[SBE] The future of Broadcasting.

[Jeremy Morris]

Yep, got this email on my Blackberry while driving and listening to the Rush Limbaugh Show on 630 AM WMAL here in DC. And I just turned 30. 

Jeremy


Sent from my email addiction enabling device I carry in a case on my belt. 

-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Reite <br at telcen.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:54:40 
To: sbe member discussion mail list<sbe at sbe.org>
Subject: Re: [SBE] The future of Broadcasting.

Well, a lot of people under 30 still do listen to the radio if you can 
believe the ratings.

As has been said before, broadcast radio is one of the few things that 
will work well in the event of a true national emergency.   As for day 
to day use, I know of some small market AM stations that are doing quite 
well, because they really take to heart "serve the public interest, 
convenience and necessity".  One class D station I know of carries major 
league baseball play by play for a popular team in the area, and last 
year, even with the economy in the dumps, they sold their entire 
commercial inventory for the season.

Lee Howder wrote:

> With Cisco making routers that operate at 322Tbps it's only a matter of 

> time that we have the ability to stream and download every video ever 

> made quickly. TV is a thing of the past and with digital music and 

> IPOD'S I don't know anybody under 30 that listens to the radio either.   

> 

>  > From: DanRapak at verizon.net

>  > To: sbe at sbe.org

>  > Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:30:00 -0400

>  > Subject: Re: [SBE] The future of Broadcasting.

>  >

>  > First of all, in having this discussion, I think we need to 

> differentiate

>  > between radio and television. Maintaining radio is crucial in that the

>  > dissemination of information in times of emergencies cannot be left 

> to the

>  > wired infrastructure. I was working the mobile unit covering the World

>  > Series at Candlestick Park when the earthquake hit. Cell phones were 

> useless

>  > and land line phones were severely overloaded. I was in New York on 

> 9/11. It

>  > wasn't possible to place a call on most cell phone systems. I had 

> Verizon

>  > cell service. It worked but it took awhile to get through as it too was

>  > severely overloaded. Ditto the northeast blackout. In times of 

> emergency,

>  > relying on the public landline network (including wireless Internet 

> which

>  > connects to it) just won't do.

>  >

>  > That's radio. When it comes to television no one on this list is 

> going to

>  > want to hear what follows. With respect, I think we may be missing the

>  > point. The core issue is not so much what the FCC or the government 

> will or

>  > will not do. The issue is the marketplace.

>  >

>  > Internet speeds keep getting faster and faster. Codecs keep getting 

> better

>  > and better. Services like Hulu may not be full HD-1080P yet, but they 

> don't

>  > look bad at all and they're getting better all the time. They're 

> certainly

>  > better than the way YouTube looked when it was becoming a market 

> force (sold

>  > in '06 for $1,650,000,000) and they look MUCH better than the Skype 

> video

>  > that many broadcasters have begun using for remote pickups.

>  >

>  > I know that everyone says people won't want to watch programming on 

> their

>  > computers. Perhaps so, but you know what? They won't have to. Television

>  > sets are already beginning to sport RJ-45 connectors. TiVo boxes have 

> had

>  > them for some time. The day is rapidly approaching when you will turn on

>  > your TV set and call up a programming menu very similar to what you 

> get on a

>  > digital cable box or a satellite receiver. The difference is, you 

> won't look

>  > at a listing by time-of-day that tells you when you can watch. You'll 

> look

>  > at a listing by PROGRAM. You'll pick the show you want to watch. Then 

> you'll

>  > pick the exact episode you want to watch and you'll watch it 

> precisely WHEN

>  > you want to watch it. That is what consumers will expect. That is 

> what they

>  > will become used to. Unfortunately, there's simply no way a television

>  > broadcaster can compete with that.

>  >

>  > That, my friends, is the way the free marketplace works. Why do you 

> think GE

>  > is getting rid of NBC? Why do you think there is noise about Disney

>  > divesting itself of ABC? The days of the big stick on the mountaintop 

> are

>  > drawing to a close. The handwriting isn't on the wall, its on your 

> computer

>  > screen. Get used to it and plan your careers accordingly.

>  >

>  > Respectfully,

>  > Dan Rapak - CPBE, 8VSB, CBNT

>  > ABC Television Network - Retired

>  >

>  >

>  >

>  >

>  > ----- Original Message -----

>  > From: "Bob Reite" <br at telcen.com>

>  > To: "sbe member discussion mail list" <sbe at sbe.org>

>  > Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2010 10:32 PM

>  > Subject: Re: [SBE] The future of Broadcasting.

>  >

>  >

>  > >I think that you are being a little bit paranoid. The Internet lets

>  > >everyone be a "broadcaster" for a very low entry cost. If traditional

>  > >broadcasters want to keep their audience, they had better start 

> offering

>  > >better programming. I quit watching broadcast TV over 5 years ago, 

> because

>  > >the entertainment shows were no longer entertaining, and the news

>  > >programming seemed to all rally for the war in Iraq, with no critical

>  > >analysis against it, unlike the news commentary during the Vietnam war.

>  > >

>  > > Yes, with the DTV transition, we lost some more of the UHF spectrum 

> and in

>  > > the major markets, low VHF, but since one can cram 4 channels of 

> standard

>  > > def programming into a 6 MHz channel, I feel that we still come out 

> ahead.

>  > >

>  > >

>  > > Edwin Bukont wrote:

>  > >> Right wing nut jobs?

>  > >> Conspiracy theorists?

>  > >> Where? So far every name mentioned, with their words and deeds now

>  > >> public record, is a card carrying member of either the Clinton

>  > >> liberal-elite or the Obama liberal-elite. I don't either of those 

> can be

>  > >> called 'right wing". There is nothing here in theorey or conspiracy,

>  > >> nothing thought up by a right wing nut.

>  > >> The face of the matter is that what was begun in 1994, the Clinton

>  > >> years, then stopped during the Bush years, has now been 

> resurrected under

>  > >> Obama. That ressurection is the plan to kill the very business that

>  > >> holds liberal causes so dear. Face the facts. The conspiracy is on 

> the

>  > >> part of the liberal elites to remove freedom of speech and freedom to

>  > >> assemble from the mass populace. An all broadband world is an all

>  > >> monitored and tracked world. 'They', the proponents of a national ID

>  > >> plan, (which is what your future IPv6 smart phone will be) intend and

>  > >> will know what you listen to, where you listen to it, who else is

>  > >> listening with you and what your thoughts as you discuss them in a 

> chat.

>  > >> The First Amendment is under attack. And this is a fact. That appears

>  > >> to be the intent of Reed Hundt's vision, an all wired world that 

> leads

>  > >> government right into any room in your house. Brought to you by 

> liberal

>  > >> visionaries. No right wings or conservatives involved.

>  > >>

>  > >> Edwin Bukont CSRE, DRB, CBNT V- 240.417.2475; F-

>  > >> 240.368.1265 

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>  > >> From: tomtraveller at hotmail.com

>  > >> To: sbe at sbe.org

>  > >> Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:41:39 -0800

>  > >> Subject: Re: [SBE] The future of Broadcasting.

>  > >>

>  > >> Right-wing wing nuts and conspiracy theorists, anyone who thinks the

>  > >> government can plan this far ahead and implement grandiose plans 

> deserves

>  > >> their paranoia. They are part of the problem(s).

>  > >> Thomas Wojciechowski

>  > >> CBRE, lifetime

>  > >> 

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