[BC] The future of broadcasting...

[Dana Puopolo]

Uh huh...

and what if Comcast GAVE IT AWAY??

OR maybe they ran ADVERTISING? Or a mix of ad and pay?

After all, I've seen XM and Sirius radios on sale at Comp USA for under ten
dollars WITHOUT a rebate!

Why what if these radios sold for that? If they ever did, don't you think that
people would buy them? After all they will be able to offer coast to coast
uninterrupted coverage...

-D



------ Original Message ------
Received: Sat, 02 Sep 2006 03:19:16 PM EDT
From: WFIFeng at aol.com
To: broadcast at radiolists.net
Subject: Re: [BC] The future of broadcasting...

In a message dated 09/02/2006 12:53:38 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
dpuopolo at usa.net writes:

> YES it will work in cars.
>  
>  YES it's designed to put broadcasting (as we know it) out of business.
>  
>  YES it probably will do so - unless broadcasters begin looking past the
>  present quarter all the time.
>  
>  Or do you think Comcast and the other MSOs bought it (for billions of 
dollar$
> )
>  to NOT get into the content business??
>  

IMHO, as long as Terrestrial Radio is still *free* to the listeners, people 
are going to be listening. (No need to beat the "content" drum, again, as we 
all know that part.) The point is, people will always want whatever is free
and 
that has some usefulness to them. As long as it plays some of the songs they 
like, gives 'em the news & WX, and doesn't cost anything, they'll be there. 
Perhaps in smaller numbers, but not *all* Terrestrial Radio will go away. Some
of 
small/marginal stations probably will, but the ones that meet needs and serve

their listeners will survive. So no, I don't think it will "kill" Radio. Dent

it, yes, but not kill it.

Willie...
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