[BC] Re: Reasons for having satellite radio

[Ron Cole]

 I like my MP3 Players a lot but its work to keep the iPod updated and
fresh.

I like my XM Satellite radio because I can find music I like that's fresh
and new and without the jock chatter & commercials trying to sell me things
I don't need or want.

But then I'm not radios primary target, probably never was?.
Ron Cole

On 1/25/06, Harold Hallikainen <harold at hallikainen.com> wrote:
>
>
> >>> 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(r)
> > 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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