For radio to prosper in the age of the iPod, it needs to reach people like Megan Delehanty. The 21-year-old USC student listens to music at least three hours a day, regularly shops for used CDs, ...

The sound was uniform and universal: lush string arrangements (almost never with vocals) of popular songs and show tunes, with minimal announcements. The stations called it "beautiful music" or "easy ...

For 58 years the easy-listening music station broadcast from Jacksonville, over the city and eventually over the world. Now Jones College Radio, known in recent years as Riverton Tower Radio, has ...