Boston.com will bring WFNX staffers back online

[Bill]

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Bill
-----Original Message-----
From: boston-radio-interest-bounces@tsornin.BostonRadio.org
[mailto:boston-radio-interest-bounces@tsornin.BostonRadio.org] On Behalf Of
Lou
Sent: Monday, June 25, 2012 3:41 PM
To: 'Donna Halper'; 'Sean Smyth'
Cc: 'Boston Radio Group'
Subject: RE: Boston.com will bring WFNX staffers back online

Some of the problems with the online incarnations of WBCN are that:
- There are two 'BCNs out there.  Which one is legit?
- Their sound quality isn't very good.

I do a fair amount of listening to internet radio.  A live voice might
convince me to disregard the low bitrate sound and listen.  But if it's just
another automated jukebox, I'd rather hear better quality - or just plug in
my iPod and hear what I like.  "Free Form BCN," keeps promising live jocks,
but I never hear them when I tune-in.



-----Original Message-----
From: boston-radio-interest-bounces@tsornin.BostonRadio.org
[mailto:boston-radio-interest-bounces@tsornin.BostonRadio.org] On Behalf Of
Donna Halper
Sent: Monday, June 25, 2012 4:25 PM

>>      
I still wonder if internet radio really works-- Sam Kopper tried to bring
back WBCN as an online station, but it gets very little media buzz and I
wonder how many people actually do listen to it.  Sam of course will say he
has a lot of  listeners, and he is to be commended for trying.  But the
issue of monetizing internet radio is still a question, as is how you can
accurately  measure listenership, and how you can grow the audience-- while
we on this list are generally in possession of good internet connections and
a knowledge of what's out there to listen to, there are still many folks who
either cannot listen (while they are at work or in the car), or they lack
the sufficiently fast (or affordable) internet connections.  I assume the
WFNX folks will get some compensation for their time, but once they go
on-line, will Boston.com be able to effectively promote this venture, or
will it turn out to be too costly and cumbersome to maintain?