Re: WPSU: #1 and Local News
> I prefer to describe the liberals as "moral and caring and
> intellectually superior" and the conservatives as "wacko,
> militaristic, lunatics" ;-) Other than that, you are
> correct.
>
> One weakness that WPSU has...and I'm not sure "weakness" is
> the correct way to put it...is that they don't tackle local
> issues very much. They cover such a wide area that they
> really can't talk about local State College issues without
> pissing off the rest of their audience. But it begs the
> question...is there room for intelligent talk about local
> issues in State College? I maintain that there is...and
> always has been. However, Forever's lack of interest in the
> AM dial has resulted in the purging of almost all local news
> content on WMAJ and WRSC. WBLF is trying...but I don't
> think they have the wattage or visibility in the community
> to get the numbers or the sales.
>
> WRTA has done very well with a heavy dose of local news and
> talk in Altoona. And there's a lot more going on here than
> in Altoona.
> To my knowledge, State College is the only town anywhere near it's size that doesn't have a station that you can turn to to get caught up on the local situation as you head to work, or take a lunch break, or drive home.
It would be nice to know what the sirens were all about last night, if there's
a string of assaults or robberies happening, if homes are being burglarized, etc.
It would be really nice to know if there's a big wreck tying up traffic on Atherton St., without sitting for half an hour, wondering what's going on.
Especially if it could be avoided with a little fore-warning.
If an 18 yr. old is arrested for DUI, some parents would like to know before they allow their daughter to ride with him.
Whose house was on fire yesterday? Does the family need help? Around here, it's "Who knows?"
Somebody mentioned that the State College Police are totally un-cooperative.
I don't know about PSP Rockview, but I'll bet if a reporter publicly asks the Borough Council at every meeting why the Police aren't releasing what should be public information, other people would start asking also.
> > Very well put!
> >
> > It tells me the bleeding heart liberals are all listening
> to
> > WPSU and the conservatives are divided up among Froggy and
>
> > those religious stations that are insignificant. But
> there
> > are more conservatives here than there are bleeding heart
> > liberals.
> >
> > And even the ones who fall somewhere in the middle are
> > divided up.
> >
> > > Whoa... wait just a minute. You're in grave danger of
> > > Rampant Ethnocentrism!
> > >
> > > It might clash dramatically with your way of looking at
> > the
> > > world, but WPSU has now racked up 4 straight #1 books in
>
> > > State College. The execs at Innovation Park say it's the
>
> > > highest rated public radio station in America, in 12+
> > market
> > > share. WPSU is the "elephant in the room" that you're
> > > ignoring.
> > >
> > > Instead of dismissing this information, you should be
> > > analyzing it. What does this tell you about Centre
> County
> > > residents? What does it tell you about designing
> > programming
> > > to attract them--and compete with WPSU?
> > >
> > > The real question for local programmers isn't about
> > tackling
> > > Froggy. Who wants to tackle WPSU?
> > >
> > > > And yes sadly for the average Joe, these station ARE
> > > > insignificant. There are a lot of people who listen
> to
> > > WPSU
> > > > or WTLR, I will give you that...but there are plenty
> > more
> > > > who have no idea what they are, nor do they care.
> Same
> > > goes
> > > > for REVV FM adn K-Love and any other religious type
> > > > broadcast on the dial.
> > > >
> > > > People just don't get into it (not the masses anyway).
>
> > >
> >
>
