Bengalsfan said: "You are forgetting one, small, factor. Our imperial federal government. Why do you think they already have broadband speeds up to 10x faster in other parts of the world than we do?
And when I say cell phone companies get a clue, look at what the cellular carriers are doing in other parts of the world. Here AT&T eliminated their all you can use plans and Nextel has jacked the pricing on theirs up.
I have heard the line "radio is on the way out" since I have been in broadcasting (30 years in April 2011). It's still here."
Do you really think government intervention (or lack thereof) and cellular phone company business practices are not going to change in the next decade? Do you not think there will be new, global companies that work in the U.S. marketplace? That business practices are going to stay where they are today? Not going to happen. Terrestrial radio has lost two generations of listeners and counting, and CAN'T STOP THAT TIDE. No one's going to grow up on terrestrial radio anymore like you and I did. Barely anyone under 25 CHOOSES to listen to radio, and they want FM chips in mobile phones? Give me a break. No one except big radio group presidents want FM chips in mobile phones. There are plenty of other DIGITAL technologies to warn people in emergencies.
LESS THAN ONE YEAR AGO no one knew what a tablet was. Now Apple, and soon plenty of other companies, will be selling millions. And tablets are just the beginning of a decade worth of evolution. How do you like your tablet, Bengalsfan? It makes a mockery of what radio once was. I have been in traditional broadcasting five years longer than you have, but was fortuitous enough to also dabble in building online and mobile businesses along the way, and continue to do so as a consultant with global content/technology companies. Terrestrial radio, SELF-ADMITTEDLY, has UTTERLY FAILED to understand digital media and the sociological and behavioral changes of media consumption, despite the fact that they had all of the elements to succeed in the 21st century, but blew it. Too many old school radio executives who don't understand social/digital media, too much debt service, too many idiotic ideas like in Louisville of cutting LOCAL talent which was the ONLY advantage the medium had. Yes. listen to AM radio when there's a storm, that's the ticket. Listen to programming that is pre-selected for you instead of the consumer making the choice. That's the ticket. I loved terrestrial radio prior to 1996 and deregulation, since then it's become a crummy, now out of touch business. Come on, get real.
And when I say cell phone companies get a clue, look at what the cellular carriers are doing in other parts of the world. Here AT&T eliminated their all you can use plans and Nextel has jacked the pricing on theirs up.
I have heard the line "radio is on the way out" since I have been in broadcasting (30 years in April 2011). It's still here."
Do you really think government intervention (or lack thereof) and cellular phone company business practices are not going to change in the next decade? Do you not think there will be new, global companies that work in the U.S. marketplace? That business practices are going to stay where they are today? Not going to happen. Terrestrial radio has lost two generations of listeners and counting, and CAN'T STOP THAT TIDE. No one's going to grow up on terrestrial radio anymore like you and I did. Barely anyone under 25 CHOOSES to listen to radio, and they want FM chips in mobile phones? Give me a break. No one except big radio group presidents want FM chips in mobile phones. There are plenty of other DIGITAL technologies to warn people in emergencies.
LESS THAN ONE YEAR AGO no one knew what a tablet was. Now Apple, and soon plenty of other companies, will be selling millions. And tablets are just the beginning of a decade worth of evolution. How do you like your tablet, Bengalsfan? It makes a mockery of what radio once was. I have been in traditional broadcasting five years longer than you have, but was fortuitous enough to also dabble in building online and mobile businesses along the way, and continue to do so as a consultant with global content/technology companies. Terrestrial radio, SELF-ADMITTEDLY, has UTTERLY FAILED to understand digital media and the sociological and behavioral changes of media consumption, despite the fact that they had all of the elements to succeed in the 21st century, but blew it. Too many old school radio executives who don't understand social/digital media, too much debt service, too many idiotic ideas like in Louisville of cutting LOCAL talent which was the ONLY advantage the medium had. Yes. listen to AM radio when there's a storm, that's the ticket. Listen to programming that is pre-selected for you instead of the consumer making the choice. That's the ticket. I loved terrestrial radio prior to 1996 and deregulation, since then it's become a crummy, now out of touch business. Come on, get real.
