Greater Media tries to reach youth...with HD station

[radiotony]

When a family member of mine bought an old hot rod, he took out the CB and
gave it to me, because he knew I wanted to have one in the car [at the time
I was commuting from NH to Mass. daily]. 
However, if I wanted to use it, I had to unplug the radar detector! The CB
still sits in a bag in my basement, yearning for the day when it can come
out again ... :-( 

Best, 
Tony Schinella

-----Original Message-----
From: Roger Kolakowski [mailto:rogerkola@aol.com] 
Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2007 2:50 PM
To: radiotony; 'BostonRadio Mailing List'
Subject: Re: Greater Media tries to reach youth...with HD station

Actually that would be a great promotion for the "new channel" Tony,
simulcast it on the internet along with the  broadcast, the listeners can
get it at home on their computers and then in their car on the new IBOC
compatible radios which have become the next logical step in the process.

The growth of early FM was mentioned, and the automakers became the impetus
that actually moved people to that band.

I just can't imagine how many knobs, buttons, presets, sliders etc. will be
on the next generation of auto radios (guess we'll have to call them
receivers?) and how any driver will figure out which MW,VHF,Sat Band 1, Sat
Band 2,Stereo, Mono, Digital signal they want to listen to (ala 57 channels
and nothings on...)

Anyone notice how many words in the above note are almost out of normal use?

Now to get my 60's Radio Shack FM car adaptor out to put in the glove
compartment of my 67 Mustang. ;-)

Roger
WA1KAT

----- Original Message -----
From: "radiotony" <radiotony@comcast.net>
To: "'BostonRadio Mailing List'"
<boston-radio-interest@rolinin.BostonRadio.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2007 2:16 PM
Subject: RE: Greater Media tries to reach youth...with HD station


>
> Well, I don't own WKXL. I also won't be working much longer there either
> since my employment is being terminated, effective the end of March.
>
> However, if I did own an FM signal, I would consider what they are doing
> with the second HD signal.
>
> But as I was saying to Bob off the list, I don't think HD Radio is the
> future. I think wi-fi Internet radio sets are the future.
>
> Best,
> Tony Schinella
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Hopfgarten [mailto:paul@derrynh.net]
> Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2007 2:12 PM
> To: 'radiotony'; 'BostonRadio Mailing List'
> Subject: RE: Greater Media tries to reach youth...with HD station
>
> How come you don't put it on 'KXL?
> ;-)
>
> Paul Hopfgarten
> Derry, New Hampshire
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: boston-radio-interest-bounces@rolinin.BostonRadio.org
> [mailto:boston-radio-interest-bounces@rolinin.BostonRadio.org] On Behalf
Of
> radiotony
> Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2007 12:00 PM
> To: 'BostonRadio Mailing List'
> Subject: RE: Greater Media tries to reach youth...with HD station
>
>
> Hey now, I still listen to Britpop and shoegazer bands like Ride and
others
> and I'm almost 42!
> At RAB2007, I attended one of the seminars which talked about the fact
that
> radio stations were starting to do this with HD and Webcast.
> Anyone interested can go to my blog and read the three entries about RAB:
> http://politizine.blogspot.com
>
> Best,
> Tony Schinella
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: boston-radio-interest-bounces@rolinin.BostonRadio.org
> [mailto:boston-radio-interest-bounces@rolinin.BostonRadio.org] On Behalf
Of
> Bob Nelson
> Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2007 11:55 AM
> To: BostonRadio Mailing List
> Subject: Greater Media tries to reach youth...with HD station
>
> Hey kids! Innovative music here from Greater Media and you'll help us
> program it! Only trouble is you'll need one of those expensive HD
receivers
> to hear it. (Wouldn't think of putting it on broadcast)
>
> >>But now the Braintree-based broadcaster is looking to lure the
> often-neglected 18-to-24-year-old audience by asking young adults to help
> craft a new HD-2 station...about 90 percent of the programming would be
> music. The kind of music "commercial radio won't even touch," she said.
>
> http://business.bostonherald.com/businessNews/view.bg?articleid=186088
>
> One type of music is something called "shoegaze", a "British-inspired"
music
> where the singers like to look down at their shoes as they perform. No,
that
> isn't an early April Fools joke.
>
> No word on whether or not GM plans to hand out $200 to each prospective
> listeners so they can buy the radio that will actually pick it up.
>
>
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