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Diamond Dave's East Coast CBS Affiliates Told To Make Other Plans

> another slight correction. Discoverer of FM.Edwin
> Armstrong..first FM broadcast 1948..TV sets grew slowly..at
> first..not many stations.. finally in 1957 after 9 years it
> reached half of the population. Commercial Radio in 1920
> grew slowly as well..finally ,just in time for the
> depression it reached half of the population in 1929..9
> years as well. Talkies were supposed to kill radio..tv was
> suppose to kill motion pictures...cable was suppose to kill
> broadcast tv...satellite was suppose to kill cable..internet
> a death threat to the internet..so it goes. XM and Sirius
> will continue to grow and do better especially since
> receivers are coming down in price. Radio needs t ostep up
> to be competitive and its not IBOC,or multi cast..Its
> program content..plain and simple...It's called the basics.

Precisely! The only thing that will kill tera radio, is tera radio. I think we'll begin to see tera stations cleaning up their act and become more competitive against sat radio in the near future.

Well said KPLEX, thank you.
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> > another slight correction. Discoverer of FM.Edwin
> > Armstrong..first FM broadcast 1948..TV sets grew
> slowly..at
> > first..not many stations.. finally in 1957 after 9 years
> it
> > reached half of the population. Commercial Radio in 1920
> > grew slowly as well..finally ,just in time for the
> > depression it reached half of the population in 1929..9
> > years as well. Talkies were supposed to kill radio..tv was
>
> > suppose to kill motion pictures...cable was suppose to
> kill
> > broadcast tv...satellite was suppose to kill
> cable..internet
> > a death threat to the internet..so it goes. XM and Sirius
>
> > will continue to grow and do better especially since
> > receivers are coming down in price. Radio needs t ostep up
>
> > to be competitive and its not IBOC,or multi cast..Its
> > program content..plain and simple...It's called the
> basics.
>
> Precisely! The only thing that will kill tera radio, is
> tera radio. I think we'll begin to see tera stations
> cleaning up their act and become more competitive against
> sat radio in the near future.
>
> Well said KPLEX, thank you.
>
Thanks,but you didn't see what I was saying in one respect. Satellite radio IS Still YOUNG. It will succeed probably in the same time frame I mentioned for radio,Tv,etc. Face it, radio programming today and the majority of talent it currently has is damn awful. Individualism is sorely needed,not assembly line stuff. New York needs to sound different than Dallas and Dallas needs to sound different than LA. You can IBOC all you want,and multicast,but if you can't have you're own unique program identifyer,then turn it off. Satellite has the uniqueness for now. Radio needs to relearn the basics and re-cultivate them.
 
> XM and Sirius will continue to grow and do better especially since
> receivers are coming down in price.

If they don't start turning a profit soon -- neither have ever made any money -- they won't be around long enough to grow.
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> > XM and Sirius will continue to grow and do better
> especially since
> > receivers are coming down in price.
>
> If they don't start turning a profit soon -- neither have
> ever made any money -- they won't be around long enough to
> grow.
>
Same was said about TV in 1951..cable in 1979..satelliteTV in 1997
 
> > If they don't start turning a profit soon -- neither have
> > ever made any money -- they won't be around long enough to
> > grow.

> Same was said about TV in 1951..cable in 1979..satelliteTV
> in 1997

And Betamax video players in 1985 and DIVX dvd players in 1999. Now they're both extinct!
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> > > If they don't start turning a profit soon -- neither
> have
> > > ever made any money -- they won't be around long enough
> to
> > > grow.
>
> > Same was said about TV in 1951..cable in 1979..satelliteTV
>
> > in 1997
>
> And Betamax video players in 1985 and DIVX dvd players in
> 1999. Now they're both extinct!
>
The big difference is Beta and DIVX did not broadcast a signal.....aww the short sightedness of those who are set in their ways. Ever read the book"The Pirates of Silicon valley"? IN the book XEROX discovered this computer type program,but refused to persue it,becasue they felt it was unmarketable and npo one would buy. In came in an electronic whiz kid out of Bekley who bought the rights and the technology for a very low cost. A few years later in 1984 he moved to Silicon valley with the company and used the old Xerox technology but he named it "Macintosh". The computer program Xerox said would never sell.
 
> > And Betamax video players in 1985 and DIVX dvd players in
> > 1999. Now they're both extinct!
> >
> The big difference is Beta and DIVX did not broadcast a
> signal...

Not relevant.

The important thing is that the superior product, as in the case of the Betamax, failed. DIVX failed because people spoke out, particularly on home theater forums, against it.

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> > > And Betamax video players in 1985 and DIVX dvd players
> in
> > > 1999. Now they're both extinct!
> > >
> > The big difference is Beta and DIVX did not broadcast a
> > signal...
>
> Not relevant.
>
> The important thing is that the superior product, as in the
> case of the Betamax, failed. DIVX failed because people
> spoke out, particularly on home theater forums, against it.
>
> Eventually the two radio formats will either coexist or one
> will fail.
>
Beta failed because the tape case was too flimsy and fell apart easily. DIVX wasn't marketed much. BTW the examples given were relevant. AM Stero failed due to no decision being made on a set format..that's relevant as well.

Satellite radio is here, and will be for a long while as well,too much money is invested in it.
 
> Satellite radio is here, and will be for a long while as
> well,too much money is invested in it.

Only time will tell, my friend! In the meantime, many seem to agree with me...

XM, Sirius sound great, but financial tone still missing

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Sirius and XM: Stupid Investments of the Week

Opie and Anthony Moving Back to Terrestrial Radio

and, last but not least:

Let's listen to Sirius and XM on our Smartphones for FREE!
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