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Listener Survey — Cardigan Broadcast

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we need your thoughts.
And we appreciate you.

You were selected to help shape the future of local radio.
That matters more than you might think.

The Numbers Are Remarkable

Radio has outlasted every prediction.

82%
of the U.S. tunes in to AM/FM radio every week. Not occasionally. Weekly, reliably, by choice.

Today, more Americans listen to AM/FM radio than any other form of audio. More than podcasts, streaming music, and satellite radio combined. In an era of infinite content options, people keep coming back to their radio, and with very good reason.

When It Matters Most, Radio Shows Up

No other medium has radio's record in a crisis.

When power goes out, cell towers get damaged, or networks jam under load, AM and FM stations keep broadcasting — on battery-powered radios, car radios, and hand-crank receivers that need nothing from the grid.

The National Public Warning System reaches more than 90% of the U.S. population through broadcast radio stations, equipped to keep transmitting when everything else goes dark. During Hurricane Helene in 2024, radio newsrooms became front-line resources for communities that had lost power, water, cell service, and internet simultaneously.

Streaming doesn't work without a tower. Satellite doesn't work in a basement. Radio works everywhere.

What Makes Local Radio Different

Algorithms don't know your town.

A playlist service doesn't know your mayor's name, your high school team's record, which road washed out, or what the shelter-in-place zone is for your neighborhood. Local radio does — because the people making it live there too.

For seven consecutive years, research shows that local personalities are the number one driver of broadcast radio listening — not music, not format, not signal strength. Connection. That's what local radio is.

Why Your Opinion Belongs in This

We sent you this card because we need you.

Every kind of listener, every kind of non-listener, every opinion about what radio is doing right and what it could do better. Survey research only works when it reflects real people, not just the enthusiastic ones. That's it. No trick, no sales pitch waiting at the end.

If you listen to local radio every day, we want to hear from you. If you barely listen at all, we especially want to hear from you. Even if radio isn't part of your life right now, your honest answers help local stations understand who they're reaching — and who they're missing.

This Is Free, and It's Your Seat at an Important Table

When you enter your code, you join a conversation.

A conversation between your community and the stations that serve it. We hope you'll be part of this conversation that shapes local radio for the better.

We'll invite you back. What you tell us this time and every time after is part of something that genuinely matters.

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Streaming has algorithms.
Radio has your hometown.

A History of the World's Most Persistent Medium

The Story of Radio

From a garden in Italy to 82% of America, every week, for over a century. Scroll through the journey.