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Forget listening to the radio tomorrow...

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bierkenstock

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KYW will be reading numbers. Forget "news when you want it." No news tomorrow; just numbers and maybe a dash of Olympics. Forget "you give us 22 minutes and we'll give you the world." Give them 22 minutes tomorrow and they'll give you maybe three or four counties' worth of school closing numbers (a little less than half the list).

The audience knows this is 2006, but KYW and a bunch of other lemming stations think this is 1965. The audience knows they can get actual news (and other regular programming) on TV, while the screen crawl does the school closings. The audience knows they can go online and get the information they want right away. Or even call a phone number (maybe punch in a school code) and get the information they need right away. But KYW thinks people maybe 1/3 of their audience likes waiting up to the better part of an hour to hear their number (and 2/3s like listening to numbers even though they don't have kids in school).

Maybe the real reason for these snow closing radio freak-outs is there is so little breaking news for radio news geeks to get juiced on that they do these school closings for their own enjoyment.

Also tomorrow, KYW will do the following stories to break up The Read Of The List: (1) Al Novak drives around in an SUV and tells you some roads have been cleared, some have not and you should drive carefully. (2) Somebody else is at a diner asking people what they think of the snow. (Most don't like it.) (3) They do a telephone interview with one of the Accu-weather nerds in State College about how this is biggest snow of the season (so far) but we really got off easy in January. (4) Karen Phillips does a on how bad the weather is for minorities group (like it's a picinic for everybody else).

Radio stopped doing dramas and sitcoms when they figured out everybody was now watching that stuff on TV. How long will take them to stop reading school closings (because there are better ways for people to find out that information)?

Now, before somebody comes on here to say this is a public service and people expect, want and need radio to provide this, I say "bull."
 
>Also tomorrow, KYW will do the following stories to break up The Read Of The List: (1) Al Novak drives around in an SUV and tells you some roads have been cleared, some have not and you should drive carefully. (2) Somebody else is at a diner asking people what they think of the snow. (Most don't like it.) (3) They do a telephone interview with one of the Accu-weather nerds in State College about how this is biggest snow of the season (so far) but we really got off easy in January. (4) Karen Phillips does a on how bad the weather is for minorities group (like it's a picinic for everybody else).

Thanks a lot...you have ruined the surprise for me. Why don't you just sit in that VERY diner to which you are referring and wait for people to announce what movie they are going to see and then arrogantly tell them the ending?

I vote for your bansishment from this board.
 
Have you heard the number of sponsors KYW has for their bad winter weather reports? A large number of sponsors still feel this is important. I don't have kids, so the school closings mean nothing to me. But the rest of the snow info does matter. And since I leave the house here in Newark, Delaware at 5am to drive to Philly, there is really little available info out there except KYW. WDEL and WILM still believe the world wakes up after 5:30am and doesn't leave the house before 7. Station management should try hitting the roads before 8am and learn what today's working world is really like.

What I do hate, is the list of "other" closings. Come on folks. If there is 2 feet of snow on the ground, who cares if Bingo is cancelled at the local Catholic Church? STAY HOME!

> KYW will be reading numbers. Forget "news when you want
> it." No news tomorrow; just numbers and maybe a dash of
> Olympics. Forget "you give us 22 minutes and we'll give you
> the world." Give them 22 minutes tomorrow and they'll give
> you maybe three or four counties' worth of school closing
> numbers (a little less than half the list).
>
> The audience knows this is 2006, but KYW and a bunch of
> other lemming stations think this is 1965. The audience
> knows they can get actual news (and other regular
> programming) on TV, while the screen crawl does the school
> closings. The audience knows they can go online and get the
> information they want right away. Or even call a phone
> number (maybe punch in a school code) and get the
> information they need right away. But KYW thinks people
> maybe 1/3 of their audience likes waiting up to the better
> part of an hour to hear their number (and 2/3s like
> listening to numbers even though they don't have kids in
> school).
>
> Maybe the real reason for these snow closing radio
> freak-outs is there is so little breaking news for radio
> news geeks to get juiced on that they do these school
> closings for their own enjoyment.
>
> Also tomorrow, KYW will do the following stories to break up
> The Read Of The List: (1) Al Novak drives around in an SUV
> and tells you some roads have been cleared, some have not
> and you should drive carefully. (2) Somebody else is at a
> diner asking people what they think of the snow. (Most
> don't like it.) (3) They do a telephone interview with one
> of the Accu-weather nerds in State College about how this is
> biggest snow of the season (so far) but we really got off
> easy in January. (4) Karen Phillips does a on how bad the
> weather is for minorities group (like it's a picinic for
> everybody else).
>
> Radio stopped doing dramas and sitcoms when they figured out
> everybody was now watching that stuff on TV. How long will
> take them to stop reading school closings (because there are
> better ways for people to find out that information)?
>
> Now, before somebody comes on here to say this is a public
> service and people expect, want and need radio to provide
> this, I say "bull."
>
 
> KYW will be reading numbers. Forget "news when you want
> it." No news tomorrow; just numbers and maybe a dash of
> Olympics. Forget "you give us 22 minutes and we'll give you
> the world." Give them 22 minutes tomorrow and they'll give
> you maybe three or four counties' worth of school closing
> numbers (a little less than half the list).
>
> The audience knows this is 2006, but KYW and a bunch of
> other lemming stations think this is 1965. The audience
> knows they can get actual news (and other regular
> programming) on TV, while the screen crawl does the school
> closings. The audience knows they can go online and get the
> information they want right away. Or even call a phone
> number (maybe punch in a school code) and get the
> information they need right away. But KYW thinks people
> maybe 1/3 of their audience likes waiting up to the better
> part of an hour to hear their number (and 2/3s like
> listening to numbers even though they don't have kids in
> school).
>
> Maybe the real reason for these snow closing radio
> freak-outs is there is so little breaking news for radio
> news geeks to get juiced on that they do these school
> closings for their own enjoyment.
>
> Also tomorrow, KYW will do the following stories to break up
> The Read Of The List: (1) Al Novak drives around in an SUV
> and tells you some roads have been cleared, some have not
> and you should drive carefully. (2) Somebody else is at a
> diner asking people what they think of the snow. (Most
> don't like it.) (3) They do a telephone interview with one
> of the Accu-weather nerds in State College about how this is
> biggest snow of the season (so far) but we really got off
> easy in January. (4) Karen Phillips does a on how bad the
> weather is for minorities group (like it's a picinic for
> everybody else).
>
> Radio stopped doing dramas and sitcoms when they figured out
> everybody was now watching that stuff on TV. How long will
> take them to stop reading school closings (because there are
> better ways for people to find out that information)?
>
> Now, before somebody comes on here to say this is a public
> service and people expect, want and need radio to provide
> this, I say "bull."
>

So, how long ago did they fire you?

And, did your wife take the kids with her?
<P ID="signature">______________
I've done it all...HOO HOO...tell 'em, Fred!
FOX News Alert: YOU SUCK!!! Ya like apples?</P>
 
And yet, KYW always scores its highest ratings in a bad winter. Clearly there are people who still tune in for this info. Not saying there aren't better alternatives, but why fix what ain't broke?
 
>
> So, how long ago did they fire you?
>

Jeez, is that the best you can come up with? Pretty lame. And it deals not at all with any of the issues I've raised. Radio is filled with people who only immitate what has been done and are incapable of original thought. School closings on the radio were a great innovation 40 some years ago. A smart radio person first thought of doing it but if he were still around he'd still be innovating, not defending what has become a tired anachronism.

You don't want to hear that KYW is not the station it was or that AM radio has passed its prime. I bet your burned heretics at the stake in your previous life, too.

Other examples:

> Dear Mr. Gallileo:
> How dare you suggest the Earth revolves around the sun, contrary to doctrine.
> Are you bitter and angry because you were turned down by the seminary?
> Signed,
> The Pope

> Dear Mr. Columbus:
> Are you bitter because you got rejected by this University's geography
> department so now you try to tell people the Earth is round?
> Signed,
> Geography Department, chair; University of Florence

Try reading The Fountainhead sometime.
 
American Business: If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

Japanese Business: Kaizen. (Constant, never-ending improvement.)


> And yet, KYW always scores its highest ratings in a bad
> winter. Clearly there are people who still tune in for this
> info. Not saying there aren't better alternatives, but why
> fix what ain't broke?
>
 
On the 2/13 lineup for Joe Thomas on WCOJ... Lenny Dykstra, Rick Wakeman (w/ tix to his show at Keswick) News and yes, whatever delays or closings need to be announced. Don't let 'em tell you that you can't have it all!

Peace
 
If the power is out, there is no TV and no Internet, and radio is the best way to get information. Even in the car, radio is the best source of information about the snowstorm.<P ID="signature">______________
17-year-old radio geek
Location: Princeton Junction, NJ
AIM: KewlDude471
WWPH 107.9 FM: http://wwph1079fm.no-ip.org</P>
 
With all due respect, WCOJ keeps their list to a specific and more limited geographic area, and they read names rather than numbers (which makes the process less tedious). They also seem to keep a lid on the more "marginal" announcements Mr. Hicks referred to. One of their more interesting ideas (at least it used to be) is to charge anybody who is not a school or public agency for snow announcements.

Despite what some may think, the schools call everybody in their area (not just the self-proclaimed "official" station - see below). If one does feel the need to get school closing information from the radio, one would be better advised to go to stations like WCOJ, WNPV, WDEL (depending on where you live). Just as local businesses are wasting most of every dollar spent on KYW to reach listeners too far away to ever consider their offers, it makes sense for listeners seeking school closings to tune close to home and skip the closings from the next county or the next state.

Joe, allow me to re-post here the comment you made a few days ago on the Northeast PA board, which relates to this discussion:
<blockquote>The thing that truly breaks my cahones is when school districts will tell their parents to listen to an out-of-the-area station instead of the local news station because the out-of-market station told them that they wouldn't announce their closings unless they were annointed the "exclusive outlet." That's just sleazy. Not unexpected, but sleazy. </blockquote>
And we all know about whom Joe is talking.

> On the 2/13 lineup for Joe Thomas on WCOJ... Lenny Dykstra,
> Rick Wakeman (w/ tix to his show at Keswick) News and yes,
> whatever delays or closings need to be announced. Don't let
> 'em tell you that you can't have it all!
>
> Peace
>
And for those who don't like E-Bay, stay tuned and maybe WCOJ can get you a deal on a used snow-blower.
 
> American Business: If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
>
> Japanese Business: Kaizen. (Constant, never-ending
> improvement.)


You mean steal your technology from others then tweak what you couldn't figure out in the first place. And let's not forget to keep our borders closed so our people only have limited access to American goods.
 
As far as whether or not radio is the best way to get traffic info, I guess that is a matter of choice by the listener. To me, even if Channel 12 offered real time traffic reports for Wilmington each morning (they don't of course), who has the time to sit around watching TV before they go to work or surfing the web on the computer for this information (this requires time I don't have in the morning). I can be getting ready to go to work as I listen to the radio. So for people like me, radio IS the best way to get my traffic information. Apparently, there are enough people in Philly who have the choice of getting their traffic reports from either TV, or radio and they choose radio. Golly what Luddites. There are some of us who don't need to see a picture of a map to know where we are driving and the description of the traffic problems on radio is clear enough for us. That is one thing that makes radio special, is that you can listen while doing something else.

For those of us who live and work in the Wilmington metro area, radio IS the choice. Four of the Wilmington radio stations broadcast traffic reports. My choice is WILM's Time Saver Traffic. Again, each person will have to choose which station's traffic report's serve their specific needs.

I can't speak for the other Wilmington radio stations, but I know WILM newsradio is doing traffic reports during the 6am hour of their morning newscasts as I start each weekday morning by listening to WILM as I get ready for work. Of course, if you are on the road at 5am (I don't envy you at all) then a traffic report at 6:06am (after CBS radio hourly news) may not be of use to you. Is the traffic that bad that early, even in Philly? It seems that it doesn't start getting bad in the Wilmington area (based on the traffic reports) until after 6:30am, at least in the Wilmington Metro area so I could understand why the Wilmington stations don't start doing traffic reports until after 6am.

I'm curious, Jim, have you looked into taking the train to Philly? Might it be cheaper than gas and paying to park in Philly? I'm assuming not since you apparently are driving that long way round trip from Newark to Philly.

> Have you heard the number of sponsors KYW has for their bad
> winter weather reports? A large number of sponsors still
> feel this is important. I don't have kids, so the school
> closings mean nothing to me. But the rest of the snow info
> does matter. And since I leave the house here in Newark,
> Delaware at 5am to drive to Philly, there is really little
> available info out there except KYW. WDEL and WILM still
> believe the world wakes up after 5:30am and doesn't leave
> the house before 7. Station management should try hitting
> the roads before 8am and learn what today's working world is
> really like.
>
> What I do hate, is the list of "other" closings. Come on
> folks. If there is 2 feet of snow on the ground, who cares
> if Bingo is cancelled at the local Catholic Church? STAY
> HOME!
>
> > KYW will be reading numbers. Forget "news when you want
> > it." No news tomorrow; just numbers and maybe a dash of
> > Olympics. Forget "you give us 22 minutes and we'll give
> you
> > the world." Give them 22 minutes tomorrow and they'll
> give
> > you maybe three or four counties' worth of school closing
> > numbers (a little less than half the list).
> >
> > The audience knows this is 2006, but KYW and a bunch of
> > other lemming stations think this is 1965. The audience
> > knows they can get actual news (and other regular
> > programming) on TV, while the screen crawl does the school
>
> > closings. The audience knows they can go online and get
> the
> > information they want right away. Or even call a phone
> > number (maybe punch in a school code) and get the
> > information they need right away. But KYW thinks people
> > maybe 1/3 of their audience likes waiting up to the better
>
> > part of an hour to hear their number (and 2/3s like
> > listening to numbers even though they don't have kids in
> > school).
> >
> > Maybe the real reason for these snow closing radio
> > freak-outs is there is so little breaking news for radio
> > news geeks to get juiced on that they do these school
> > closings for their own enjoyment.
> >
> > Also tomorrow, KYW will do the following stories to break
> up
> > The Read Of The List: (1) Al Novak drives around in an SUV
>
> > and tells you some roads have been cleared, some have not
> > and you should drive carefully. (2) Somebody else is at a
>
> > diner asking people what they think of the snow. (Most
> > don't like it.) (3) They do a telephone interview with one
>
> > of the Accu-weather nerds in State College about how this
> is
> > biggest snow of the season (so far) but we really got off
> > easy in January. (4) Karen Phillips does a on how bad the
>
> > weather is for minorities group (like it's a picinic for
> > everybody else).
> >
> > Radio stopped doing dramas and sitcoms when they figured
> out
> > everybody was now watching that stuff on TV. How long
> will
> > take them to stop reading school closings (because there
> are
> > better ways for people to find out that information)?
> >
> > Now, before somebody comes on here to say this is a public
>
> > service and people expect, want and need radio to provide
> > this, I say "bull."
> >
>
 
When I worked at the Franklin Institute, I did take the train, then walked the 10 blocks to F.I. Now I'm at Boeing next to the Philly Airport. That would leave me with a 10 MILE walk! Or take bus from Chester. I don't think so!

I have hit mornings where 495 has been shut down for over turned trucks, construction, etc. And yes, there's a lot of cars and 18-wheelers on the road. With KYW, I can tell whether to take I-95 or I-495 or just call in and say I'll be a few hours late. 1380 is NOT an option!

> As far as whether or not radio is the best way to get
> traffic info, I guess that is a matter of choice by the
> listener. To me, even if Channel 12 offered real time
> traffic reports for Wilmington each morning (they don't of
> course), who has the time to sit around watching TV before
> they go to work or surfing the web on the computer for this
> information (this requires time I don't have in the
> morning). I can be getting ready to go to work as I listen
> to the radio. So for people like me, radio IS the best way
> to get my traffic information. Apparently, there are enough
> people in Philly who have the choice of getting their
> traffic reports from either TV, or radio and they choose
> radio. Golly what Luddites. There are some of us who don't
> need to see a picture of a map to know where we are driving
> and the description of the traffic problems on radio is
> clear enough for us. That is one thing that makes radio
> special, is that you can listen while doing something else.
>
>
> For those of us who live and work in the Wilmington metro
> area, radio IS the choice. Four of the Wilmington radio
> stations broadcast traffic reports. My choice is WILM's
> Time Saver Traffic. Again, each person will have to choose
> which station's traffic report's serve their specific needs.
>
>
> I can't speak for the other Wilmington radio stations, but I
> know WILM newsradio is doing traffic reports during the 6am
> hour of their morning newscasts as I start each weekday
> morning by listening to WILM as I get ready for work. Of
> course, if you are on the road at 5am (I don't envy you at
> all) then a traffic report at 6:06am (after CBS radio hourly
> news) may not be of use to you. Is the traffic that bad
> that early, even in Philly? It seems that it doesn't start
> getting bad in the Wilmington area (based on the traffic
> reports) until after 6:30am, at least in the Wilmington
> Metro area so I could understand why the Wilmington stations
> don't start doing traffic reports until after 6am.
>
> I'm curious, Jim, have you looked into taking the train to
> Philly? Might it be cheaper than gas and paying to park in
> Philly? I'm assuming not since you apparently are driving
> that long way round trip from Newark to Philly.
>
> > Have you heard the number of sponsors KYW has for their
> bad
> > winter weather reports? A large number of sponsors still
> > feel this is important. I don't have kids, so the school
> > closings mean nothing to me. But the rest of the snow info
>
> > does matter. And since I leave the house here in Newark,
> > Delaware at 5am to drive to Philly, there is really little
>
> > available info out there except KYW. WDEL and WILM still
> > believe the world wakes up after 5:30am and doesn't leave
> > the house before 7. Station management should try hitting
> > the roads before 8am and learn what today's working world
> is
> > really like.
> >
> > What I do hate, is the list of "other" closings. Come on
> > folks. If there is 2 feet of snow on the ground, who
> cares
> > if Bingo is cancelled at the local Catholic Church? STAY
> > HOME!
> >
> > > KYW will be reading numbers. Forget "news when you want
>
> > > it." No news tomorrow; just numbers and maybe a dash of
>
> > > Olympics. Forget "you give us 22 minutes and we'll give
>
> > you
> > > the world." Give them 22 minutes tomorrow and they'll
> > give
> > > you maybe three or four counties' worth of school
> closing
> > > numbers (a little less than half the list).
> > >
> > > The audience knows this is 2006, but KYW and a bunch of
> > > other lemming stations think this is 1965. The audience
>
> > > knows they can get actual news (and other regular
> > > programming) on TV, while the screen crawl does the
> school
> >
> > > closings. The audience knows they can go online and get
>
> > the
> > > information they want right away. Or even call a phone
> > > number (maybe punch in a school code) and get the
> > > information they need right away. But KYW thinks people
>
> > > maybe 1/3 of their audience likes waiting up to the
> better
> >
> > > part of an hour to hear their number (and 2/3s like
> > > listening to numbers even though they don't have kids in
>
> > > school).
> > >
> > > Maybe the real reason for these snow closing radio
> > > freak-outs is there is so little breaking news for radio
>
> > > news geeks to get juiced on that they do these school
> > > closings for their own enjoyment.
> > >
> > > Also tomorrow, KYW will do the following stories to
> break
> > up
> > > The Read Of The List: (1) Al Novak drives around in an
> SUV
> >
> > > and tells you some roads have been cleared, some have
> not
> > > and you should drive carefully. (2) Somebody else is at
> a
> >
> > > diner asking people what they think of the snow. (Most
> > > don't like it.) (3) They do a telephone interview with
> one
> >
> > > of the Accu-weather nerds in State College about how
> this
> > is
> > > biggest snow of the season (so far) but we really got
> off
> > > easy in January. (4) Karen Phillips does a on how bad
> the
> >
> > > weather is for minorities group (like it's a picinic for
>
> > > everybody else).
> > >
> > > Radio stopped doing dramas and sitcoms when they figured
>
> > out
> > > everybody was now watching that stuff on TV. How long
> > will
> > > take them to stop reading school closings (because there
>
> > are
> > > better ways for people to find out that information)?
> > >
> > > Now, before somebody comes on here to say this is a
> public
> >
> > > service and people expect, want and need radio to
> provide
> > > this, I say "bull."
> > >
> >
>
 
Reality check

Yikes! What an obtuse world you have put yourself in! In January 2005, huge sections of northeast PA, were left without power for over a week. The only info these people could get was from battery powered radio. NO POWER! This has been a reality check for you internet, telephone, television traitors. With no juice, radio still rules! Get real!
 
Re: Reality check

> Yikes! What an obtuse world you have put yourself in! In
> January 2005, huge sections of northeast PA, were left
> without power for over a week. The only info these people
> could get was from battery powered radio. NO POWER! This has
> been a reality check for you internet, telephone, television
> traitors. With no juice, radio still rules! Get real!
>
You couldn't be more correct in your assessment! And in between the endless morning hours of school closing numbers, (most of which mean nothing to most people) we can all wind up our Edison or Victor Talking Machines and listen to some rad tunes!
 
Re: Reality check

> Yikes! What an obtuse world you have put yourself in! In
> January 2005, huge sections of northeast PA, were left
> without power for over a week. The only info these people
> could get was from battery powered radio. NO POWER! This has
> been a reality check for you internet, telephone, television
> traitors. With no juice, radio still rules! Get real!
>

Your right when it comes to emergency power situations. KYW and radio information is still your number one SECONDARY DEVICE. Same as your flashlight. When the power goes out, your not gonna depend on your fixtures.

Now on an ordinary dry calm day or evening, that's another story.
 
I thought there was a Septa train station at Boeing. If not, there should be given the size of that place. They must employ thousands of folks, many of whom would probably prefer taking the train rather than driving that "delightful" drive each day. You might want to double check that, maybe there is a train station at Boeing that's no longer being used or something. Lord knows that commuter train makes a gazillion stops between Claymont and Suburban station, there just might be a stop at Boeing. I agree, I'd not take a bus from Chester or Marcus Hook either.

Given the time you are on the road and the problems you've encountered on 95/ 495, I can see why you'd tune in to KYW for traffic prior to 6am. I agree that 1380 DELDOT isn't an option for anything other than wasting yours and my tax dollars.

> When I worked at the Franklin Institute, I did take the
> train, then walked the 10 blocks to F.I. Now I'm at Boeing
> next to the Philly Airport. That would leave me with a 10
> MILE walk! Or take bus from Chester. I don't think so!
>
> I have hit mornings where 495 has been shut down for over
> turned trucks, construction, etc. And yes, there's a lot of
> cars and 18-wheelers on the road. With KYW, I can tell
> whether to take I-95 or I-495 or just call in and say I'll
> be a few hours late. 1380 is NOT an option!
>
 
AT least they use numbers. I grew up in NYC and lived in Boston and there it is a long list of sometimes long names. They are streamlined in Phila. I still remember my school number was 100 (Drexel University).

Why doesn't every metropolitan area use numbers?


> KYW will be reading numbers. Forget "news when you want
> it." No news tomorrow; just numbers and maybe a dash of
> Olympics. Forget "you give us 22 minutes and we'll give you
> the world." Give them 22 minutes tomorrow and they'll give
> you maybe three or four counties' worth of school closing
> numbers (a little less than half the list).
>
> The audience knows this is 2006, but KYW and a bunch of
> other lemming stations think this is 1965. The audience
> knows they can get actual news (and other regular
> programming) on TV, while the screen crawl does the school
> closings. The audience knows they can go online and get the
> information they want right away. Or even call a phone
> number (maybe punch in a school code) and get the
> information they need right away. But KYW thinks people
> maybe 1/3 of their audience likes waiting up to the better
> part of an hour to hear their number (and 2/3s like
> listening to numbers even though they don't have kids in
> school).
>
> Maybe the real reason for these snow closing radio
> freak-outs is there is so little breaking news for radio
> news geeks to get juiced on that they do these school
> closings for their own enjoyment.
>
> Also tomorrow, KYW will do the following stories to break up
> The Read Of The List: (1) Al Novak drives around in an SUV
> and tells you some roads have been cleared, some have not
> and you should drive carefully. (2) Somebody else is at a
> diner asking people what they think of the snow. (Most
> don't like it.) (3) They do a telephone interview with one
> of the Accu-weather nerds in State College about how this is
> biggest snow of the season (so far) but we really got off
> easy in January. (4) Karen Phillips does a on how bad the
> weather is for minorities group (like it's a picinic for
> everybody else).
>
> Radio stopped doing dramas and sitcoms when they figured out
> everybody was now watching that stuff on TV. How long will
> take them to stop reading school closings (because there are
> better ways for people to find out that information)?
>
> Now, before somebody comes on here to say this is a public
> service and people expect, want and need radio to provide
> this, I say "bull."
>
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But what about funeral announcements ?

For what its worth. First off, here up in PURRY county, the only traffic reports we get are if the road kill has been scraped up as the sun rises. But I digress...as someone who travels earlier then alot of folks, my 20 minute jaunt into the outskirts of Harrisburg is painless. Traffic reports on regular days are great as most stations start them before 6am and if one cattle truck hauling pig butts overturns on any off/on ramp in the beltway, the entire system is ground to a halt. If a city metro station that you can hear an hour out gives you the lowdown on whats ahead, I say they are well worth it. WGAL TV in Lancaster does a Washington D C beltway traffic report at 5:15 am every morning, because they know that the people who are driving down that way, leave the house around 5 to get there.

I would have to say that there are "MORE" positive reasons for running school closings, within your area, then not.

BUT, here is something else to ponder when it comes to bringing radio up to speed. Many stations still run Tradio, and MANY MANY stations still do daily funeral reports. The sponsors are always the same, and it is a few bucks in the till. Is that also something that was started 40 years ago that should be pushed away with the reel 2 reels ?

The bottom line is, I think enough people still rely on radio for many daily aspects of their life. And our jobs are to be "of public service" so I say, lets do all the closings, funerals, and lost dogs the public will stand for. We are working for them.

Thanks for letting me put my 2 cents in.
 
Re: Reality check

>
> Your right when it comes to emergency power situations. KYW
> and radio information is still your number one SECONDARY
> DEVICE. Same as your flashlight. When the power goes out,
> your not gonna depend on your fixtures.
>

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