> > > 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)