Dead air
It appears that those progressive Brits are actually en route to completely shutting off their analog radio systems (they probably also had HDTV, like, 15 years ago), and are expecting the blackout date to be announced later this year. Apparently the UK's internet and satellite radio uptake has been out of control, with millions of users and hundreds of stations already moved off the old air waves. Naturally, this would be unheard of in America—Clearchannel would probably sue the FCC for 80 trillion billion dollars for even proposing it. And while we're not entirely sure how safe we'd feel without that trusty old transistor radio for emergency backup, it doesn't seem much different to operate a satellite feed than a radio broadcast in such cases. Maybe it's for the best; didn't you see 28 Days Later?
