[BC] Re: Reasons for having satellite radio

[Harold Hallikainen]

>>> But I don't think it's satellites that broadcasters needs to worry
>>> about- it's ipods- where people play just what they want to hear
>>> - whenever they want it- with no yack at all.
>>>
>>>    -Nat
>>>
>
>> You could have said the same thing about cassettes and CDs.
>
>     Oddly, back in the '50s one of the non-technical reasons that
> 45 r.p.m. record players were not more popular in cars was the
> 'lack of yack'; at least this was my experience growing up in San
> Jose, CA, as part of a team that installed these Skip-A-Groove?
> fiascos under many a dashboard.  Of course that was back when
> San Francisco (50 miles distant!) air talent demonstrated some
> personality.  Even local jocks were sought-after for sock-hops,
> supermarket openings, etc.  Still boils down to content, I guess.
>
> Jim Wood
> Brea, CA


While we have a pile of CDs and other music sources, we still end up
listening to the radio (KPIG/KPYG). They discover the music we like so we
don't have to go searching or listen to the same CDs over and over. Their
on air people are also very interesting. So, while iPod is big, it SEEMS
to me that these listeners will eventually get tired of their "favorite
songs" and want to hear something different (maybe find a new favorite
song). The "pod cast," however, seems interesting. For those programs that
are broadcast when the listener cannot listen to the radio, it allow
portable time shifting. We could, of course, get the same effect with a
portable "walk person" radio that included a timed digital recorder to
capture those programs off air instead of downloading them.

Harold


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