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Re: Once Again Realist Shows why he can't make a point

> > Radio pros, ask yourself how many people you know who got
> > cable TV who decided to switch back to rabbit ears?
> >
> So you're telling me that you don't watch PXI, PGH, TAE or
> KDKA? Are you saying that FX burried the networks?

No, I'm telling you that I don't watch them AS MUCH as I did when I didn't have cable. I'm telling you that when a station reaches 100,000 listeners it makes a certain amount of money, and when it loses 20,000 listeners to satelite, it won't make AS MUCH money.

> Realist, you're comparing apples to oranges. Look at your
> post. That's like saying...
>
> "Radio pros--ask yourself how many people you know who got
> sterio systems switched back to mono systems."
>
> Realist, you are comparing the tools that people use to
> watch tv, not the channels that they watch. Which again
> shows that you are incompetent to make a VALID post on this
> board.

No, I'm comparing alternative forms of audio entertainment. You're one of the ones who thinks that broadcast radio exists in a vacuum. If you were a REAL radio professional, then you'd know about how the rise of television (which was another apple to radio's orange) caused massive changes in the way radio operated.

When television came along, it killed radio as the medium people used when sitting around in their homes. Radio had to re-invent itself as the medium people used for background music in their cars and at work. I'm trying to tell you that satelite radio is going to force radio to once again find a new niche, because satelite does a better job of providing background music.

> This guy is why I don't look at the board anymore.

Hearing the truth can be disturbing to someone who can't face the truth.
 
> > So does anyone think this could be sudden death for
> K-ROCK?
> > Personally I hope it is! :) That's just my opinion
> > though...
>
> No, I don't think the death of K-Rock will be sudden. I
> think it will be a slow and lingering death, stretched out
> for months. I think K-Rock will slide towards oblivion over
> an agonizingly long period of time. And when it finally
> dies, the reaction will be "Finally!".
>
> But that's just a gut reaction prediction.
>

I agree with your prediction. Infinity isn't going to suddenly blow up K-Rock. The station will linger until Dec 2006. By then they'll hopefully figure out what to do with the station.
 
simple answer

In-breeding

;-

> Why do you have to ruin every thread with these pointless digressions?
>
 
Re: simple answer

> In-breeding

And the result is he has only one eye, not on his head. The brilliance of the world revolving around his "opinion" is indeed s-c-a-r-e-e-e. Happy 06 OC.
Back in the real world again, can't wait to see what I have missed in post
down below...

Looks painfully obvious that little has changed on this board.<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by tibbs on 01/07/06 01:54 AM.</FONT></P>
 
Re: Once Again Realist Shows why he can't make a point

> > Radio pros, ask yourself how many people you know who got
> > cable TV who decided to switch back to rabbit ears?
> >
> So you're telling me that you don't watch PXI, PGH, TAE or
> KDKA? Are you saying that FX burried the networks?
>
> Realist, you're comparing apples to oranges. Look at your
> post. That's like saying...
>
> "Radio pros--ask yourself how many people you know who got
> sterio systems switched back to mono systems."
>
> Realist, you are comparing the tools that people use to
> watch tv, not the channels that they watch. Which again
> shows that you are incompetent to make a VALID post on this
> board.
>
> This guy is why I don't look at the board anymore.
>

Yeah. Who told him that computers exist?
 
Re: Once Again Realist Shows why he can't make a point

> I'm telling you that when a
> station reaches 100,000 listeners it makes a certain amount
> of money, and when it loses 20,000 listeners to satelite, it
> won't make AS MUCH money.

XM has been around for what 3+ years Sirius 2+ years--and the share of radio dollars in Pittsburgh isn't even down a percent. 20,000 listeners is ESPN Radio's erection.

> You're one of the ones who thinks that broadcast radio
> exists in a vacuum.

I own two XM subs--one in my car and a my-fi

> When television came along....

You sound like my grandpa... TV has always been around for me--in color, even.

> Hearing the truth can be disturbing to someone who can't
> face the truth.

I get my paycheck from radio and have lived off of it for more than 13 years--what about you Realist... when did you get the boot? I'm one of the guys that took your shift for slightly less money (I'm still above scale) and forced you out.... sorry 'bout that.
 
> > So does anyone think this could be sudden death for
> K-ROCK?
> > Personally I hope it is! :) That's just my opinion
> > though...
>
> No, I don't think the death of K-Rock will be sudden. I
> think it will be a slow and lingering death, stretched out
> for months. I think K-Rock will slide towards oblivion over
> an agonizingly long period of time. And when it finally
> dies, the reaction will be "Finally!".
>
> But that's just a gut reaction prediction.
>
Prediction based on what... give me some examples.
 
Re: I don't know

>
> The Hair Nation channel is on Sirius.
>

Channel 41 is Bone Yard... they play alot from the hairband Era.
 
> Catch someone with an ad for a station or program while the
> person is in their car, with the radio on, and they might
> hit the tuner.

"Might"--at best. you mean to tell me that the bus shelter ads and billboards are a call to action??? They only reinforce a brand... you should know that... if you actually have research..

>Try to convince them in advance to remember
> to tune in, you're in an uphill fight.

Even though BOB FM stinks--I think they have the best tv spots that I've seen in a looooonnng time. They do a decent job of sampling the station in 30 seconds. A billboard, or bus shelter will not give you a a chance to sample a station.

A billboard or bus shelter will most likely reinforce the sampling that they saw on tv (Branding 101).. and make the listener go--oh yeah... i wanted to check that out.
 
> > > So does anyone think this could be sudden death for
> > K-ROCK?
> > > Personally I hope it is! :) That's just my opinion
> > > though...
> >
> > No, I don't think the death of K-Rock will be sudden. I
> > think it will be a slow and lingering death, stretched out
>
> > for months. I think K-Rock will slide towards oblivion
> over
> > an agonizingly long period of time. And when it finally
> > dies, the reaction will be "Finally!".
> >
> > But that's just a gut reaction prediction.
> >
> Prediction based on what... give me some examples.

Based on they probably work for C____C_____ and they're trying to sow seeds of doubt.
 
Given Infinity's track record...

... I can't see how many people would disagree. Why would Infinity suddenly start reacting quickly? For a long time now, every significant move they've made seems to have been made too late. They waited until B-94 had slipped into a coma before they pulled the plug. They waited until long after WPGB had plenty of time to steal their main program (Rush Limbaugh) and most of their listeners before making any significant changes at KDKA.

What surprises me is how anyone who knows how that Infinity in Pittsburgh reacts about as fast as molasses in January would question any prediction that Infinity will continue to react at a snail's pace.

> I agree with your prediction. Infinity isn't going to
> suddenly blow up K-Rock. The station will linger until Dec
> 2006. By then they'll hopefully figure out what to do with
> the station.
>
 
U R right

Correct- the usual long-winded, empty rantings of bitter-beer-face, frustrated, ex-radio hacks (there are 2, to be specific, the same 2 as always).

But the good new is: MOST Pittsburgh-area radio pros are indeed pros.

>
> Looks painfully obvious that little has changed on this board.
>
 
Re: Given Infinity's track record...

> ... I can't see how many people would disagree. Why would
> Infinity suddenly start reacting quickly? For a long time
> now, every significant move they've made seems to have been
> made too late. They waited until B-94 had slipped into a
> coma before they pulled the plug. They waited until long
> after WPGB had plenty of time to steal their main program
> (Rush Limbaugh) and most of their listeners before making
> any significant changes at KDKA.
>
> What surprises me is how anyone who knows how that Infinity
> in Pittsburgh reacts about as fast as molasses in January
> would question any prediction that Infinity will continue to
> react at a snail's pace.
>
> > I agree with your prediction. Infinity isn't going to
> > suddenly blow up K-Rock. The station will linger until
> Dec
> > 2006. By then they'll hopefully figure out what to do
> with
> > the station.

I agree with you Radio Realist. I actually wouldn't be surprised if K ROCk was still here in 2007?
> >
>
 
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