http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005-2007 by the authors Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:48:17 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/03/10/095151.php#comment-705146 I agree with Jim Ryan, the traditional media world is changing--and I believe the Internet and other technologies are a big part of the change. As folks become more tech-savvy, they will continue to influence mass media--whether by contributing to it or using their power or choice to let the big-wigs know what they will or won't have. I like the changes, but I still like "terrestrial" radio very much. I'm looking forward to seeing what happens next... Way to go, Kit!!! 705146@blogcritics.org Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:48:17 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/03/10/095151.php#comment-701321 Because of its intimacy and immediacy, terrestrial radio will never completely die but, except for specialty programming, I rarely ever listen to music on terrestrial FM radio anymore. Thanks to over-reliance on consultants and market research, most commercial formats have become irrelevant. If one is looking for new music, that person can go to satellite or MySpace or Internet radio. If one wants to listen to one's favorite music, there are iPods. And, if one just wants musical wallpaper that doesn't even require listening, there's terrestrial radio. 701321@blogcritics.org Tue, 11 Mar 2008 13:31:11 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/03/10/095151.php#comment-701320 Because of its intimacy and immediacy, terrestrial radio will never completely die but, except for specialty programming, I rarely ever listen to music on terrestrial FM radio anymore. Thanks to over-reliance on consultants and market research, most commercial formats have become irrelevant. If one is looking for new music, that person can go to satellite or MySpace or Internet radio. If one wants to listen to one's favorite music, there are iPods. And, if one just wants musical wallpaper that doesn't even require listening, there's terrestrial radio. 701320@blogcritics.org Tue, 11 Mar 2008 13:29:00 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/03/10/095151.php#comment-701185 I think to some extent, what happened to radio can be said to have happened to all other traditional media as well. The newspaper has given way to the blogosphere, television has surrendered to YouTube and its competitors, and even books have gone all 2.0 on us. This seems indicative of a greater shift in who holds the gates and which direction things go through them, which raises a few bigger questions over whether media as we know it is still in our lives... 701185@blogcritics.org Mon, 10 Mar 2008 22:03:44 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/03/10/095151.php#comment-701154 i used to get sort of misty-eyed at what became of radio...satellite has changed that somewhat, though it's not nearly as free-form as original fm radio, but still a great alternative. radio started to die when the consultants took over, and finally keeled over when markets were allowed to be dominated by a single owner. drive around the country and switch on the radio. what do you hear? the same handful of formats. 701154@blogcritics.org Mon, 10 Mar 2008 19:47:34 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/03/10/095151.php#comment-701150 Way to go Kit. From one who only listens to the radio in the AM only because I'd rather hear a voice than an alarm to wake up...I'm finding more and more that I don't really need it. I can find out the weather by looking out my window and if I need to know who won the hockey game I'll look at the newspaper headlines that the guy driving right next to me is reading while he waits at the red light. It seems that radio is playing what they want and not what I want to hear. I'm a pretty loyal WDRV listener but I had to move the dial because of their constant playing of Jethro Tull's Locomotive. I stopped over at 100.3 and now disco through breakfast. I may not enjoy it...but I'm losing a few calories doing the hustle! I'm on my way to the Apple store to get the stuff I need to hook up my iPod in the car. Radio? What's that? It's going to be just like...oh Paul McCartney? He was in a group before Wings. I think the Beatles. 701150@blogcritics.org Mon, 10 Mar 2008 19:20:09 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/03/10/095151.php#comment-701121 I like your glass-half-full perspective on the role of radio in the new techno era. If only the bosses believed it. XRT has never been in hip Lincoln Park (and there are those who would argue LP has never been hip). It is in the Belmont-Cragin neighborhood on the great Northwest Side of Chicago, where Trixies fear to tread. 701121@blogcritics.org Mon, 10 Mar 2008 17:19:41 EDT