[BC] Listening in the car

[nakayle@gmail.com]

 Yes, the news is so depressing these days who wants to hear it?  :-(

  But as I've said before, all broadcasters are underestimating the impact
of the net.  I grew up fascinated with radio and spent 30 years in the
business, but I've become so disgusted with broadcasting today that I spend
almost all my time listening to stuff from the net now.  I even pay for some
programs I could hear free just to get rid of the endless droning of ads,
PSAs, promos and DJ-yak, not to mention what passes for redundant
over-compressed music now a days.   Every teen I knows goes around with a
ipod- not a radio.

 - Nat Kayle

On 8/4/06, Kent Winrich <kwinrich at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> IMHO I bet that people are tired of the two political parties arguing with
> each other and the news gets turned off.
>
> On 8/4/06, frankgott at aol.com <frankgott at aol.com> wrote:
> >
> > The following is from Radio World's weekly NewsBytes.
> >
> > "The number of people who say they "listened to radio news yesterday"
> fell
> > from 47% in 1994 to 36% this year.
> > That's one of the statistics about media consumption in a report from
> the
> > Pew Research Center for the People and the Press. "
> >
> > So where is the audience going?
> >
> > The following is from a news release:
> >
> > "General Motors and Apple Computer just announced a major
> > partnership that will allow music lovers to have full functionality of
> > their
> > iPOD devices in their GM automobiles.
> >
> > Beginning in October 2006 and continuing in 2007 GM owners will be able
> to
> > purchase a $160 add-on that will give iPOD owners full use of iPOD
> > functionality, including clear quality sound and access to playlists and
> > artists names on their factor-installed dash display."
> >
> > Your thoughts?
> >
> > Frank Gottlieb
>
>