Re: [Swprograms] Broadcasting's future

[David Goren <dbgoren@xxxxxxxxx>]

I agree. The Fest would be a great resource to have live, and later  
as an archive. I could certainly help with the audio end of it.

This came up on the fest list, and some of the "old school" typese  
were very resistant to the idea, but I think it could be implemented  
seamlessly enough.



On Mar 5, 2007, at 9:29 AM, jfiglio1@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Maybe one of these years, we can find someone with the time and the
> expertise to work out a way to *broadcast* (sorry...couldn't resist
> <g>) via the internet and/or podcast the Fest forums and discussions
> to those who can't attend in person for one reason or another.  Maybe
> even include an interactive component...
>
> Just a thought.  (Unfortunately, thoughts are much easier than
> actions.)
>
> John Figliozzi
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Scott Royall <royall@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Sunday, March 4, 2007 11:46 pm
> Subject: Re: [Swprograms] Broadcasting's future
> To: 'Shortwave programming discussion' <swprograms@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>> I really wish I could, but I'm limping along on disability these
> days.
>> Would-be employers run away when they see the wheelchair.
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: swprograms-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:swprograms-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Richard
> Cuff
>> Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2007 10:06 PM
>> To: Shortwave programming discussion
>> Subject: Re: [Swprograms] Broadcasting's future
>>
>> Ah, OK.  Definitely worth a listen.  However, this concept of a
>> "clearinghouse" shouldn't surprise anyone -- much of the US public
>> broadcasting output -- with the exception of NPR's news
>> programming --
>> works on this model.  The Public Radio Exchange -- which I've touted
>> here before -- is 100% based on that model.
>>
>> This dovetails nicely with the principal segment of the BBCWS' "Over
>> To You" this past week.  A Brazilian listener grumbled that "Have
> Your
>> Say" demeans the role of the BBC in that listeners trust the BBC to
>> vet the news and insight it presents -- whereas it seemed to this
>> listener that "Have Your Say" provided too easy of an opportunity for
>> people with opinions grounded in neither perspective nor research to
>> sound off...that the program was "too interactive".
>>
>> The BBC and other international broadcasters are reducing their
> levels
>> of vertical integration -- the BBC no longer owns its transmitters;
>> increasingly programs are produced by third parties.  Content
>> aggregation sites like iTunes and YouTube reduce the need for a
>> "broadcaster" such as the BBC to exist.
>>
>> Scott, you should join us in Kulpsville one of these years...we sit
>> around and cogitate stuff like that during the days and evenings...
>>
>> Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA  USA
>>
>> On 3/4/07, Scott Royall <royall@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> No, did you listen to the program? It is a BBC discussion of the
>> future of
>>> "broadcasting." They are specifically focusing on news
>> operations, but the
>>> inferences are general in nature. The gist is that the one-way
>> nature of
>>> broadcasting is changing. That organizations such as the BBC are
>> morphing> into clearinghouses of content. The presenter made a few
>> interestingremarks
>>> about the transmitters. One person even made the scandalous
>> suggestionthat
>>> even the BBC's future is not guaranteed. (I can already hear the
>> high-pitch
>>> howl of Luddites spooling up in their graves now. :))
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