Re: goodbye to 2002

["tony schinella" <radiotony@attbi.com>]

You have some good points here Steve, but on the flip side, just because the
precious 12 to 25 demographic have other distractions, they still listen to
the radio. As well, some in this demo [or their parents] don't have the
money for broadband, ipods, or whatever that might keep them from "worrying"
about the quality of radio. In addition, when they get a little older, and
are stuck in their car commuting, they will be relying on the radio format -
just like the rest of us.

My main point, and I agree with Donna, is that the quality of something
should still be criticized whether people are witnessing or not. While it
isn't 1978 or 1983, it doesn't have to be 2003. Quality can matter.

I personally think radio could be a lot better. When my CD player was stolen
last spring and I refused to replace it for a number of months, I was going
batty having to deal with only having a radio - and this comes from a radio
broadcaster and fan. Although, thankfully, stations like The River and the
college stations [when I could pick them up] got me through it.

----- Original Message -----
From: "SteveOrdinetz" <steveord@bit-net.com>
To: <boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 01, 2003 1:46 AM
Subject: Re: goodbye to 2002

> Let me preface this by saying that I am not one of those hand-wringers
> about how bad today's radio is.
>
> Keep in mind that to today's teens & 20somethings radio is somewhat old
> technology.  This is a generation that has, for all practical purposes
> never known a time when there was no MTV....all their lives they've had a
> video associated with their favorite songs.  This is also a generation for
> whom the internet has, for all practical purposes always been
> there...webcasting, on-line gaming, etc.  A lot of us on this list are
over
> 40 and see these things as new and novel, not as fixtures in our
> lives.  When we were growing up radio WAS our window to the world.  To
> today's generation it's just another source of background noise...there
are
> so many other sources of information and entertainment available.  If it's
> any consolation, radio is getting off easy compared to print media.
>
> Bringing back radio the way it was in the "good old days" is not going to
> make it more relevant to today's youth...if anything it will make it less
> so.  1978 is gone forever.
>
>