Thank goodness we not in Chicago

[Doug Drown]

<<Radio hasn't been a foreground medium since Truman's day.>>
By and large, 'tis so, alas.  But we really do listen occasionally.  My
then-86-year-old mother was with me one day on the New Hampshire Turnpike.
I was twiddling the dial as WODS was playing "Doo Wah Diddy" by Roy Orbison.
I kept on twiddling, and she said, "HEY!  DON'T SHUT THAT OFF!!"

-Doug


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Howard Glazer" <hmglaz@worldnet.att.net>
To: "Doug Drown" <revdoug1@verizon.net>; "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: Saturday, November 03, 2007 12:25 PM
Subject: Re: Thank goodness we not in Chicago


>
> ----- 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
>
>