WSYB...what, no high school football scores?

[IAMTHEMANTHATSWHO]

With love,

IAMTHEMANSBIGGESTFAN

You should be proud of yourself Mr. Poon. At last, your being honest with yourself and eveyone on the board. Thank you for your honesty.

 

[BidSellerSold]

hmm...sounds like THE MAN's biggest fan is himself! To get back on point: where's the closest SEC school? Seems thats all the new sports guy talks about. It seems the local sports fell is gone from WSYB. What a shame...in such a short time frame.

Can't wait to hear girls basketball!

 

[nhradiochild]

You can't take the internet radio with you in the car or on your portable radio.

Actually when the old analogue TV spectrum is used to deliver broadband I believe we’ll be able to listen to Internet radio everywhere… However I am optimistic that local radio will remain relevant.

Dittos, Louie. (Sorry for the Rush-ism.) :-[ Well, mostly. The spirit and function of local radio will remain relevant, just transferred to a new medium. It IS only a matter of time before the internet pushes its way into every nook and cranny that radio may currently be struggling to hold onto.

Then factor in that startup costs are a whole lot less expensive than terrestrial radio, (so far as I know you don't have to spend thousands of $$ on licensing alone), and you've got yourself a perfect storm. For Northern New England, I believe THE MAN will be right that radio will continue to be where it's at, just so long as "where it's at" isn't any type of a marketable area. (Can you say the Northeast Kingdom or the White Mountains?) Any larger city (to reference, see which cities already have "StreetView" on Google Maps), will make the transition in no later than 5 years, and will catch on and replace radio by and large by 2020. That's my prediction and I'm sticking to it. Why, you ask? It's more cost-effective for the coverage. Point blank. (At least at this point it is.) All you need is faster connection rates, and voila! No problems at all. Nor FCC guidelines to worry about... yet. Or tower maintenance and FAA guidelines, and local township approvals for towers at the station's expense. Towers will still be a vital part of the equation, but they won't be up to the station to maintain.

However, to soothe THE MAN's nerves (and ego), yes, radio will still be prevalent in the outlying areas, but it's probably not going to be very easily sold.

 

[louiemanno]

[The spirit and function of local radio will remain relevant, just transferred to a new medium. It IS only a matter of time before the internet pushes its way into every nook and cranny

Yeah NHRC I know… I was wishful-thinking out loud.

Here’s my prediction…. The Googles of the world are going to start buying up radio stations to hasten the transition.

Louie

 

[IAMTHEMANTHATSWHO]

Nice predictions gentlemen, but the real future is that the Google of the world will transmit directly to your cell phone...for a fee! FREE radio will be relevant longer than you and I will be. Besides, why would the new media outlets buy out the old media outlets and their obsolete assets? And don't be fooled into believing that the internet AND internet radio will be free of FCC control "in the future." If internet radio does take off, as you predict, you can count on the FCC finding a way to regulate it and the politicians to tax it.

Oh and Bid...Girls basket ball will sound as good as it ever did!

yes...I AM THE MAN THATS WHO!

 

[Arnold Poon]

THEMAN, although I appreciate your optimism, let's be honest here. A girls basketball game, and you have the choice to A) Listen to WSYB or B)Watch and listen to Jack Healey. Ok, place your votes!!! THEMAN, remember, if you keep telling yourself something over and over, you may start to belive it as truth. So, turn the TV off and quit pretending to work, and repeat to yourself, "I AM THE MAN, I AM THE MAN".

We ALL await your results

 

[nhradiochild]

Here’s my prediction…. The Googles of the world are going to start buying up radio stations to hasten the transition.

That is a bold and considerably founded prediction. I mean, I was shocked to find out that Google bought out Scott Studios.

THE MAN, it may just be that they DO make these purchases, but not to keep radio the way it is. There may be a hidden value yet undiscovered for FM frequencies that once in ownership of, "the Googles" can lobby the FCC and/or Congress to get the rules rewritten to alter what actually is broadcast over those frequencies. (Doesn't have to be useable analog audio.)

And who said radio has to be free anymore? It would be a sad day, but look at the track record. Folks buy cable services and satellite radio (myself included), (and before you give me that quip about how satellite radio's stock is plummetting right now, tell me what stock hasn't in the last few days? And in particular, terrestrial radio stocks are not doing ANY better!).

You will notice I said "not regulated by the FCC... yet". BUT, if it's subscriber-based to begin with, the precedence has already been set by satellite radio, so whether or not that medium survives, its precedents will.

As far as the competition between radio and the internet goes now, people will eventually find a way to listen to quality stuff that they enjoy listening to. If Jack Healey is what the people want, well guess what? They'll make the conversion. Again, the precedence: Howard Stern making the transition to Sirius.

FREE radio will be relevant longer than you and I will be.

Um, are you relevant now?

 

[IAMTHEMANTHATSWHO]

And who said radio has to be free anymore? It would be a sad day, but look at the track record. Folks buy cable services and satellite radio (myself included), (and before you give me that quip about how satellite radio's stock is plummetting right now, tell me what stock hasn't in the last few days? And in particular, terrestrial radio stocks are not doing ANY better!).

NH...1st of all, the satellite radio stocks were falling long before the recent mess in the market. I seem to remember a merger happening in order to keep the satellite hype alive. Stean? Lets be real! That's all satellite radio has...since the excitement of Stearn, subscriptions have fallen like your AIG stock did the other day. The day satellite radio becomes a viable competitor to FREE radio is when Rush Limbaugh (as much as I hate Rush) makes it a home.

Perhaps NEK can get on the satellite stream.

Poon...you should listen to yourself...

if you keep telling yourself something over and over, you may start to belive it as truth.

No matter how much you tell everyone, and yourself, I still love you brother!

Yes...I AM THE MAN

 

[louiemanno]

Besides, why would the new media outlets buy out the old media outlets and their obsolete assets?

Well sir, for the same reason Thomas Edison installed gaslight to light the laboratory in which he invented the light bulb. For the same reason the guy that assembled the first car rode into work on a horse. According to Advertising Age Magazine in 2008 the Internet with overtake radio-advertising revenues by 8%. So radio still has a ways to go before it’s worthless. Plus you need to ride into the new media on the back of the old media…

Why not own the ride and control the transition. And as far as radio being an old obsolete asset. That may be the case for radios but AM and FM could be used to transmit digital data. Perhaps some one some where is working on a compression algorithm that would make the delivery of cable television possible over the old radio waves.

By the way… for the record I’m not the man and make my predictions just for fun.

Louie (I am the Manno)

 

[nhradiochild]

I never said satellite radio would supercede terrestrial. It can't, for the lack of localism. Not to mention it's spotty reception in large cities. It's operating costs are too high to even try for it. I was merely using it (and Stern) as an example that people will buy what they feel is worth the cost. Do I compare Stern to Rush? No. Did I suggest that satellite radio should attempt to inherit better personalities to become more viable? No. I personally believe that Satellite Radio will go belly up after awhile due to it's inability to present enough diversity that people clamor for. The concept is great, having coast-to-coast potential reception, but the demand for homogenized national coverage will eventually diminish to the point where it's not cost-effective anymore.

The internet, on the other hand, is a completely different animal. And as soon as it becomes as widespread as radio, then both radio and satellite radio become obsolete. There's no reason why someone will buy a radio when a computer will do the same thing and more, outside of maybe not having a high-priced piece of equipment in a less-than-trustworthy accessible area.

Louie, I couldn't have said it better myself. In fact, I think I alluded to it in a less concise fashion. Not sure how reliable AM transmission would be for digital data, but not unfounded. You are more the man than you care to admit, by the way.

"I am the Manno". LOL, very cute!

 

[Arnold Poon]

Jack sounds great in the mornings, check it out : www.nsnradio.net He has John Lawrence on with him, and they are a great team! Mr Marbles , are you out there? Dudeman? I know you 2, or should I say, I know YOU read this everyday, is the collar getting a bit tight? Are you seeing your 5 station dynasty, being threatened?

 

[IAMTHEMANTHATSWHO]

Mr. Marbles? Dudeman? What's the matter Mr. Poon. All your friends and heroes gone away OR gone in hiding? You should wise up too!

By the way, couldn't get that little internet radio thing in my car. So I listened to something else. To quote one of your old buddies: "tick tock" on that internet radio thing.

While you tremble under your desk, wondering if your NEXT, remember that there is always room for you here on the good side. We still love you brother

 

[Arnold Poon]

THEMAN, actually, my friends are unlike your GOOD employee's...STILL HERE!! Anyway, I listened to your little radio "thing"...stale, tired , and old...turned it off! Sounds of my wipers was better music and coverage to my ears. What have you done to those stations? WOW!

 

[nhradiochild]

Poon, I can understand your animosity for how things are now and passion for the way things used to be at Z97 and company, but do you think you could refrain from being quite so personal in your messages? There's no reason to continue to bash IAMTHEmr.marbleMAN. We get it. Leave him alone. I am quite sure we are wasting valuable kilobits just rehashing the same old, same old, don't you agree? :-\

 

[Mr. Marbles]

I can stick up for myself NH radiochild. Poon, yes, we all know that your angry at the move and bitter about things of the past. If you would like to talk about it, I am here for you. Just stop my office and we will talk man to man, heck, I will even supply the tissues for you.

 

[nhradiochild]

I can stick up for myself NH radiochild. Poon, yes, we all know that your angry at the move and bitter about things of the past. If you would like to talk about it, I am here for you. Just stop my office and we will talk man to man, heck, I will even supply the tissues for you.

No offense, Mr. Marbles, but when you or anyone mystically associated with the e'er-so-despised Pamal-Rutland group speaks, it usually only incites further negative commentary from those who rile up easily. Sticking up for yourself isn't necessarily the best thing in this case, for some reason. :-\

 

[MassMusicMan]

I still can't for the life of me figure out why somebody is so passionate about radio in Rutland, VT.

 

[nhradiochild]

Well Will,

I can't vouch for anyone else but for me, I was always passionate about Claremont radio (specifically Q106) because it was my hometown station growing up. During this time it was so magical, especially under the fine direction of Ken Barlow. When it becomes a shell of it's former self, the illusion gets shattered and you find yourself longing for, even wanting something that may never again be attainable. And Claremont, NH is essentially a go-nowhere town worse than Rutland is.

That's why, in my book. :'(