A Different Kind of Talk Radio in L.A.

[RicoGregg]

Details:

http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/news/ci_23275206/radio-titans-trio-gaining-audience-online

More info:

http://www.radiotitans.com

 

[ChannelFlipper]

The article is a puff piece (read: free advertising) with no indication of how successful the show and network are. Experienced newspaper readers of course know when that most relevant fact is left out of the article, one already knows what the answer is.

The link is more free advertising. Good job Rico.

 

[RicoGregg]

I have no affiliation with this group.

Once again Flipper you make a lame attempt at pontificating.

You speak for whom again?

Check with your man crush Glenn.

 

[ChannelFlipper]

I have no affiliation with this group.

Once again Flipper you make a lame attempt at pontificating.

You speak for whom again?

Check with your man crush Glenn.

Now you're making false assumptions. I simply pointed out that the article is a puff piece without a lot of substantive facts to put the subject matter in context. I have made similar posts in the past regarding the LA Times and KCSN and I like KCSN very much. But I call them as I see them, whether I like the station or not.

In this case, I have never heard of these people, nor most likely have most others on this board that is dedicated to local radio. The fact of the matter is, online and podcasts are the outposts of the broadcasting world with little relevance to what is actually going on in real radio. As a comparison example, I give you Tom Leykis. Tom has podcast followers, but has to grovel for funding and cannot get a sniff of an LA airwave, regardless of how important he thinks he is.

By putting the link to their website in addition to the article, you display the fact that you would like us to know even more about a product you presumably like. That is fine. Its also advocacy. That's fine too. Just don't deny it when you do it.

As to your last question, I speak for my favorite stations, always in an unpaid capacity, but always up front about it (particularly since most are not around any more)

KMET
KROQ (Pre 2000)
KLOS
KMPC-FM/KEDG
KQLZ
KMPC (Station of the stars and sports formats)
KFI (all versions)
KSCA (AAA) Version
KKGO (Jazz version)
Indie 103.1
The Mighty 690

There are others, but you get the idea.

 

[RicoGregg]

I'll pay my respects when I go by the tombstones of all those dead stations you speak for, including the ones I worked at for four years, KMPC & KEDG. 

You're the one who made false assumptions when you insinuated I was giving the internet radio outlet free publicity. I was trying to be informative.

At least it wasn't posted in numerous other threads before like your Ray Manzarek thread was.

 

[Thomps2525]

Mister Rico, how could anyone not want to listen to that "different kind of talk radio" after reading that "sometimes hosts can hear people yelling in the hallway during broadcasts, and the construction of a new nightclub downstairs turned out to be audible on the radio"? That truly is different.

And what's this about Ray Manzarek? Did he die or something?

 

[RicoGregg]

It just might make for campy entertainment.

 

[SimiRadioListener26]

It's not hosted by a right-wing wacko or a convicted felon? Oh, that was a different different kind of talk radio.

 

[radio-darn]

The article is a puff piece (read: free advertising) with no indication of how successful the show and network are.

The article is written by someone who is probably a fan who has no clue about radio, not when they can write a statement such as:

"This is the age of Internet radio, where small operations can compete with the big companies that dominate airwaves."

In fact, they cannot compete, if "compete" means be self-supporting and pay a wage to the hosts.

I think it's great that a bunch of fun-loving guys have the time and the means to put on an internet show, but it is narrowcasting at its narrowest.