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

[Robert Meuser]

Not really,  It is the same thing.  Both the Bank and station loose 
inventory that in part can not be re-couped. If a certain ATM is 
constantly down, you will use a different one and assume that the 
problamatic ATM is just never working.

Besides this is a little silly.  Bank have much better IT 
infrastructure, back up and support than any broadcast operation 
(including networks) will ever have.

R




Craig Bowman wrote:

> 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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