This one kills me the most. Even worse, I still encounter websites that don't work without the WWW.
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Obsolete Terms Still Used on Radio & TV: Name One!
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This one kills me the most. Even worse, I still encounter websites that don't work without the WWW.
"Podcast." A terrible invention of a word created by combining 'iPod' with 'Broadcast.'
Well, the iPod only existed for a historically fleeting 21 years, and is obsolete now. By the time the risk of patent troll lawsuits was finally eliminated and the big commercial distributors jumped on the podcast bandwagon, Apple's iPod was already a fading fad heading into the sunset. The word now used to describe on-demand audio was already obsolete, almost from the moment podcasts really took off with the masses.
Well, the iPod only existed for a historically fleeting 21 years, and is obsolete now. By the time the risk of patent troll lawsuits was finally eliminated and the big commercial distributors jumped on the podcast bandwagon, Apple's iPod was already a fading fad heading into the sunset. The word now used to describe on-demand audio was already obsolete, almost from the moment podcasts really took off with the masses.
Even worse: "LOG IN to WWW dot ..."
That's a good one. Unfortunately I think we are stuck with the word "podcast" for lack of a better word or phase. Perhaps eventually the word podcast will fade away and it will be just simply a "show" or "program" but both those words have a broader meaning than just an audio program that can be downloaded, listened to, or streamed.
Also need to add to the mix the word "vodcast" which is a podcast with video and "vlog" which is a "video blog" which I think is used more often than vodcast.
From Dictionary.com:
What is the definition of terms podcast?
podcast. / (ˈpɒdˌkɑːst) / noun. an audio file similar to a radio broadcast, which can be downloaded and listened to on a computer, mp3 player, mobile phone, etc.
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That was the Sony NT cassette, a digital audio cassette introduced in 1992 that was as small as an SD card:
NT (cassette) - Wikipedia
It's between the stamp and Memory Stick in this photo:
Sorry, how is the term "Sony NT cassette" being used today?
Some automaton systems still refer to certain audio files as "carts." Rivendell uses both "carts" and "cuts." There was a time when an actual cart would have multiple cuts on it...
I was trying to explain Simian to a new user. I talked about building a "cart." He asks, "What's a cart?" I explain it's sort of like an 8-track. He asks "What's an 8-track?" Sheeesh! I am old.
There are still a lot of toll fee numbers out there and for the few that still have landlines I would think the fact they are “toll free” would still be relevant.
I've seen it in print as "Watts line" quite a few times over the years -- as if it were a higher-powered phone line, or a direct connection to a rough section of Los Angeles.
How about this one local TV stations that still refer to themselves based on where they were when they were Analog TV Stations.
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Like this one Fox 40 Sacramento even though it's on OTA 22 officially.
Note some local TV stations are phasing out channel numbers due to their companies putting emphasis on their respctive TV apps like KPIX CBS Bay Area in reference to the Paramount app and NBC Bay Area originally to emphasize their Cable and OTA positions and referring to the Peacock app.
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Like this one Fox 40 Sacramento even though it's on OTA 22 officially.
Note some local TV stations are phasing out channel numbers due to their companies putting emphasis on their respctive TV apps like KPIX CBS Bay Area in reference to the Paramount app and NBC Bay Area originally to emphasize their Cable and OTA positions and referring to the Peacock app.
Remember when stations would refer to their competitors as "those guys on the left of your dial" or "on the right of your dial?"
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Ha! We never gave away free publicity to "those guys". It was as if they didn't even exist, because in the mindset of our owner, they didn't.
In a lot of Latin countries, they say "la competencia" or "the competition".
This station in Puerto Rico subverts that term by directly name-dropping and insulting their competitors.
Not to swerve this thread, but that controversy has always been interesting to me. In focus groups over the years, more listeners seem to enjoy hearing about a little friendly competition than not. Everyone enjoys a good rivalry. Obviously ignoring your competition from a business perspective is perilous, but I've never seen an example where listeners have fled in mass to another station just because your station compares and contrasts.
Agreed you don't want to give your competition free publicity, but I was really referring to the fact that radio dials no longer have a "left" and a "right" ... well, as a matter of fact radios don't have "dials" anymore, just a digital readout.
Keeping with this "swerving off topic" for just a bit longer ... Don Imus (660 WNBC New York) would actually play Dan Ingram's jingle on the air (Dan Ingram of course, was on cross-town rival 770 WABC.) Dan himself would play the Jackson Five tune "ABC" and claim "well you never heard a song call 'XLO.'" (A reference to competitor 98.7 WXLO.)
There is a semi-local radio station near me (KCHK New Prague) that I’ve mentioned many times.
They still sometimes play a record. Yes I’m not kidding. On Sundays they play polkas all day and sometimes the person on air brings records in to play.
Now records are done rarely but on a Sunday you may hear them play a record
They still sometimes play a record. Yes I’m not kidding. On Sundays they play polkas all day and sometimes the person on air brings records in to play.
Now records are done rarely but on a Sunday you may hear them play a record
But the readout still is wider than it is long, so the listener has a left-to-right reference point.
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