Where I am, Southern Missouri, radio serves a VERY valuable purpose. Joplin comes to mind. Last May when Joplin was literally blown off the map, local radio there stepped up, they were on the air for nearly 3 weeks straight with information, news, and more importantly a sense of service. They took live phone calls, tried to get information put out immediately, and most importantly it was all LIVE and without commercials. It was also compelling product to listen to. They out did the TV stations in town, and of course the newspaper.
Try living in tornado alley and considering radio dead. Far from it. You can't find out what's going on in a tornado zone on XM/Sirius or Pandora. Not gonna happen. So don't tell me radio is dead. It just needs to get back to being a LOCAL thing again. And, btw, what is Go country? Last I heard they are LA's country station ;) -----Original Message----- From: tvornottv@googlegroups.com [mailto:tvornottv@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kevin M. Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2012 11:46 PM To: tvornottv@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] Seacrest Gets 'Today' Gig, Matt Still Host I agree with virtually everything Terry stated, except the part about radio serving a purpose. I've been cruising around in my free Chevy Volt all weekend which came with XM. The car I bought used last year came with XM but the subscription lapsed and it is an expense I can't justify. But having it again reminds me exactly how dead terrestrial radio is, and Seacrest is a prime example of why. I think it was Pgage who said Seacrest does what he does fairly well, and I do not disagree. However, what he does is offer bland, unchallenging, uninspired drivel to the masses. Radio stations should have niche audiences (just as TV should) -- there should be pop stations, but also oldies, country, blues, jazz, classical, rock, punk, and on and on. Admittedly not all formats make as much money as others, but there is money to be made from every genre if done right. Los Angeles, the number 2 market in radio, has no country station, yet Stagecoach -- one of the nation's largest country festivals -- is taking place in Southern California this weekend. That defies common sense (and I'm saying this while not a huge fan of country). Last year I lamented the firing of Jim Ladd from KLOS, whose show was consistently blowing away everyone else in his timeslot -- that was an example of a known, time-tested money-maker who was replaced by a ratings-killing computer, which is as backwards a revenue generating strategy as I've ever witnessed. Seacrest is the peak of the mountain of media banality. Radio is dead. TV networks as we know them are not too far behind. Seacrest is riding the wave of the last days of broadcast pablum. He is the final glass teat upon which our nation has been suckling. As such, he belongs on The Today Show, and American Idol, and the E! network, as all of these things champion mediocrity. -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
