Thank goodness we not in Chicago

[Howard Glazer]

----- Original Message -----
From: Doug Drown <revdoug1@verizon.net>
To: David Tomm <nostaticatall@charter.net>; Kevin Vahey <kvahey@gmail.com>
Cc: <boston-radio-interest@rolinin.bostonradio.org>; Ron Bello
<RBello@belloassoc.com>; Dan.Strassberg <dan.strassberg@att.net>
Sent: Friday, November 02, 2007 7:17 PM
Subject: Re: Thank goodness we not in Chicago


> David said: <<Christmas formats make money and attract listeners for
> stations that target adults the rest of the year.>>
>
> I'm incredulous. Astonished.  Flummoxed.  Amazed --- that this format
> actually draws good ratings. IMHO, Christmas pop music is so ubiquitous
this
> time of year (people can hear the same thing when they go into Walmart or
> any other store) that after a short time it gets tiresome.  Makes me
wonder
> how many people actually LISTEN to music on the radio, or whether it's
just
> background noise while they do something else.
>

It's background noise for MOST of the audience, even a radio nut like me
some of the time. I've got XM's '70s channel droning along in the background
as I type this, and I can't tell you the last three songs played. Radio
hasn't been a foreground medium since Truman's day.

Howard