Re: I think what we need is more stations like KYOURadio...
> > Hi everyone:
> >
> > ...I mean THINK ABOUT IT. MORE stations like KYOURadio
> > means MORE podcasts will get exposure, which in turn,
> leads
> > to those who produce LONGER podcasts (like I do) actually
> > have a chance of growing A REAL audience.
>
> I'm a big fan of podcasting but we will have to just wait
> and find out if any one show catches on and grows a REAL
> (i.e. large by broadcast standards). My first instinct is to
> say it won't happen but a real standout talent just might. I
> am skeptical that it will happen anytime soon, however.
This would be a safe and conservative way to go think HOWEVER...
> > And for the music lovers out there, there's A GROWING
> number of music podcasts > and AN EQUALLY GROWING collection
> of PodSafe music maintained by C.C. Chapman > of PodShow.com
> It wouldn't take much for Infinity to start airing that
> music > on some of these stations being considered for this
> "Free FM" format instead
> > of the same o' same o' crapola they air now.
>
> It wouldn't take much for them to air my rendition of Bolero
> on a comb and wax paper either. Who would listen?
Umm...How 'bout AVERAGE ORDINARY PEOPLE?? We are at a point now where people are so DESPERATE for some variety that they would just assume pop some PodSafe music in their iPods (if they don't go to Rhapsody or some other music site) than they would rather listen to the SAME O' SAME O' CRAPOLA played a thousand times over on some dumb radio station. It's the truth dude. Don't believe me, look at the stats.
> And even if, over time, they could grow an audience with PodSafe
> music over time, publicly traded companies do not get that
> much time to show results. Only a private company could pull
> this off and that's only if it would work at all which is
> doubtful.
Ahh....But if ANYONE can do it, it WOULD be Infinity. Why? Simple. INFINITY HAS THE BALLS!! They also have the resources. They're also owned by a company that also has a HUGE stake in a record label (if they don't own it outright).
That company is none other than Viacom.
> > Plus doing so would mean FINALLY standing up to the record
> labels AND (also
> > finally) setting Clear Channel back on its corporate ears.
>
>
> You want to stand up to the record companies? Grab a sign
> and picket their headquarter. You want to set Clear Channel
> back on its corporate ears? Do nothing, it's happening
> without any assist from anyone.
Okay dude. NOW you've brought the activist in me (what little there is) out. First off, what you just said is above is THE BIGGEST bunch of BS I've EVER seen ANYONE here on Radio-Info say.
Secondly, grabbing a sign and picketing the corporate headquarters of Clear Channel hasn't done anything but land people in jail. Don't believe me, ask those activists who've tried it. Sure some of them may have had ulterior agendas other than to protest Clear Channel's activities or programming, but hey, you take the good with the bad.
THE BEST way to force change in the media is to BECOME THE MEDIA ITSELF!! That is what we podcasters and Internet Radio & TV station owners are trying to do.
BECOME THE MEDIA - Just as terrestrial FM Radio stations and TV stations BEFORE THEM did.
I hate to say this dude, but the logic behind your comments above is antiquated.
> > I mean let's face it. There are HUNDREDS (if not
> THOUSANDS) of podcasts out
> > there right now. One station, regardless of location,
> can't possibly handle
> > all those shows (even if each podcaster had 15 seconds).
>
>
> There are thousands of shows only because it takes so little
> to make one. Hell, I could make one. Or as economists say:
> The barriers to entry are low. This is a bad thing as far as
> gaining any sizable audience.
That is short-sighted and you know it. Who's to say that Dawn & Drew won't hit it big someday? They're already up on Sirius Channel 103 (Sirius Stars 103 for those of you subscribers amongst us
) along with the rest of Adam Curry's PodSquad.
Just my opinions
Cheers for now
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