Boston.com saves wfnx?

[chrocket87]

And Mindich announced he is putting FNX on as an internet station. This shall be an interesting one to listen to.

 

[raccoonradio]

Re: WFNX To Live On As Streaming Web Radio Station

So Mindich doesn't have anything to do with the boston.com project, as that article talks about WFNX living on as a webstream at wfnx.com --he didn't mention anything about the boston.com deal which has his former DJs. And the Globe article yesterday didn't mention any Phoenix/
Mindich involvement other than the fact that it has former DJs/PD etc.

 

[raccoonradio]

>>I'm guessing that Boston.com will purchase the intellectual property of WFNX too.

But apparently Mindich's project will do that (I put a comment on the following page but it's
"awaiting moderation":
http://wfnx.com/shows/fnxweekenders/wfnx-online-stream

Anyway, since boston.com apparently has their own streaming station coming up and now
Mindich talks about his own operation, I'm guessing Mindich wouldn't sell the int. property of
WFNX...not if he has his own deal!

 

[raccoonradio]

some tweets of note:

Dan Cobb ‏@capecobb

@HenrySantoro very happy for all of you and generally good news, but also feel like I just landed in a custody battle... #WeAreBoston #WFNX

Dan Cobb ‏@capecobb

#WFNX break-off station needs a call-sign. How about BXCi "Boston's Alternative dotCom" @ThePDriscoll @HenrySantoro @adamxii @kramerjulie

 

[WNTIRadio]

WFNX.com without the DJ's isn't really a draw. I can program an iPod to play music like FNX and have the same sounding "station".

Boston.com without the WFNX branding and materials is going to be a tough sell as well. Sure the jocks and music are there, but now it has to be explained as to what it is, instead of simply "WFNX online". They also won't have the 25+ years of archival material... interviews, in studio performances, "Hi this is Morrissey and you're listening to FNX" etc. that comes with the intellectual property.

If Mindich was really smart, he'd sell that to NYT as well and make a profit on it instead of sinking money into a ghost ship FNX online stream.

 

[raccoonradio]

Very true. While I did post something about how there will now be two streams, to the Phoenix
article, it's subject to moderation and may not get up there. If you're Mindich do you even want to mention the "competition"? I don't think they had a news item on the site, a "This Just In" deal
saying "hey looks like boston.com hired a bunch of ex-WFNX DJs". Nope, they just mention their
own upcoming stream.

WFNX's facebook does have a comment or two though:
>>Yep, it's true...looks like most of the old guys (Driscoll, Henry, Julie, Adam) are going to the Globe, while Jim Ryan heads the new FNX, also online. This may just have worked out for the better for internet listeners...while terrestrial radio is on its way out. Now if only everyone could hook up internet radio in their cars...
http://www.facebook.com/1017wfnx

 

[Joseph_Gallant]

This may mean that---short of Steven Mindich selling the "intellectual property" and music library of WFNX to Boston. com (which I think will take place sooner than later) that several major WFNX people who have signed on to work on Boston.com's alternative rock webstream (i.e. Julie Kramer and Henry Santoro, the latter was actually a high-school clsassmate of mine!) will not be part of the week of special farewell shows between July 14th and 20th, or the farewell broadcast on the 21st.

 

[WNTIRadio]

At this point, why bother with the farewell broadcast. Just let it die already, put some other filler on until CC takes over. This is like watching a wounded horse that nobody will put out of its misery. FNX is already gone, it's just liners and songs now. The heart and soul of it left the building with the staff.

 

[ex radio pimp]

WFNX.com without the DJ's isn't really a draw. I can program an iPod to play music like FNX and have the same sounding "station".

Boston.com without the WFNX branding and materials is going to be a tough sell as well. Sure the jocks and music are there, but now it has to be explained as to what it is, instead of simply "WFNX online". They also won't have the 25+ years of archival material... interviews, in studio performances, "Hi this is Morrissey and you're listening to FNX" etc. that comes with the intellectual property.

If Mindich was really smart, he'd sell that to NYT as well and make a profit on it instead of sinking money into a ghost ship FNX online stream.

It actually doesn't say there will be no DJ's.

 

[TRF]

At this point, why bother with the farewell broadcast. Just let it die already, put some other filler on until CC takes over. This is like watching a wounded horse that nobody will put out of its misery. FNX is already gone, it's just liners and songs now. The heart and soul of it left the building with the staff.

1. Some of us loyal listeners (OK, maybe just me) want to listen to the very end. I'm looking forward to the flashback shows - hopefully will get to hear a lot of TAI and Neal Robert.
2. Jim Ryan was on this afternoon - he mentioned the plans for streaming, among other things, so I don't think he was voicetracked. Nor was Paul Driscoll before his jump to boston.com. Also, they still have ads - lots more PSAs, of course, but I heard a Smoke Shop ad (forget which one) today as well.
3. They need to program the stream anyway, unless they dropped that until the relaunch. And what sense would that make? Why subject your audience to that discontinuity?

 

[WNTIRadio]

They should be running every sweeper directing people to the stream by now. And a :30 in every break telling folks that FNX is going to be online only starting late July.

Nobody said that there wouldn't be DJ's on FNX's stream (not Boston.com) but Boston.com got the current airstaff. The smartest thing to do would be to sell the FNX intellectual property to NYT and let them try and monetize a stream.

 

[nd2023]

Or a 100-200 watt translator in and around Boston metro, maybe several here and there, maybe a Franken FM plus their stream on Boston.com which will be what? who could hear it?

I'm guessing that Boston.com will purchase the intellectual property of WFNX too. An 0.5 rating in Boston could generate a profit as an Internet station, since their expenses will be lower than an FM station.

Perhaps they can put it on an HD2 somewhere.

I don't think a new channel 6 analog LPTV can go on the air now. Boston used to have a pirate station on 87.7.

 

[DJbobo]

They should be running every sweeper directing people to the stream by now. And a :30 in every break telling folks that FNX is going to be online only starting late July.

Nobody said that there wouldn't be DJ's on FNX's stream (not Boston.com) but Boston.com got the current airstaff. The smartest thing to do would be to sell the FNX intellectual property to NYT and let them try and monetize a stream.

Pay attention. Jim Ryan has been saying it during every break on WFNX 101.7 - he'll be one of the DJ's on WFNX.com

 

[raccoonradio]

Over at A.Nother radio messageboard, to use a gimmick from Progressive's ads, Lance says that
boston.com may not have the FNX name but they have the jocks and the publicity to promote it and the NYT trying to obtain the FNX "intellectual property" won't be worth much. The jocks
and the power of the folks on Morrissey... but WHO KNOWS!

 

[Neanderpaul]

This is the most discussion of an internet radio stream that I've ever seen.

That is all.

 

[DJbobo]

This is the most discussion of an internet radio stream that I've ever seen.

That is all.

Not much different from an internet radio stream. It's the same 10 list...errr...posters.

 

[ex radio pimp]

I don't think NYT should spend a cent on FNX's intellectual property. They don't need it.

 

[WNTIRadio]

I do. That property includes all of the past performances/interviews/archival material AND most importantly, the "FNX" branding. It will be hard to promote one station as "kind of former you know that station that played alternative in Boston now online". On the other side, Phoenix has all that and no personalities that we know of.

It would make more sense to consolidate into one stream, one brand. With two competing against each other, there aren't enough listeners and more importantly, ad dollars to go around.

 

[carmen]

AND most importantly, the "FNX" branding

old branding is least important part. Globe has "G" section, (except on thursdays), which is close to those Phoenix papers in boxes along the street in Allston in terms of content - event listings, music reviews. G-Radio sounds tacky as hell, and sort of Korean, so who knows..

 

[WNTIRadio]

What's a newspaper?

Seriously, who in that demo reads newspapers anymore? Promoting in the newspaper is like yelling out the window. Last I remember, NYT wants to get rid of the Globe.