“Return of the Media Moguls” (Nov. 21) inaccurately characterizes broadcast radio as a “dying business.”

Nothing could be further from the truth. Indeed, by roughly every account, free and local radio is growing. According to ratings company Arbitron, an audience of 239 million Americans, age 12 and older, tunes in to local radio stations every week. That figure represents an increase of four million listeners in just the last year.

Moreover, the Radio Advertising Bureau just reported that radio revenue increased by 5% in the third quarter of this year.

Such an unparalleled audience, coupled with significant revenue upticks, suggests that radio is thriving, not dying.

Dennis Wharton, Executive VP, Communications, National Association of Broadcasters, Washington, DC