Radio museum

[vchimpanzee]

Bay Area museum brings history of radio to life

John Metcalfe, Bay Area News Group

www.dailyrepublic.com

I hope this works. I've tries three different links and all were blocked to non-subscribers.

I know the way I saw the article in the first place is off-limits to most everyone.

 

[kwthom]

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I know the way I saw the article in the first place is off-limits to most everyone.

Nope, not working for those of us who don't subscribe...

 

[xkxrx]

This one should work.

The history of radio is thriving in this fascinating, hidden Bay Area museum

The Bay Area Radio Museum and Hall of Fame gathers 120 years of radio and TV history in one amazing historical building.

www.mercurynews.com

 

[CTListener]

I don't get newspaper websites with no way for non-subscribers to get at content. Many allow two or three freebies before asking you to subscribe, which makes sense. I'm in Vermont, with no connection to Solano County, California. I've never visited the Daily Republic's site, and chances are I wouldn't do so again after reading the story on the radio museum. Why should anyone have to pay a full month's subscription price just to read one article, from one day's paper, once?

 

[Weiserguy]

The article originated in the (co-owned) San Jose Mercury News. When it first appeared there, I had no problem with finding and reading it online, even though it's been a decade or more since I last subscribed.

It sounds like an interesting museum, I've wanted to go visit it for a few years. It's just an inconvenient place for me to get to, and it's been a while since I needed to be in/near Alameda.

 

[radiofan2023]

I don't get newspaper websites with no way for non-subscribers to get at content. Many allow two or three freebies before asking you to subscribe, which makes sense. I'm in Vermont, with no connection to Solano County, California. I've never visited the Daily Republic's site, and chances are I wouldn't do so again after reading the story on the radio museum. Why should anyone have to pay a full month's subscription price just to read one article, from one day's paper, once?

If it’s worth it to get the information, you should pay the company for it. Nobody at a news website works for free, just like no one in radio does.

 

[seattlesarchiebunker]

If it’s worth it to get the information, you should pay the company for it. Nobody at a news website works for free, just like no one in radio does.

But, people in radio provide a free product (generally) that is supported by advertising.

Newspapers (and by extension, their online presence) once made their money on print ads. Most of the cost of subscription was eaten up by the cost of the physical product and it’s timely delivery.

Now, the world is far different. And to put the newspaper analogy into radio, even if the FCC permitted subscription-based terrestrial radio (that still permits advertising) people would be up in arms…and with the exception of the top 10 or so stations in the country or perhaps a few locally-focused small town stations, it would go over like a lead balloon.

There’s a good reason why newspapers are dying off. Monetizing subscription fees isn’t helping at all.

Anywho…

 

[davideduardo]

But, people in radio provide a free product (generally) that is supported by advertising.

Actually, our product is "listeners" and we sell them to advertisers.

Newspapers (and by extension, their online presence) once made their money on print ads. Most of the cost of subscription was eaten up by the cost of the physical product and it’s timely delivery.

Actually, subscriptions did not pay the total cost of printing and distribution.

Now, the world is far different. And to put the newspaper analogy into radio, even if the FCC permitted subscription-based terrestrial radio (that still permits advertising) people would be up in arms…and with the exception of the top 10 or so stations in the country or perhaps a few locally-focused small town stations, it would go over like a lead balloon.

The only way to make that work is to have, like SiriusXM, a huge array of stations and varieties of talk and music and sports that all fall under one umbrella.

There’s a good reason why newspapers are dying off. Monetizing subscription fees isn’t helping at all.

The real issue is that the major sustaining sources of revenue, real estate, want ads and auto ads, all moved to apps on the web.

 

[vchimpanzee]

If it’s worth it to get the information, you should pay the company for it. Nobody at a news website works for free, just like no one in radio does.

There have been some cases where you can pay a small amount, in which your opinion works. And most of these newspapers are charging a very small amount for the first month or whatever. Just be sure to cancel.

I got the article free with my library card.