calguy said:
4UH8SIMBKAGN said:
Why don't we go through the reporters/anchors at KNX and KFWB (and including those recently dismissed) who have worked Los Angeles television as reporters and anchors extensively? Looks like those tv "tired anchors and reporters who don't always ad-lib very well" are on YOUR radio.
The audio of Fox News Channel, CNN, CNBC, Bloomberg TV, FBN...among others are on Sirius XM. More tv competing with radio (and lets not forget CNN Headline News audio which early on comprised entire radio news formats). Sounds to me like a lot of tv is sneaking onto the radio.
I have no problem with radio moving to the internet. The sooner, the better. That will be the only time it is actually equal in delivering its product and have an actual chance to compete and grow. HD radio didn't help...
I've got it. You're a radio hater. That's the only way to explain it. Well here's a reality for you. When radio moves to the internet it will cease to be radio and if you think you'll be able to make a living at it you'll be considered crazy. There will be no equality in delivering product or competition because there will be no company who will have the money to do a really professional job. The industry itself has already been devaluing its talent and TV, being run by many of the same people that are killing radio has started to do the same thing with its talent. The paradigm is to buy multiple stations, fire a third to half of the employees and make the rest work themselves to death while making much less money. And since you brought it up, those tired anchors on the radio who used to be on TV were for the most part displaced from their TV positions because of consolidation. You don't like radio, I get it. I love radio and that's what sets me apart from you.
As for HD Radio, it was dead before birth because the FCC as usual couldn't make up its mind (Remember AM Stereo anyone?) You mention XM, that's already gone, replaced by Mel's Sirius and it's anyone's guess how much more money they can keep pouring into it. With their merger/acquisition there's less Satellite competition and choice for you and me. Sound familiar? Let me ad that I don't consider the audio of Fox News Channel, CNN, CNBC, Bloomberg TV, FBN on Sirius XM to be real radio, it's TV audio and as such is incomplete when audio only. It can't give as good a description as real radio can because it's missing the pictures.
This thread is rapidly moving toward the "Take It Outside" board and if I can resist temptation, I won't be going with it since we're now so far off topic that it's hard to remember how it started.
To answer you, yes, radio has always been in competition with TV and now many other forms of entertainment and news, but that's nothing new. You seem to fail to understand what radio's strengths are and can only condemn it for what it is not. It's not TV; sorry you don't like it...
[/quote]Ummm, radio IS going to move to the internet. Anyone who thinks it is not is in dreamland. It's already taking baby steps in that direction. Clearwire building out WiMax currently with debuts of the technology in cities such as Baltimore starting now, the internet is going to be available everywhere. Besides some radio companies are already coming up with applications to deliver their stations via devices such as the iPhone and Google's new phone venture.
When radio makes its complete move to the internet, there will be more creativity and more innovation from professionals and we will ALL be better for it, unlike what is happening currently. It will be a blessing to all who work in the industry who can make the crossover. The only losers will be those who can't adapt and keep up with technology.
XM Sirius is still satellite RADIO which won't last once WiMax is built out and in-dash internet devices become more available (such as are currently an option on vehicles such as Ford Trucks). XM Sirius is in no worse shape than buyouts such as Clear Channel, Univision or Citadel/ABC. They've all got debt they will never be able to service in the coming depression.
Those employees of KNX and KFWB who were once on tv are on those stations now mostly because they became overpaid and over-the-hill for tv, not due to any "downsizing". In fact, where they got "downsized" was at KNX and KFWB not tv.
You make think the audio sides of cable tv products is incomplete but I and many others who enjoy it do not. It's plain and simple competition to radio as it takes me away from listening to any radio station.
English language radio is not growing in revenue or listenership. Those under 30 didn't grow up with radio and many surveys have shown that it doesn't matter to them. Radio does have plenty of new forms of competition and that is only going to grow.
I don't need to listen to "local radio" to even get the talkshows that stations such as KABC carries. I listen to the same broadcast on satellite radio for Sean Hannity or Mark Levin (as for Levin, I can listen live, not delayed by 6 hours). Or I can listen to Terry Anderson (KRLA, Sunday nights) on the internet. And I'm getting better quality audio. What reason do I have to listen to Los Angeles radio ON A RADIO? The Satellite Sisters, formerly on KABC, made the complete transition recently to only podcasting their shows.
I could tell you are old school...you're also going to get left in the dust of technology...the sooner the FCC takes back the FM and AM radiowaves to deliver internet services, the better for all of us. What you fail to understand is the reality of what is not only coming but already here...
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