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Talk radio is doomed!!!!1111
« on: February 05, 2013, 05:55:30 PM »
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The Demise of Talk Radio? Maybe.....


 
Begins in Boston, how far will it go?

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The Demise of Boston Talk and the Ongoing Collapse of Corporate Radio

At 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Jim Braude and Margery Eagan signed off for the last time from the morning talk show they had hosted on Boston's WTKK Radio. A few minutes later, the station reemerged as Power 96.9, a faceless entity blasting out robo-music of some sort. And Boston found itself with just one full-time talk radio station.

The demise of WTKK has been portrayed as another nail in the coffin of right-wing talk radio. The estimable D.R. Tucker calls it part of "a downward spiral for a key element of the conservative entertainment complex." And, yes, that's surely part of it

But what we are really seeing is the demise of commercial radio in general, as corporate owners (Greater Media in WTKK's case) attempt to squeeze the last few nickels of profit out of a medium that may be in its final stage of collapse.


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dan-kennedy/the-demise-of-boston-talk_b_2401995.html

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022317821

If Talk Radio can't survive in the Republican stronghold of Boston then Rush may as retire now.  :rotf:

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1. The good news for the long term is right wing radio is going down the shitter

The bad news is it will take the few progressive talkers with it.

And the fact is that everything will be available online anyway in ten years.

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11. Conservative talk radio has done way more harm than good in this country.

I'm glad it's going away - good riddance!!

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8. this along with the news about Fox Ratings reaching record lows is good

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Re: Talk radio is doomed!!!!1111
« Reply #1 on: February 05, 2013, 06:56:20 PM »
WTKK was anything but Conservative talk radio.
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Re: Talk radio is doomed!!!!1111
« Reply #2 on: February 05, 2013, 07:12:34 PM »
The demise of talk radio would be cause for panic.  Rush told me that he'd let me know when it's time to panic.  Not yet.
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Re: Talk radio is doomed!!!!1111
« Reply #3 on: February 05, 2013, 07:13:14 PM »
In their fantasy world.
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Re: Talk radio is doomed!!!!1111
« Reply #4 on: February 05, 2013, 07:16:33 PM »
Quote from: Ptarmigan on February 05, 2013, 07:13:14 PM
In their fantasy world.

Right along with this part
 
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8. this along with the news about Fox Ratings reaching record lows is good



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Re: Talk radio is doomed!!!!1111
« Reply #5 on: February 05, 2013, 07:36:50 PM »
XM Radio type formats is where the future lives. I still tune in from time to time to regular radio, but 99% of the time I'd rather tune in to my XM.

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Re: Talk radio is doomed!!!!1111
« Reply #6 on: February 05, 2013, 09:32:13 PM »
Two words, air America.

That is all your stupid dolts.
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Re: Talk radio is doomed!!!!1111
« Reply #7 on: February 05, 2013, 09:35:21 PM »
One station in a liberal hellhole changed formats and that spells the end of talk radio?   :mental:
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Re: Talk radio is doomed!!!!1111
« Reply #8 on: February 05, 2013, 09:35:58 PM »
If I had a dollar for every time these sorry-assed prophets had predicted the downfall of talk radio, I'd be half as rich as Rush Limbaugh and still not nearly so interesting to have a conversation with.
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Re: Talk radio is doomed!!!!1111
« Reply #9 on: February 05, 2013, 09:38:41 PM »
Quote from: DefiantSix on February 05, 2013, 09:35:58 PM
If I had a dollar for every time these sorry-assed prophets had predicted the downfall of talk radio, I'd be half as rich as Rush Limbaugh and still not nearly so interesting to have a conversation with.
Don't sell yourself short. :II:
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Re: Talk radio is doomed!!!!1111
« Reply #10 on: February 05, 2013, 09:46:36 PM »
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“A station has to have an identity,” said Kennedy. “At ’TKK, you had a sort-of liberal show in the morning, basically nonideological stuff in the middle of the day, and then a hard-core conservative in Graham. When you tune in, you should know what you’re getting.”

http://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2013/01/01/wtkk-abandoning-talk-radio-format-after-failing-establish-clear-identity-analysts-say/KoRaztx0xxEaz6BDRNKKPJ/story.html

The station was a mess.  I think WRKO is safe.
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Re: Talk radio is doomed!!!!1111
« Reply #11 on: February 05, 2013, 10:00:25 PM »
Typical Puffington Host blather..

They mention Egan & Braude in one breath, then mention the demise of 'right wing radio' in the next. Egan & Braude are leftists. Braude especially. 
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Re: Talk radio is doomed!!!!1111
« Reply #12 on: February 05, 2013, 10:40:54 PM »
Stations change formats and close down all the time. This isn't the end of anything. If it was Rock and Country and most other formats would have gone long ago.
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Re: Talk radio is doomed!!!!1111
« Reply #13 on: February 06, 2013, 01:28:00 AM »
The stations that are struggling are the ones carrying the B team of talkers i.e. Savage, Reagan and Ingraham.

The ones with Rush, Hannity and Levin plus a morning show that compliments those three are making money still hand over fist.
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Re: Talk radio is doomed!!!!1111
« Reply #14 on: February 06, 2013, 03:13:32 AM »
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8. this along with the news about Fox Ratings reaching record lows is good

Wonder about MessNBC's ratings? Think they had record highs? Doubt it! Oh, and according to you guys, talk radio is always close to it's demise.

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Re: Talk radio is doomed!!!!1111
« Reply #15 on: February 06, 2013, 04:41:53 AM »
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The Demise of Talk Radio? Maybe.....


 
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Dan Kennedy
01/03/2013

The Demise of Boston Talk and the Ongoing Collapse of Corporate Radio

At 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Jim Braude and Margery Eagan signed off for the last time from the morning talk show they had hosted on Boston's WTKK Radio. A few minutes later, the station reemerged as Power 96.9, a faceless entity blasting out robo-music of some sort. And Boston found itself with just one full-time talk radio station.

The demise of WTKK has been portrayed as another nail in the coffin of right-wing talk radio. The estimable D.R. Tucker calls it part of "a downward spiral for a key element of the conservative entertainment complex." And, yes, that's surely part of it

But what we are really seeing is the demise of commercial radio in general, as corporate owners (Greater Media in WTKK's case) attempt to squeeze the last few nickels of profit out of a medium that may be in its final stage of collapse.


http://www.huffingtonpost...oston-talk_b_2401995.html

amounts to this:

:jerkit:

That's all, folks! O-)
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Re: Talk radio is doomed!!!!1111
« Reply #16 on: February 06, 2013, 08:07:01 AM »
Quote from: USA4ME on February 05, 2013, 07:36:50 PM
XM Radio type formats is where the future lives. I still tune in from time to time to regular radio, but 99% of the time I'd rather tune in to my XM.

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Plug in any of your old Sirius or XM radios and they will be reactivated for a two week trial period.  This promotion started Jan31.

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Re: Talk radio is doomed!!!!1111
« Reply #17 on: February 06, 2013, 08:10:34 AM »
Quote from: 67 Rover on February 06, 2013, 08:07:01 AM
Plug in any of your old Sirius or XM radios and they will be reactivated for a two week trial period.  This promotion started Jan31.



My wife's new car (purchased last month) came with a six months free trial period.   When I bought my car in July of 2011 it was only three months.
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Re: Talk radio is doomed!!!!1111
« Reply #18 on: February 06, 2013, 12:10:04 PM »
Quote from: Undies on February 06, 2013, 08:10:34 AM
My wife's new car (purchased last month) came with a six months free trial period.   When I bought my car in July of 2011 it was only three months.

Same here, the only problem is they are as bad as Crutchfield. AOL or Columbia house when it comes to junk mail and solicitation phone calls.
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Re: Talk radio is doomed!!!!1111
« Reply #19 on: February 06, 2013, 01:20:56 PM »
Quote from: 67 Rover on February 06, 2013, 12:10:04 PM
Same here, the only problem is they are as bad as Crutchfield. AOL or Columbia house when it comes to junk mail and solicitation phone calls.

Yes I know.  I get something from them everyday.
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Re: Talk radio is doomed!!!!1111
« Reply #20 on: February 06, 2013, 03:39:02 PM »
Quote from: 67 Rover on February 06, 2013, 12:10:04 PM
Same here, the only problem is they are as bad as Crutchfield. AOL or Columbia house when it comes to junk mail and solicitation phone calls.
Add the NRA to that list.
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Re: Talk radio is doomed!!!!1111
« Reply #21 on: February 06, 2013, 04:46:20 PM »
Quote from: GOBUCKS on February 06, 2013, 03:39:02 PM
Add the NRA to that list.


I will look up the e-mail address that I have for the NRA opt out program, you add opt out to the subject line and they will stop sending junk mail.  Magazines and offers to upgrade are not considered junk mail.

Let me look for it and get back to you.
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Re: Talk radio is doomed!!!!1111
« Reply #22 on: February 06, 2013, 04:59:06 PM »
A month prior to the end of the world last year, Madison's Very Own WTDY changed formats and fired the very progressive Sly in the Morning. They were going down hill for many years by that point.

Still, as reprehensible as Sly could be and even though I very, very rarely tuned into his show, I don't celebrate it. I don't celebrate the loss of an outlet of information. But it was a business decision. Even in very liberal Madison they simply couldn't attract and keep the numbers.

Unless one is living in a DUmmie paradise, radio listening is a voluntary act. Nobody forces people to listen to Rush and nobody stopped Madison area liberals from listening to Sly. In the end the market made the judgement and the business people responded.

Even if talk radio is over, and it may be, there is tons of free content all over the Internets.

Maybe some young entrepreneur will figure out how to get rights and start rebroadcasting those for the wifi-impaired?
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Re: Talk radio is doomed!!!!1111
« Reply #23 on: February 06, 2013, 05:12:33 PM »
Quote from: Undies on February 06, 2013, 08:10:34 AM
My wife's new car (purchased last month) came with a six months free trial period.   When I bought my car in July of 2011 it was only three months.

What car did she get?
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Re: Talk radio is doomed!!!!1111
« Reply #24 on: February 06, 2013, 06:01:51 PM »
My GOD, these people are stupid.

Hey, DUmmies, did you know if you say "Gullible" slow enough, it sounds like "Oranges"? Try it. Send us a video of you trying it.
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