Mike, I am fortunate here in Iowa. Boone has KWBG. I get High School sports, they tell you what the school lunches are. In the morning they call the one of the local breakfast places to find out what they are serving. They have some syndicated programming, but you can walk over to the station and there are real people there.
However I know this is a rarity. Most of TV turns me off, it feels like dumb and dumber. Tuning across the FM dial it feels like there are perhaps 4 or 5 stations cloned over and over. In the day time I listen to KWBG, KWMT, or WHO. At night it is CFZM aka AM740 from Toronto. I am puzzled by radio and tv anymore. I am nearing retirement. My kids are grown, my house is paid for, and I have more disposable income then at any point in my life. Yet most radio and tv programming seems aimed at another generation. Steve Steve Hawkins NG0G 73 49 111 01001001 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Pietruk" <[email protected]> To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, November 2, 2011 7:55:01 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central Subject: Re: [IRCA] Local Radio Is Getting Tuned Out. Stephen Thanks for posting this! While we all lament the continuing decine of local radio, the article really begs the question of whether it really matters. More and more folks listen to national shows; and when a local affiliate drops a national show such as Hannity or Rush for a local talk show, there are complaints. We get our local news, weather, scores, obits, closings more and more online through local websites, sites of local broadcast companies, and sites of local papers and pseudopapers created for the net. Local ma and pa businesses, long which have been the boon for local radio, are being replaced by chains because, let's face it, a Best Buy or HHGregs can sell appliances and electronics for less than Ma and pa; and that's, unless you need the service locals provide, few care. So, as the stations seek national advertising, the programming must go in that direction. The problem becomes where does the next generation of hosts emerge from? These may too come from non-traditional sources such as the internet. Sure, local radio is dying; but, thanks to the internet, phone apps and other electronic innovations, I doubt listeners, other than for nostalgia, will care all that much as they grow comfortable with the changing choices. And, for efficiency, the new choices are better and giving me greater information and entertainment as well as open things, such as ondemand programs and podcasts, which were mere fantasy a couple of decades back. Bible study has torn my life apart and remade it. That is to say that God, through his Word, has done so. -- Derek Tidball, author of "The Message of Holiness: Restoring God's Masterpiece" _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected] _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
