Fixing what's broken

[Ward]

OK. Miami radio needs some serious help. Now, from a BUSINESS standpoint and THEN from a LISTENER standpoint, how would you repair the Miami radio market. Go!

 

[954]

> OK. Miami radio needs some serious help. Now, from a
> BUSINESS standpoint and THEN from a LISTENER standpoint, how
> would you repair the Miami radio market. Go!

I'll write a long detailed answer later, but here's my pie-in-the-sky start regarding the LISTENER viewpoint. (What is a standpoint?)

1. Clear Channel should sell at least 3/4 of its 20+ stations in the Keys-to-Treasure Coast markets.

2. James Crystal should sell at least half of its six stations in the Miami-WPB markets.

3. These stations should be bought and operated by a company with SOME connection to the community in the CITY OF LICENSE or at least that county, rather than being operated from 50 miles or two counties away from the area they are purportedly serving. (Economies of scale of this type don't serve the listeners.)

73s from 954

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[Ai4i]

I would program more stations in Creole, Portuguese, and Urdu. Those are probably the fourth, fifth, and sixth languages in the area. This is not really THAT outlandish an idea when one considers that South Africa has eleven official languages.<P ID="signature">______________
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[954]

> I would program more stations in Creole, Portuguese, and
> Urdu. Those are probably the fourth, fifth, and sixth
> languages in the area. This is not really THAT outlandish
> an idea when one considers that South Africa has eleven
> official languages.

I'm not sure if that was tongue in cheek, so here's a straight answer:

I can see the demand for Creole (Kreyol) and there are already a few

But Urdu? C'mon...

And how many Brazilians are here to speak Portuguese?

There's a lot of ethnic foreign-language programming, from Italian (WHSR), and French (WDNA) and Indian (WHSR) to Haitian and Mexican (a few stations).

I think there used to be programs in Greek and Yiddish, but I can't find them.

We already have a number of trilingual stations (English/Ebonics/Jive).

What we really need is stations using real (grammatical) English.

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[Ai4i]

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[954]

> Actually, I went with satellite radio in January of '02.
> What do we remember happening in December of '01 which might
> have prompted my move?

Maybe the demise of WTMI at noon 12/31/01,
when it was replaced by "Shut the f*** up and dance"?
(Ironically, those f***ers got theirs 3 years later.)

See The Death of WTMI.

Just a wild guess... ;-))

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[Ai4i]

> Maybe the demise of WTMI at noon 12/31/01,
> when it was replaced by "Shut the f*** up and dance"?

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[artradioguy]

I cannot address the Urdu question but I can the Portuguese question. MOST Brazilians in South Florida speak Portuguese with anyone who speaks the language. Most Brazilians in South Florida listen to Brazilian artists on CDs and watch Brazilian TV via satellite or Videotape. A station that gets a strong signal in Pompano Beach/Boca Raton would get a 75-thousand plus audience if it were programmed in Portuguse. There are enough Brazilian owned and targeted businesses in that area to support such a station because the exclusive cume would provide a return to those advertisers. The most likely station to do this is WEXY in Wilton Manors which is a gospel station and has hardly any listeners but it is a gold mine due to the stripped preachers (15 minute blocks) buying time. When Publix stocks Brazilian products in it's stores in Pompano Beach that lets you know that there is a significant buying audience.


> > I would program more stations in Creole, Portuguese, and
> > Urdu. Those are probably the fourth, fifth, and sixth
> > languages in the area. This is not really THAT outlandish
>
> > an idea when one considers that South Africa has eleven
> > official languages.
>
> I'm not sure if that was tongue in cheek, so here's a
> straight answer:
>
> I can see the demand for Creole (Kreyol) and there are
> already a few
>
> But Urdu? C'mon...
>
> And how many Brazilians are here to speak Portuguese?
>
> There's a lot of ethnic foreign-language programming, from
> Italian (WHSR), and French (WDNA) and Indian (WHSR) to
> Haitian and Mexican (a few stations).
>
> I think there used to be programs in Greek and Yiddish, but
> I can't find them.
>
> We already have a number of trilingual stations
> (English/Ebonics/Jive).
>
> What we really need is stations using real (grammatical)
> English.
>
> 73s from 954
>