tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17391593.post4746213853564355525..comments2023-11-05T03:23:48.526-08:00Comments on Talking Radio: Sports Talk 3 Lib Talk 0 in San Diegobaroooskhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18135048606474430019noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17391593.post-36033973143786129272010-05-18T00:18:49.231-07:002010-05-18T00:18:49.231-07:00I have been a fan of KLSD radio station in San Die...I have been a fan of KLSD radio station in <a href="http://www.sandiegolocalguide.com" rel="nofollow">San Diego</a>. The formats of all the programs matched perfectly with the spirit of <a href="http://www.sandiegolocalguide.com" rel="nofollow">San Diego</a>.Robert Smithhttp://www.sandiegolocalguide.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17391593.post-7973903571637076872007-11-26T09:33:00.000-08:002007-11-26T09:33:00.000-08:00I wonder about the future of not only the prog for...I wonder about the future of not only the prog format, but of the medium as well. Radio has managed to soundly sleep through 40 years of technological and creative breakthroughs. The industry has awakened in 2007 to find WE live in a world that has completely and thoroughly, moved on. The things we think are cute, entertaining and interesting are so devoid of reason and logic that it's no wonder they are where we are. Quite honestly, they deserve it. <BR/>This guy in San Francisco is at least trying...interesting, informative,local, and not available anywhere else. Radio owners,are you listening? <BR/><BR/>http://www.quakeradio.com/pages/john_scott.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17391593.post-76319576349748462212007-11-20T06:26:00.000-08:002007-11-20T06:26:00.000-08:00"HD Radio-On-QVC Fiasco Thread""Did anybody here l..."HD Radio-On-QVC Fiasco Thread"<BR/><BR/>"Did anybody here listen to Radio Racket last night? They reported on QVC's September HD Radio fiasco. Total sales were only $30,000! They said there were three different receivers at different prices, but assuming the cheapest was $300, and that all of them were the cheapest one, that would be only 200 units sold. QVC had to buy these turkeys, so the loss is theirs. They're going to try to sell the others in segments where they bunch a lot of items, instead of showcasing HD again. After all, why would they/ a real dud. And QVC has no plans to ask any HD advocates back for another appearance."<BR/><BR/>http://www.radioracket.yuku.com/topic/1213/t/HD-Radio-On-QVC-Fiasco-Thread-RECONSTRUCTED-and-CONTINUED.html<BR/><BR/>The HD Alliance couldn't even sell these empty radios on QVC!<BR/><BR/>HD Radio is nothing but a farce:<BR/><BR/>http://hdradiofarce.blogspot.com/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17391593.post-38249052539116122752007-11-20T05:14:00.000-08:002007-11-20T05:14:00.000-08:00Very interesting.And how it was handled is very ty...Very interesting.<BR/>And how it was handled is very typical.<BR/>Take progressive talk out of the equation. Substitute Oldies, Standards, Classical, even Alternative - any format with a devoted (if not huge) following that gets dropped. The reason is always the same (the station can't sell it).<BR/>Let's see what happens when we get PPM ratings for New York next month (and for LA and Chicago early next year). Maybe, like Oldies, lib talk will start looking good to ad buyers. Or maybe, like Urban formats, we will discover devoted liberals with diaries have been trying to "help" more than they've actually been listening.<BR/>I'm not so sure lib talk on HD2 is such a bad idea. Like FM 40 years ago (and progressive rock), new or unique content could actually create interest in HD radio. But radio managers seem unwilling to program until they get an audience rather than programming to get an audience. By the time they wake up, everybody's listening to satellite radio, wireless Internet radio or mp3 players.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com