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Pushing the audience away

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merlin843

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The thread on not-so Feinburg got me thinking about the fact that radio in Boston doesn't appear to be attracting new listeners. It is assumed there's an "audience" out there and the cookie cutter brands force-feed whatever small pool of listeners currently exists.

No one smartly goes after the huge crowd at Fenway Park or at a Patriots Game. Why? Because WBCN has the Patriots, Entercom has The Red Sox, and the other corporations don't send Blimps and skywriters over these vast seas of people to try to get them to tune in? Not that there's anything to tune in to.

Ipod drains away the audience - kids today could really care less about radio. What a sin. What a shame.

The Corporations have really found a way to cut out the on-air talent. They just sell hardware.
 
if one of the stations would put "Sweet Caroline" and the Dropkicks' song from "The Departed" (Pap's entrance music now), on an endless loop, they'd attract the Sox audience ;D
 
Most of Boston Radio Stations are Garbage ! Act of 96 , Killed Free Radio !
 
yes, Rapking, corporations today are like a gluttonous Jabba The Hut grabbing everything they can with no thought of serving any audience; they do a great dis-service to the advertisers and to the public.
The Telecommunications Act of 1996 allowed the abuse to begin, Bush's FCC is trying to let it fester and become more obnoxious. I agree with you on HD as well. If these nitwits can't put good programming on their main signals, they will offer the same old same old on their additional channels as well. And as much advertising as they can possibly shove down your throat.
 
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