Erik Scott Smith Joins KILT-FM/Houston as Morning Co-Host

[BamaTX]

There is a big difference between Burkina Faso, which is not even a third world country, and a first world one like Chile. Or Albania and France. And so on.

Hence why I made the distinction of maturing technologies. There are still some countries that operate 2G GSM technology only.

Of course, streaming won't take off there anytime soon. But eventually? Yes.

So don't use foreign situations as an analysis point for U.S. radio.

Which is why I made it clear that each country is different. Adaptation will depend largely on the wireless solutions/infrastructure of each country. Of course, there will be other factors that will come into play (costs of WISP, streaming service accessibility, technology affordability, etc.), But at the end of the day, infrastructure will be main barrier.

Terrestrial radio will survive longer in other parts of the the world (maybe even for several decades). But it is not mortal. It will die as well once connectivity becomes more affordable in third world countries and the commercial viability of terrestrial radio is severely weakened.

 

[BamaTX]

That has nothing to do with this discussion.

Again, we're way beyond that point

That's not what the source link you posted said. Did you even read the article?

Did you? Go look at the numbers again please.

Then perhaps the mods should shut this down.

Why? Because suddenly you don't like where the conversation is going? It is a healthy conversation.

We've all acknowledged that radio is dying. We just don't agree how fast it is dying and for what reasons. I think there are several variables that are slowly inching radio towards its death.

 

[TheBigA]

Why? Because suddenly you don't like where the conversation is going? It is a healthy conversation.

Not at all. Just out of respect to the other Houston posters. But I have all the time in the world.

 

[stan]

I’ll bet that Erik Scott Smith will find this whole thread amusing.

Welcome to Houston, Erik!

 

[radioislife2020]

That has nothing to do with this discussion.



That's not what the source link you posted said. Did you even read the article?



Then perhaps the mods should shut this down.

let it be.. its ok to argue and not agree.. We have some people that have not been relevant in the industry for year but still thing they hold the secret sauce.

 

[BamaTX]

We have some people that have not been relevant in the industry for year but still thing they hold the secret sauce.

Like who?

 

[BamaTX]

Not at all. Just out of respect to the other Houston posters. But I have all the time in the world.

This board is dead. No one cares if we are having a healthy discussion about the downfall of terrestrial radio. We just happen to disagree how it is happening and why.

 

[davideduardo]

This board is dead. No one cares if we are having a healthy discussion about the downfall of terrestrial radio. We just happen to disagree how it is happening and why.

"Downfall" is a rather radical term for an industry that is now seen as recovering nicely from the pandemic. And, in the meantime, radio is moving its offerings to Internet options, just as we slowly moved from AM to FM.

The fact that after 12 years of the "smart" phone only about 4% of Americans have ceased using radio each week indicates that the transition will be quite gradual from AM and FM, and offerings via streaming technologies will simply move the delivery method, not kill the product.

In the meantime, the entire streaming industry will have to figure out how to make money without being ad-supported. At present, there is no viable model in that arena, meaning that money is only to be made with terrestrial radio or paid subscriptions for the moment.

We are a long way from the "abandon ship" siren being sounded. You are just awful-izing to create shock posts.

And not everyone wants to pay an additional monthly charge for paid services as the providers of such streams have found out.

 

[BamaTX]

"Downfall" is a rather radical term for an industry that is now seen as recovering nicely from the pandemic.

Wake me when it recovers to pre 2008 recession.

And, in the meantime, radio is moving its offerings to Internet options, just as we slowly moved from AM to FM.

The fact that after 12 years of the "smart" phone only about 4% of Americans have ceased using radio each week indicates that the transition will be quite gradual from AM and FM, and offerings via streaming technologies will simply move the delivery method, not kill the product.

Don't leave out the fact that 12 years ago, 3G want even widely available. T-Mobile was only offering 3G WCDMA in 13 US markets by late 2008.

Furthermore, several "smartphones" weren't even "smart". As late as 2011, I still had a smartphone that couldn't play AAC streams. Phones weren't quite as powerful as a notebook just quite yet.

In the meantime, the entire streaming industry will have to figure out how to make money without being ad-supported. At present, there is no viable model in that arena, meaning that money is only to be made with terrestrial radio or paid subscriptions for the moment.

At present, yes.

But the demand is there and I don't see the industry ignoring that. We may have to see consolidation within the streaming world before someone finds a sweet spot (if they find one).

We are a long way from the "abandon ship" siren being sounded. You are just awful-izing to create shock posts.

I don't know about that. The shift is happening right under our eyes. Music listening is already shifting;

However, a MusicWatch report that focuses solely on music listening — excluding time spent listening to news/talk radio, podcasts and other non-music fare — found that streaming led all sectors in the fourth quarter of 2020 with a 33.2% share, compared to traditional radio, which ranked second with a 15.9% share. In fact, MusicWatch market research shows streaming outperforming radio in each of the last five years.

Source

Sooner or later, streaming will also lead in the distribution of regional talk shows, sports talk, and political talk.

And not everyone wants to pay an additional monthly charge for paid services as the providers of such streams have found out.

No, they haven't. But that doesn't mean that Ad-based streaming has no future. If there is a demand for it, then someone will eventually exploit that demand in some way, shape, or form. How? Well, that's for brighter minds than you and I.

 

[TheBigA]

A month ago, Erik Scott Smith joined the KILT morning show as co-host. This week, that same morning show made national news by interviewing a plumber who says he found $600,000 in a bathroom at Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church:

The video has almost 400,000 views!

 

[davideduardo]

Sooner or later, streaming will also lead in the distribution of regional talk shows, sports talk, and political talk.

You are making your case based on a distribution method. Radio stations are increasingly dependent on the station's stream via devises such as Amazon's device for fixed location listening.

Broadcasters are not in the transmitter business. They are in the content business, and it does not matter how that content is delivered.