Comments on: What should local radio be?

By: BuzzMachine » Blog Archive » Trouble for NPR

BuzzMachine » Blog Archive » Trouble for NPR — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:01:34 +0000

[...] with other graybeards of the social media world, giving them our solicited advice. Here was my prognostication then about local radio. It was crystal clear to me at the time that the stations — especially [...]

By: Duffer

Duffer — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 22:20:05 +0000

Brian:
There is a network called the Emergency Broadcast Systems.
In case of an actual emergency you will be instructed to tune your radio to this station for…
TV stations in hurricane country have generators to stay on the air.

Otherwise:
Didn’t talk radio save AM radio 15 years ago? Sports talk, political talk? Tech talk? Car talk? Financial talk? Limbaugh, Imus, Stern and the others?
How is your converstation different that what is already on the air?

By: Kris Patel

Kris Patel — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 18:01:24 +0000

I agree with you, Jeff and Ms. Diaz, on the topic that local radio should be a place for “users” to connect. Local radio broadcasting is a world that has been put on the back burner with the onset of internet networking. In the same way we used to tune in to our favorite radio station on the way to work in order to hear about the daily goings-on through the eyes of a real person; we are now “tuning in” to our favorite blogs and v-blogs. This world is changing and so I believe it is time for local radio to embrace the change. NPR has a chance to adapt to the same world which blogging has encompassed and I believe they should do it. With the right strategy they could be a revitalized voice to which people listen to and contribute to. People will call into radio stations to “leave their comments” just as we post comments on the blogs. Kudos to you, Jeff and Zadi, for pointing out that radio could be just as successful as blogs if approached correctly!

[I hope that I grasped the topics within this post correctly. I am slightly sleep deprived lately.]

By: Brian Cubbison

Brian Cubbison — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 16:57:15 +0000

One vital role for radio that hasn’t been talked a lot about is this: Reaching people during a disaster. When the power goes out and the community is in crisis, all of our fancy networks will come down to a battery-powered transistor radio. It would be good for news organizations from various media to partner with a local radio station or have their own transmitter.

By: Dom

Dom — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 15:32:04 +0000

I agree that the art of storytelling is the binding force for local community radio stations. I recently posted about the college radio stations as one of the last bastions for true community radio. There are limitations and obstacles in the delivery of community programming. There needs a partnerships with listeners. Funding drives are a reality, but they have has become a seasonal/vitality indicator of sorts. Every time a funding drive rolls around, you know that a) the station is alive and kicking and b) it must be autumn, at least for my neck of the woods.