Apple’s launch of the new Beats 1 digital radio station yesterday is a clear sign that radio is taking a big evolutionary step for the first time in nearly 100 years: It is changing its primary form of distribution and moving from analog to digital.
And with this change, a revolution of it is underway. The old behemoths are struggling to keep up while both upstarts and the biggest company in the world — Apple — all step into the space that was previously impenetrable.
