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KXAN starts podcasting

I've been wondering that myself. My thought is that there are not a lot of commuters who take a train or walk like they do on the coasts. Texans are probably driving with the radio or satellite radio on in their cars for the most part. I don't think there are many listening to iPods in their cars, but that could change.

> http://www.kxan.com/Global/story.asp?S=3497064
>
> My questions is: Why hasnt any other major texas market
> station jumped on the train besides KXAN?
>
 
> I've been wondering that myself. My thought is that there
> are not a lot of commuters who take a train or walk like
> they do on the coasts. Texans are probably driving with the
> radio or satellite radio on in their cars for the most part.
> I don't think there are many listening to iPods in their
> cars, but that could change.
>
> > http://www.kxan.com/Global/story.asp?S=3497064
> >
> > My questions is: Why hasnt any other major texas market
> > station jumped on the train besides KXAN?
> >
>
I think once the price of media players,which support video, come down in price, we'll see more stations encoding their own newscast or creating microcast(5-7 min) for download.
 
> > I've been wondering that myself. My thought is that there
>
> > are not a lot of commuters who take a train or walk like
> > they do on the coasts. Texans are probably driving with
> the
> > radio or satellite radio on in their cars for the most
> part.
> > I don't think there are many listening to iPods in their
> > cars, but that could change.
> >
> > > http://www.kxan.com/Global/story.asp?S=3497064
> > >
> > > My questions is: Why hasnt any other major texas market
> > > station jumped on the train besides KXAN?
> > >
> >
> I think once the price of media players,which support video,
> come down in price, we'll see more stations encoding their
> own newscast or creating microcast(5-7 min) for download.
>
Well, if any station were to start podcasting it would be a station in Austin. Remember it's the "Silicon Praire". And, it's only logical that it would be KXAN. They are owned by Lin Broadcasting, a broadcasting innovator. The other stations in Austin are all owned by major, overly conservative, broadcasters like Fox and CBS/Viacom. Don't be surprised that the Belo station KVUE were to podcast as well. Belo tends to be innovative as well. In reality however, how many people working at Dell or AMD have Nielsen meters. I believe podcasting will come into its own, but years down the line.
 
> > > I've been wondering that myself. My thought is that
> there
> >
> > > are not a lot of commuters who take a train or walk like
>
> > > they do on the coasts. Texans are probably driving with
>
> > the
> > > radio or satellite radio on in their cars for the most
> > part.
> > > I don't think there are many listening to iPods in their
>
> > > cars, but that could change.
> > >
> > > > http://www.kxan.com/Global/story.asp?S=3497064
> > > >
> > > > My questions is: Why hasnt any other major texas
> market
> > > > station jumped on the train besides KXAN?
> > > >
> > >
> > I think once the price of media players,which support
> video,
> > come down in price, we'll see more stations encoding their
>
> > own newscast or creating microcast(5-7 min) for download.
> >
> Well, if any station were to start podcasting it would be a
> station in Austin. Remember it's the "Silicon Praire".
> And, it's only logical that it would be KXAN. They are
> owned by Lin Broadcasting, a broadcasting innovator. The
> other stations in Austin are all owned by major, overly
> conservative, broadcasters like Fox and CBS/Viacom. Don't
> be surprised that the Belo station KVUE were to podcast as
> well. Belo tends to be innovative as well. In reality
> however, how many people working at Dell or AMD have Nielsen
> meters. I believe podcasting will come into its own, but
> years down the line.
>
LIN has always been an innovator when it comes to newscasting. I believe they were the first in austin to go HiDef, as well as making their website (eventhough its an Internet Broadcasting shell now) a vital part of the newscast. I also agree about the Podcasting, esp. when it becomes alot cheaper to produce media players (with video capacity)
 
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