A recurring theme here for decades has been "we need live and local! We need a DJ in a chair downtown!" then "but I only listen to Spotify, and so does everyone I know".That seems to defeat the previous argument.
The oldest GenXers are turning 58 this year, having been born in 1965. The GenX cohort is already aging out of radio’s target demos.
The younger crowd uses their phone for everything.
Well dern it I'm so over the hill at 66 I've been using the internet for 30 years.
Do you stream all of your music or listen to the radio.
Isn't a lot of it already delivered over fiber?
Probably about 90% streaming or SiriusXM but some radio. You can't be outraged about on-air people losing jobs and say "but I never listen".
(oh, this is gonna be fun)
Math is hard. You're right.
Neither do people between 27 and 42. If they did, there would be NO radio listening in the 25-49 demo. And if you look at the ratings, there are clearly a great number of radio stations getting ratings and making enviable revenue from that demo.
The ratings system as a whole is not accurate. Who really knows who is listening to what. Streamers can tell down the the second who listened to what. Radio not so much.
I appreciate good broadcast writing. What I'm referring to is writing by TV people that's thrown onto station websites practically raw, as in the two examples I've attached, which are strewn with police jargon, unnatural phrasing and unnecessary verbiage. But that's most likely a product of the removal of editors -- especially editors concerned with language -- from the news process. As a copy editor, I dealt with a few reporters who turned in copy like this, almost always while covering the police/fire beat.
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Someone introduce Don to the PPM device.
Maybe it's higher. Lets the say the older you get the more simplistic you want things to be. Turn on the TV and not have to find the input, or look for the Sat Radio in the car.
Does every American have one though.
I appreciate good broadcast writing. What I'm referring to is writing by TV people that's thrown onto station websites practically raw, as in the two examples I've attached, which are strewn with police jargon, unnatural phrasing and unnecessary verbiage. But that's most likely a product of the removal of editors -- especially editors concerned with language -- from the news process. As a copy editor, I dealt with a few reporters who turned in copy like this, almost always while covering the police/fire beat.
Man arrested for gas station armed robbery in Watertown
A New Haven man was charged with robbing a gas station in Watertown last month.www.wfsb.com
Man dies in South Windsor crash following traffic violation
SOUTH WINDSOR, Conn. (WTNH) — A man, who was the subject of a motor vehicle violation earlier in the night, was found dead after a crash in South Windsor early Wednesday morning. South Windsor poli…
Radio is also a refuge for people who are bad in math. But then, so are print media. And journalism schools.
How old are you, Don?
I will never claim to have been better than a C-minus student in math.
Someone introduce Don to basic statistics practices after the PPM.
