Because there aren't enough lite rock stations, I guess...

The American radio biz wonders why nobody listens to radio anymore. Hint: it's not just because of YouTube and digital downloads "stealing" their business. The radio industry's gaping wounds are self-inflicted.

Take WGTZ-FM in Dayton, Ohio, for instance. This used to be a very popular station in that city. I could pick them up at home, but they battled futilely with a Lexington station on the same frequency. In my day, they would have been useful here for hearing an unbutchered American Top 40, except the interference made this impractical.

A few years ago, this station switched to a so-called "variety hits" format, but now they're doomed to obscurity as they've switched to an "adult contemporary" format.

Another AC???

There has always been a glut of AC in almost every American market. I remember Cincinnati having 7 AC's.

Oh well. It's radio. Nobody will notice anymore.

Repealing the far-right 1996 Telecommunications Act could have helped save radio from itself, but it's a little late for that.