Market Research - Alternative Board Opportunity

[LITTLEBOYBLUE]

Want to float an idea and see if anyone wants to comment. Am thinking of adding an industry/market discussion forum where the focus would be on ISSUES that affect the station in Washington state. Not a venue for people to bash each other, not a venue for listeners to swoon about their favorite shows -- but issues that address things like administration/ownership, advertising, NTR opportunities and ideas, grooming talent, engineering, competitors to radio, and so forth.

Questions:
a. Would anyone here care or find this helpful?
b. Would you participate if there was a requirement that all postings had to be attributed to a real person (no screen names, etc.).
c. Is this was RadioInfo is intended to do and therefore no need to step on existing toes or territory?

I see "anonymous" lurkers and know tons of people in the biz who read this but never contribute. After three days of reading about every nuance of the Buzz, and after months of posts trying to stimulate discussion on REAL industry issues (and always seeing those resort to lowest-common denominator level comments) -- I'm not sure there is an audience.

But I'd still be interested in reactions JUST IN CASE this could be helpful??

 

[MelC]

> Want to float an idea and see if anyone wants to comment.
> Am thinking of adding an industry/market discussion forum
> where the focus would be on ISSUES that affect the station
> in Washington state. Not a venue for people to bash each
> other, not a venue for listeners to swoon about their
> favorite shows -- but issues that address things like
> administration/ownership, advertising, NTR opportunities and
> ideas, grooming talent, engineering, competitors to radio,
> and so forth.
>
> Questions:
> a. Would anyone here care or find this helpful?
> b. Would you participate if there was a requirement that all
> postings had to be attributed to a real person (no screen
> names, etc.).
> c. Is this was RadioInfo is intended to do and therefore no
> need to step on existing toes or territory?
>
> I see "anonymous" lurkers and know tons of people in the biz
> who read this but never contribute. After three days of
> reading about every nuance of the Buzz, and after months of
> posts trying to stimulate discussion on REAL industry issues
> (and always seeing those resort to lowest-common denominator
> level comments) -- I'm not sure there is an audience.
>
> But I'd still be interested in reactions JUST IN CASE this
> could be helpful??
>

You'd probably have to make it a pay site to keep the anonymous posters out. I suppose you'd have to offer something worthwhile to get people to pay to join, not sure what. It would be nice to be able to discuss issues without dealing with egos and personalities. jmo<P ID="signature">______________
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