrial radio hang on for much longer than anyone predicts. Maybe not 100 years, but I would bet in 50 years there will still be terrestrial AM, FM, and even shortwave stations still broadcasting where they are commercially viable or provide service where none other exist. read more

Why 90+% of us still use AM/FM is not because of the music – it’s because of the CONTENT around the music. It’s the immediacy of localized information, available conveniently, that people use radio. It is because of the broadcasting technologies behind the AM/FM radio that we still have the AM/FM radio technology itself. read more