WABC could be (almost) all syndicated shows

[Doug Drown]

>>Sadly, there are more sources of "information" available today, and it's 
>>easier than ever to be misinformed.  "I read it on line so it's gotta be 
>>true".

Yes, but there are a lot of people I know --- including not a few who are 
over 50 --- who get all their "information" from conservative talk radio, 
too.  They think NPR and PBS are "liberal" and they can't be bothered 
reading newspapers.   -Doug

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From: "SteveOrdinetz" <hykker@wildblue.net>
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Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 7:07 PM
Subject: Re: WABC could be (almost) all syndicated shows


>  Dave Tomm wrote:
>
>>Talk radio is going to have to re-invent itself.  The younger demos
>>want nothing to do with it.  Unlike the young voters of 25 years ago
>>that tended to be more conservative, today's younger demos tend to
>>skew more toward the Democrats and are culturally diverse.  That
>>spells long term trouble for a format that tends to be very hard to
>>the right--and lily white.  Younger potential listeners are more apt
>>to get their political analysis from surfing the blogosphere or
>>downloading shows from liberal minded hosts onto their I-pods.
>
> But are today's 20-somethings really all that different than, say the 
> boomers were when they were that age?  The generation that was categorized 
> at the time as a bunch of dope-smokin' hippies burning their 
> draftcards/bras is the same one that produced Rush, Hannity, etc.  I'm not 
> sure Election 2008 was a move to the left as much as a move away from the 
> hard right.
>
> I couldn't see myself nor any of my friends listening to talk radio when I 
> was in my 20s or 30s.  Rush is no more relatable to today's young adults 
> than Jerry Williams was in 1972...a bunch of crochety, opinionated old men 
> don't have much cred with their kids' generation.  Agreed that today's 
> generation gets most of their entertainment and "information" on line. 
> Sadly, there are more sources of "information" available today, and it's 
> easier than ever to be misinformed.  "I read it on line so it's gotta be 
> true".
>