tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406438944314676533.post2638832299461333563..comments2013-04-14T22:09:29.404-04:00Comments on George Reed's Radio/TV Station Trading Views: Will our listeners go GaGa for LaLa?George Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05642321040163272523noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406438944314676533.post-40223916888084796482010-06-21T14:30:26.817-04:002010-06-21T14:30:26.817-04:00How difficult is it to start a radio station in a ...How difficult is it to start a radio station in a small town? We have one main station. The owner carries Rush Limbaugh & other unenlightened programming. The isolated, ignorant people in town think the Russians, Chinese, North Koreans, and Arabs are going to attack any day now. Thanks, radio station owner.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406438944314676533.post-20880980988738299132010-01-05T10:36:04.212-05:002010-01-05T10:36:04.212-05:00Steve, these days "cool" and "radio...Steve, these days "cool" and "radio" are seldom used in the same sentence. And you're correct, that is a very troubling notion. Hopefully our industry leadership will begin addressing that problem in the New Year (hope spring enternal!).<br /><br />Joel, clearly juke boxes are not the answer. I do believe that there is a trend back toward live and local. Let's hope.George Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05642321040163272523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406438944314676533.post-77852632665801276032010-01-04T23:11:18.142-05:002010-01-04T23:11:18.142-05:00George,
Great entertainment ... preferably local,...George,<br /><br />Great entertainment ... preferably local, will help sustain radio. The move by some toward making stations jukeboxes is not a long-term solution.Joel Raab - Consultanthttp://www.joelraab.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406438944314676533.post-49928734455360891562010-01-04T10:04:06.381-05:002010-01-04T10:04:06.381-05:00Very interesting to pose the question as to why a ...Very interesting to pose the question as to why a broadcast company wouldn't have jumped on LaLa. Juxtapose that question atop your very relevant point about Apple's "coolness cachet" and a scary reality emerges. That cachet can very quickly ratchet up a platform like LaLa. But what would the results be with the EXACT SAME platform being pushed by, say, Clear Channel? A company with an extremely low, if non-existent, "coolness cachet"! At this moment in time is there a big radio company with enough of that cachet anywhere? Kinda some troubling thoughts...Steve Gaineshttp://www.twitter.com/SteveGaines62noreply@blogger.com