AirwickWithCheese Posted February 28, 2019 Share #1 Posted February 28, 2019 music at least. There is no way local advertising pays the bills now. How? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeman564™ Posted February 28, 2019 Share #2 Posted February 28, 2019 lots and lots and lots of ads 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirwickWithCheese Posted February 28, 2019 Author Share #3 Posted February 28, 2019 Just now, bikeman564™ said: lots and lots and lots of ads Maybe the top 1-2 stations in a town can survive but there's no way anyone else is making money. I dispute you here, bikeman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prophet Zacharia Posted February 28, 2019 Share #4 Posted February 28, 2019 Volume. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinneR ★ Posted February 28, 2019 Share #5 Posted February 28, 2019 Our tiny little town has three commercial and one listener sponsored. They all survive. The most successful one has lots of sponsored pieces. Trivia by one business, ski report, catch of the day etc. I listen in the morning. It's awesome. They play good music. Trivia is fun. I've won a bunch of stuff. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeman564™ Posted February 28, 2019 Share #6 Posted February 28, 2019 50 minutes ago, AirwickWithCheese said: Maybe the top 1-2 stations in a town can survive but there's no way anyone else is making money. I dispute you here, bikeman. Agree, the stations I listen to play the same few commercials several times per hour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted February 28, 2019 Share #7 Posted February 28, 2019 1 hour ago, AirwickWithCheese said: There is no way local advertising pays the bills now. How? I ask myself that about most bricks and mortar establishments these days. Rent, overhead, and payroll are BIG hurdles every day of the week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donkpow Posted February 28, 2019 Share #8 Posted February 28, 2019 I don't listen often but one of the stations is somehow affiliated with "iHeartRadio", some kind of internet giant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted February 28, 2019 Share #9 Posted February 28, 2019 Local radio stations? Do some places still have those? All of our stations were taken over by serious radio and eye heart radio. k-love took over some too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL Posted February 28, 2019 Share #10 Posted February 28, 2019 Dunno, I haven’t listened to FM radio in ages. Sirius for me and AM sportstalk. I like that AM sportstalk has the talent read spots between and sometimes during segments. Less harsh on the ears than going to commercial breaks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffJim Posted February 28, 2019 Share #11 Posted February 28, 2019 I think the secret is in all the ticket giveaways and contests. Quite a business model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinneR ★ Posted February 28, 2019 Share #12 Posted February 28, 2019 43 minutes ago, Razors Edge said: I ask myself that about most bricks and mortar establishments these days. Rent, overhead, and payroll are BIG hurdles every day of the week. Business is business. It has to be well run to succeed. I find it funny that people who shop mostly online don't understand how B&M can survive. People who don't listen to local radio don't understand how it survives. People who prefer e-books think print is dead. The fact is 70% of book sales are print. It's kind of absurd to think print is dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted February 28, 2019 Share #13 Posted February 28, 2019 AM or FM. If it's AM it's gold. the end of the world and conspiracies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted February 28, 2019 Share #14 Posted February 28, 2019 AM, FM, or PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomguy Posted February 28, 2019 Share #15 Posted February 28, 2019 2 hours ago, Longjohn said: Local radio stations? Do some places still have those? I think many have become christian revival preachy type big-name pastor-oriented give-us-your-money stations. That or massively repressive angry republican fascist propaganda machines. There are apparently a lot of angry republicans, and you know what? They have had their gang in charge recently and they just don't seem any happier about things. Oh, and they listen to talk radio all the time, too. You need a lot of brainwashing/repetition for bullshit to sound good. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Page Turner Posted February 28, 2019 Share #16 Posted February 28, 2019 ...automation and personnel reduction. Local radio is no longer WKRP in Cincinnati. I miss the farm reports we used to get in MN on the AM radio dial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted March 1, 2019 Share #17 Posted March 1, 2019 2 hours ago, BuffJim said: I think the secret is in all the ticket giveaways and contests. Quite a business model. Yea. My partner thinks it comes from the drivers in cars...therefore understanding their (diverse) needs, etc. if they want to listen to advertising. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted March 1, 2019 Share #18 Posted March 1, 2019 2 hours ago, dennis said: I find it funny that people who shop mostly online don't understand how B&M can survive. People who don't listen to local radio don't understand how it survives. People who prefer e-books think print is dead. The fact is 70% of book sales are print. It's kind of absurd to think print is dead. I eat out at restaurants several times a week. I purchase all my food & drink locally. I have two LBS just three miles in either direction down the bike trail right outside my front door. Within EASY walking distance, I have over 50 restaurants to choose from. Within easy cycling, I have several hundred. I can walk to my two favorite grocery stores, but have at least another five (and more coming) other grocery stores I could walk to and probably a couple dozen I could quickly cycle to. Lots of retail too, but I really don't need much more than I already have. I can walk to the library and the hospital in five minutes or so. I don't really think I am that "disconnected" from local businesses, just still amazed that some survive. Regarding ebooks, my library offers them and Amazon offers them and many publishers directly offer them. I really like not having to add it to the bookshelf or return it to the library or decide if I should donate it or not. I'm sold on ebooks. Local radio, though, is just the local NPR and the local news channels for me. I'm rarely in the car, even rarer listening to the radio. Just the way it is nowadays. I used to also buy vinyl, then cassettes, and then CDs, but I'm almost all digital all the time in that regard too. It's another "do I need more stuff or can I get all the 'content' without the 'packaging' thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted March 1, 2019 Share #19 Posted March 1, 2019 17 minutes ago, Razors Edge said: I eat out at restaurants several times a week. I purchase all my food & drink locally. I have two LBS just three miles in either direction down the bike trail right outside my front door. Within EASY walking distance, I have over 50 restaurants to choose from. Within easy cycling, I have several hundred. I can walk to my two favorite grocery stores, but have at least another five (and more coming) other grocery stores I could walk to and probably a couple dozen I could quickly cycle to. Lots of retail too, but I really don't need much more than I already have. I can walk to the library and the hospital in five minutes or so. I don't really think I am that "disconnected" from local businesses, just still amazed that some survive. Regarding ebooks, my library offers them and Amazon offers them and many publishers directly offer them. I really like not having to add it to the bookshelf or return it to the library or decide if I should donate it or not. I'm sold on ebooks. Local radio, though, is just the local NPR and the local news channels for me. I'm rarely in the car, even rarer listening to the radio. Just the way it is nowadays. I used to also buy vinyl, then cassettes, and then CDs, but I'm almost all digital all the time in that regard too. It's another "do I need more stuff or can I get all the 'content' without the 'packaging' thing. You are not in the demographics this thread is about noob. Go open the window and listen to the police cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Page Turner Posted March 1, 2019 Share #20 Posted March 1, 2019 49 minutes ago, Razors Edge said: I used to also buy vinyl, then cassettes, and then CDs, but I'm almost all digital all the time in that regard too. It's another "do I need more stuff or can I get all the 'content' without the 'packaging' thing. ...I just got Laura Nyro's first five albums on CD in the mail. The packaging is minimal, and it's more useful to me in that format. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted March 1, 2019 Share #21 Posted March 1, 2019 My youngest is in advertising. She tells me radio spots are still very expensive. So, advertising and syndication for the bigger stations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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