[BC] Future of Radio Eng. /was/ Computer based audio

[Craig Bowman]

Maybe more in absolute dollars (of which they make much more) but 
neither a greater percentage of the bottom line nor more negative 
impressions of customers.

Of course people turn the dial, that is what makes it different.  If the 
banking system goes down can I change currency?  In less than 10 
seconds, more than 90 percent of listeners have changed stations.  Will 
banks have the same rate of customer migration?  Of course not. 

I have had international (and domestic) money transfers screwed up 
because of bank computers and believe me, the bank does not pay.  I have 
been involved with station closings where the transfer was hours late.  
Oh well, we just sit there waiting for the OK, we got it.

Craig


Robert Meuser wrote:

> That is not the case. Banks are constantly collecting ATM fees and 
> more importantly fees on funds transfers, which with business 
> transactions are considerable. I costs them a lot to be down, far more 
> than a radio station. People can always turn the dial or switch the 
> IPOD back on if the radio stops.  When the ATMs go down, that is a 
> much more serious problem.
>
> R
>
>
> Craig Bowman wrote:
>
>> Only if everyone with a deposit account could not earn interest on 
>> their accounts while the computers are down.  There are really no 
>> parallels to Broadcasting which is why, despite all it BS, we are here.
>>
>> Craig Bowman
>>
>> Robert Meuser wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Maybe insurance was a band analogy. Think banking. Look at the 
>>> technology at the major processing ceneters, like flywheels backed 
>>> by gensets and multiple UPSs. They stand to loose many 10s of 
>>> millions in minutes if they are down.
>>>
>>> R
>>>
>>>
>>> Craig Bowman wrote:
>>>
>>>> If, for that period of down time all the customers of the insurance 
>>>> were irrevocably uninsured that would be a good analogy.  When a 
>>>> radio station is off the air all of its customers are affected.
>>>>
>>>> Craig Bowman
>>>>
>>>> Sid Schweiger wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>>> When was the last time a computer jock answered a 3 AM call?<<
>>>>>>>     
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Please stop perpetuating this myth.  There are plenty (myself 
>>>>> included)
>>>>> who do it all the time.  It's just as inconvenient and 
>>>>> unacceptable for
>>>>> an insurance company's computers to be down for maintenance, 
>>>>> repairs or
>>>>> upgrades during the business day as it is for a radio station's
>>>>> transmitter to be off during the business day for the same reasons.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Sid Schweiger
>>>>> IT Manager, Entercom Boston LLC
>>>>> WAAF - WEEI AM/FM - WMKK - WRKO - WVEI
>>>>> 20 Guest St / 3d Floor
>>>>> Boston MA  02135-2040
>>>>> Phone: 617-779-5369
>>>>> Fax: 617-779-5379
>>>>> E-Mail: sid at wrko.com
>>>>>
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