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OAB Connection: Radio is still strong, but where are all the radios hiding?

Hint: Check your pocketTORONTO – When Doug Bingley, CEO of Central Ontario Broadcasting, went to a Best Buy recently in search of a clock radio he was shocked to find out there are almost no more radios for sale in the country’s largest electronics retailer.He told delegates at Thursday’s Ontario Association of Broadcasters annual one day conference at the Toronto Airport Marriott that he found extensive displays of Bluetooth speakers and other devices which wirelessly link to the smartphones or tablets or PCs of Canadians – but only two stand-alone conventional radios – off on their own in a dead...