This is my last message on this
reflector, as I have unsubscribed and also asked my IRCA membership to be
terminated. DXing is not the radio friendly hobby it once was, living a
symbiotic and friendly relationship. Members of both clubs are antagonistic
to radio, and qualify as grouchy old men in most cases. No wonder stations
don?t verify any more!
In my discussions with Mr. Mangled
English, I have been asked by Lynn to ?simmer down? when I was the one
called a liar, cheat, thief of a billion radios, ad nauseum. Obviously,
someone who is in radio who actually knows what is going on in the industry
has no place in this club or on this group.
W: I run a multi million dollar
research department, and our job is to find out what listeners want. When we
see research done by others (as in the iPod issue) we independently verify
it, using the highest standards of polling with a national staff of over 60
people who only do radio research. Or job is to protect $3.5 billion in
radio properties and we do that by giving the listeners what they want, and
we do it well because our sector listens an average of 24 hours a week, 25%
more than the general market. We are not out to prove an untruth, as that
would totally violate or reason for existence. But there are a few people in
here with absurdly and bizarrely wrong ideas about radio and radio listeners
who have no interest in learning truth, and insult the character and values
of any who disagree.
You all deserve each other.
Thanks?
Sure!
Thank you, for substantiating my
point.
W. Curt Deegan
Boca Raton, (Southeast) Florida
David Gleason
wrote:
Thanks.
I did the poll myself with my in house call center.
Sounds like nonsense to
me. Just like most poll results, it reflects the results wanted by
those who pay for the poll.
No ads, no fading from obstructions, play
what you want when you want. A play list is more than just content, it
is the order and frequency played as well. You collect all the songs
you can, but you listen to what you like.
Curt
David Gleason
wrote:
There is definitely an element of "it's my list" but the fact is, extensive
research showed the average number of songs on an iPod is 300 and they
closely mirror the playlist of the radio station the iPod user listens to.
The key issue is that carrying an iPod is cool, while a (analog) radio is
not. iPod = cool. Digital = Cool. Make radio digital, it is cooler than it
was and moves up in image among entertainment choices.
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It doesn't have anything to do with digital, except as a means to an
end. It is their play list, not someone else's, that's why they like it.
W. Curt Deegan
Boca Raton, (Southeast) Florida
David Gleason wrote:
Put a frame around those comments! Very nicely stated, Russ.
Perception is reality, or why would people prefer the ultra compressed
audio
on an iPod to CDs and FM? It's because it's an iPod and it's digital!