That's why I said "best case". I didn't say it was realistic.
You could say "Gregg." is right in one sense: it's not a cost problem. It's a revenue problem. The outcome, though, is the same.
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You could say "Gregg." is right in one sense: it's not a cost problem. It's a revenue problem. The outcome, though, is the same.
I get the feeling CBS wants nothing to do with radio. They see what happened to Audacy.
Bari Weiss will be 42 years old next week. How do millennials perceive radio? Probably not something for the future.
If your sales people are not selling your inventory and it is expiring... need a better revenue management person to price this stuff.
K.M. Richards
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How I imagine Bari Weiss' thought process:
"Radio News? WTF is 'radio'?"
"Radio News? WTF is 'radio'?"
I wonder how that compares to what they were making when SkyView did the sales and distribution instead of Audacy. Of course Audacy knows that number, and will play a part in what they do next, in terms of offering their own national news service.
When you read Bari's plan, it's all about using social media and the internet. We had talked at one point that Ellison would sell the CBS TV stations and the network. I thought that might be on hold with what was happening at CBS News. But that might still be in the works. Sell the stations and the network, and focus on the CNN brand, which already has a much more robust infrastructure.
An entire generation has grown up with the internet. They're working in the media business right now. Most of them think that way.
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
Precisely my point, A. Thank you.
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Also Bari Weiss runs a blog called "The Free Press" its the one she is also protecting along with CBS News on the TV side as we are focusing on the Paramount/WB merger. We can also see why CBS is shutting down their radio news division in the mist of merging their operations with WB.
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
Moment of joviality via your typo ...
Is that anything like "Gorillas In The Mist", and should CBS hire Sigourney Weaver as the next anchor of the Evening News?
I haven't read every post in this thread so it might have already been covered, but I agree that listener-supported and ad-supported radio are two entirely different things.
NPR couldn't beg for money during the newscasts and adding ads would muddy the waters.
Also, the "tone" of the newscasters is so different that it just wouldn't work.
they used CNN, and continued to for years to even after FNC launched
same people waiting for Local weather on the 8s on The Weather Channel
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
I'm surprised anyone still watches TWC.
There are websites (including NOAA) and apps for that now.
they were kids were consolidation began
if Rush Limbaugh was still alive, would he have moved to podcasting? he was probably the last radio star
they used to be good during major storms, they were first to cover the Joplin tornado instead of the rest of mostly East Coast media
there's also apps for sports scores but ESPN still keeps the ticker other than MNF and CFP, even for US Open updates during SEC Football games on the SEC Network
He already was. He built a very robust website with all of his old shows that I believe is still operating. At one time he charged a subscription fee for access.
Glenn Beck is another who has done a lot with The Blaze.
A big problem with NPR setting up a commercial side hustle is their current affiliate base. Non-com affiliates pay a lot of money to broadcast NPR programming. And I don't think they'd be very happy with a commercial competitor airing NPR product, especially since affiliates are required to have a non-commercial license from the FCC.
I think NPR understands that. There is an NPR station in Buffalo, WNED, that is in the commercial band and has decided to go commercial. They went to NPR and asked if they could run NPR programs on their commercial station. NPR told them no.
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