Could a Taylor Swift format work?

[Kelly A]

The internet didn't exist in 1964 but if it had existed, the Beatles would still have been big, and Motown would still have been big sellers. For example, even in 1964 Motown artists were performing on TV, and people obviously knew they were black. But they still bought the records, still supported those artists.

The internet has transformed the way news and other media are consumed, but it hasn't actually sped up the transmission of news all that much. It's interactive, and that's different, of course, and the massive amount of information beats what people got in 1964 from TV, radio, Newspapers and magazines.

But TV and radio back then weren't exactly Pony Express. And anything notable usually was mentioned on radio, TV, or in the newspapers.

When Kennedy was shot in November 1963, everyone knew because of TV and radio. When he died, everyone knew. And when I say "everyone", yeah, not literally every person in the country had a radio or TV nearby, but word got out just the same -- that word being transmitted via radio and TV.

The smartphone has replaced the radio, TV and newspaper, but it doesn't mean the populace is any better informed.

RE: Lennon's 'Jesus' statement -- the Beatles almost did become dead meat because of it. There were Beatle record burnings in some areas of the US. Lennon's retraction statement helped quell the negative reactions, but even at the time he made the original statement there were many in the media who understood what Lennon actually meant -- his original point being expounded in later interviews: that the Beatles were popular on a level even Lennon couldn't comprehend, and to a level he thought was insane. He told of one woman rolling up a son in a wheelchair before or after a meet and greet, hoping Lennon could heal him. Lennon freaked out over this.

At the same time, there have been some who make equally volatile statements in the internet age and they haven't become dead meat because of it. There is so much going on that is covered by the internet, that people gradually become inurred to such statements, compared to maybe 1920 or 1960. Today, people are overloaded with info.

What does any of this have to do with a Taylor Swift format?

 

[AbrahamJSimpson]

Well, you see, there was this guy at the Motel 6 and he remembered seeing Taylor Swift on some station somewhere when he was being distracted while shopping for groceries. And he didn’t have the internet because it was too slow but he did post about not having internet while on the internet. And anyway, the Beatles didn’t have internet, so it’s totally connected.

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[michael hagerty]

Well, you see, there was this guy at the Motel 6 and he remembered seeing Taylor Swift on some station somewhere when he was being distracted while shopping for groceries. And he didn’t have the internet because it was too slow but he did post about not having internet while on the internet. And anyway, the Beatles didn’t have internet, so it’s totally connected.

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While Chimp is an easy target, it was actually BigA who brought up social media as it relates to Taylor. And it was on topic, as a response to my analogy about Joni Mitchell and Linda Ronstadt.

https://www.radiodiscussions.com/threads/could-a-taylor-swift-format-work.764376/post-6668855

 

[AbrahamJSimpson]

Now the “anti Taylor” format in Philly would also fit the heading. It’s just a goofy stunt, but cheap and easy, so more power to ‘em for “banning” Taylor for a few days from Q102.

 

[michael hagerty]

Now the “anti Taylor” format in Philly would also fit the heading. It’s just a goofy stunt, but cheap and easy, so more power to ‘em for “banning” Taylor for a few days from Q102.

And there’s nothing new under the sun—-WWSH in Philly got national press for its “No Bee Gees Weekend” at the height of that group’s popularity 45 years ago.

 

[AbrahamJSimpson]

Easy stunts have a place in many businesses. It’s when you try to turn a suitable stunt into a business model that it typically falls apart.

 

[Kelly A]

While Chimp is an easy target, it was actually BigA who brought up social media as it relates to Taylor. And it was on topic, as a response to my analogy about Joni Mitchell and Linda Ronstadt.

Mr. Simpson wasn't picking on VChimp, but Boombox4 who I asked what any of the artists of the 50's and 60's have to do with a Taylor Swift format. To be fair, both VChimp and Boombox tend to turn topic rabbit holes into topic black holes.

 

[secondchoice]

What does any of this have to do with a Taylor Swift format?

Threads wonder on this site which makes it interesting.

 

[Kelly A]

Threads wonder on this site which makes it interesting.

Only if you like the topic being hijacked by people who live in the past.

 

[Daryl Lynn L.A.]

Among the irrelevant things, where Rick Dees (good lord, really??) is still syndicated is perhaps the most irrelevantist of all.

This is the kind of thread which bird walks all over the place, because names from the past keep coming up. Bear in mind, that David brought up Rick Dees, because the deejay that David hired in Birmingham actually won out over Rick in the ratings. Any time that hugely popular entertainers from the past are brought up in comparison to current entertainers, there will be bird-walking, which (at least for me) is fine. Eventually, the thread will return to its roots. We've had some threads with about 350-400 messages, and eventually, they turned out okay.
David, I hope you are feeling much better very soon ! Covid can be so debilitating. Sending positive thoughts to you.

 

[davideduardo]

David, I hope you are feeling much better very soon ! Covid can be so debilitating. Sending positive thoughts to you.

Tested negative first time today. Feel like I had received a "carga de palo" (beating with sugar cane stalks common in 19th Century Latin America) and can't concentrate for more than a brief period at a time.

 

[Daryl Lynn L.A.]

Tested negative first time today. Feel like I had received a "carga de palo" (beating with sugar cane stalks common in 19th Century Latin America) and can't concentrate for more than a brief period at a time.

"Carga de palo" is a very apt analogy for how Covid feels. There's lots of weakness and brain fog. It takes quite some time to recover. Glad that you tested negative and are on the mend.

 

[secondchoice]

Kelly

I will at least try to get this thread back to Taylor Swift. I doubt the radio format part will never come back.

Taylor got mentioned in the Philadelphia Federal Reserve's Beige Book about the local economic impact to cities where her concerts are. Bayoncia was also mentioned too.

 

[boombox4]

What does any of this have to do with a Taylor Swift format?

Why don't you ask the people who's posts I was responding to? You know, posts #141, #142, #145 and #146. Try to keep up.

 

[Kelly A]

Kelly

I will at least try to get this thread back to Taylor Swift. I doubt the radio format part will never come back.

Taylor got mentioned in the Philadelphia Federal Reserve's Beige Book about the local economic impact to cities where her concerts are. Bayoncia was also mentioned too.

First of all, thank you. The relevant part of the original premise regarding a full-time Taylor Swift format for radio is the unseen benefits her success brings to the communities where her sold-out concerts are, and more recently the success felt by local theaters that host the concert film. Despite a rise in ticket sales post-pandemic sales, theaters have still been struggling to stay in business. Theater owners carrying the TS film are thrilled, as are their audiences, and with good reason. Radio has tried to benefit from the Swift phenomenon but has been limited to just playing the music, mainly for adult fans. The days of certain radio stations getting exclusive 'welcome' rights when a concert or movie premiers in a particular market have shifted to social media because that's where the fans are.

 

[Kelly A]

Why don't you ask the people who's posts I was responding to? You know, posts #141, #142, #145 and #146. Try to keep up.

Because I'm not interested in spending time reading your, or other off-topic life experiences or false equivalencies. All it does is take up space in an otherwise completely different original post. I'm going to exercise the power of the mighty "ignore Boombox4" button, which I'm grateful is included on this site.

 

[boombox4]

Because I'm not interested in spending time reading your, or other off-topic life experiences or false equivalencies. All it does is take up space in an otherwise completely different original post. I'm going to exercise the power of the mighty "ignore Boombox4" button, which I'm grateful is included on this site.

Whatever. Your own comments personally attack others way too much, as others on RD have mentioned in the past, and as you have done here on this thread several times. I won't use the block button, though. That's for kids.

 

[Y2kTheNewOldies]

Taylor Swift postpones Rio de Janeiro show, citing record heat a day after fan dies during concert

Taylor Swift postponed an Eras Tour concert in Brazil Saturday after a 23-year-old fan died during her Friday night show in Rio de Janeiro.

apnews.com

Damn and also this put Taylor Swift a target of political rants and conspiracy theories involving a fan that died in Brazil. The only issue here is that its the concert promoters, local police and stadium security staff that dropped the ball on crowd control in that instance.

A 23-year-old Taylor Swift fan died at the singer’s Eras Tour concert in Rio de Janeiro Friday night, according to a statement from the show’s organizers in Brazil. Both fans and politicians reacted to the news with outrage.

The cause of death for Ana Clara Benevides Machado has not yet been announced. The office of Rio’s public prosecutor opened a criminal investigation and said Benevides body was being examined.

But concert-goers complained they were not allowed to take water into Nilton Santos Olympic Stadium despite soaring temperatures, and federal authorities announced that free water would be made available at all future concerts.

 

[Don CT]

Taylor Swift postpones Rio de Janeiro show, citing record heat a day after fan dies during concert

Taylor Swift postponed an Eras Tour concert in Brazil Saturday after a 23-year-old fan died during her Friday night show in Rio de Janeiro.

apnews.com

Damn and also this put Taylor Swift a target of political rants and conspiracy theories involving a fan that died in Brazil. The only issue here is that its the concert promoters, local police and stadium security staff that dropped the ball on crowd control in that instance.

Sounds like they would not provide water.

 

[davideduardo]

Sounds like they would not provide water.

"They" is the stadium, not the promoter. In Latin America, many experiences with upset or emotional soccer fans has made the sale of anything in bottles or cans very dangerous, so only paper cup sales are allowed (and even then, fans fill them with urine and put a lid on them and throw them!).