Trending on Billboard When Zach Top made his debut on airwaves in 2021 with “Sounds Like the Radio,” the song took listeners “back [to] ’94, you know.” Radio in that era was a different animal — more than 90% of American adults used a clock radio to start their day, and the biggest competitor for in-car listening was the factory-installed CD player. Related Today’s landscape is less favorable for over-the-air radio. More than 80% of the population now uses a smart phone as the alarm, and over 25% of listeners don’t have a single AM/FM radio in their home, according to Michigan-based Jacobs Media’s 22nd annual TechSurvey 2026. Additionally, during their commutes, drivers have satellite radio, audiobooks and streaming apps among numerous non-radio options that didn’t even exist back in ‘94. The TechSurvey, released in an April 24 webinar, suggests that even stations’ most ardent fans will soon be tuning in to the radio more on other devices than on AM/FM hardware.…