It's not just cars, there's something to be said about the
performance of radio. I am the host of a terresterial radio show
myself and having been on television in the past as I know Leo has,
it's truly an art to keep the listener involved and interested
using only the tool of speech. I think radio will live on in one
form or another forever, especially with the advent of netcasts,
portable MP3 players, and audiobooks.
For content, yes. For background noise, no. I'll listen to the
radio while I'm in the car, or if I'm bored with my music
collection, but if I want to listen to a specific type of content,
like the news, I'll find a pod/netcast.
@fbash I agree, TV is dead
(thank god for podcasts, IPTV and iTunes)
as for radio, I'd say its still going well. As long as there's a
radio in the car and long car tips a good percentage of drivers are
going to listen to the radio. Even when I have my iPod with me
loaded with podcasts and music, I still go to radio for radio shows
and sometimes just to hear some other music.
Radio isn't dead: current events, live reporting, sports events,
car entertainment are still very much best consumed through Radio
.... also, you don't need to choose, just dail in and tune out!
Any audio content that needs your full attention, niche content,
learning stuff, mixed tapes, audio books are best consumed via
podcasts (netcasts for you Leo ;-)) and other on demand
channels.
Radio is living, in as much as background noise, good in the car
for a change, also for listening via the net for back home radio
stations, news and shows.
TV died sometime back (sorry I missed the funeral). For
information it's PodCasts on demand via iTunes.
I was listening to a Radio 4 discussion (with John Humphries)
the other day and those on the panel were speaking highly of Radio.
As a former television addict I have now found my new addiction to
be social networking site ie. Jaiku, and Twitter. Stimulating
conversational Radio will never die because there are subjects
which don't easily fit anywhere else.
lower popularity is one thing, death is another. tv and radio
are both still alive. they are less popular; albeit because there
are more choices now for everybody and inherent overlaps across
perceived and defined mediums. new choices doesn't necessarily
discount the existing ones.
Radio and TV are not dead. The traditional way of thinking,
however, is now powerfully ineffective and therefore it is
dead.
Meaning, that by relying on the same marketing, advertising (for
TV & Radio AND on TV & Radio), communicational structures
that had worked throughout the 70's, 80's and 90's, companies'
bottom lines will suffer.
If they (TV& Radio Execs) look to the "new" media, the "new"
mediums and "new" possibilities with the attitude of 'we will
embrace', rather than the attitude of 'we will fight' or 'we will
ignore & hope it goes away', they will succeed and excel.
Radio and TV are both dead. I listen to nothing by Podcast on my
Moto Q9c and watch video podcast on my Windows Media Center in my
front room. (TVtonic rocks)
19 comments so far
Nah.... TV is dead. Radio will always have a nieche as long as people use cars to travel.
5 months, 4 weeks ago by fabsh.
radio is alive and well
5 months, 4 weeks ago by geovoltoss.
Radio is great for music, or background noise. But I prefer TWiTCast for content, so I can listen to what I want, when I want.
5 months, 4 weeks ago by tylermac.
It's not just cars, there's something to be said about the performance of radio. I am the host of a terresterial radio show myself and having been on television in the past as I know Leo has, it's truly an art to keep the listener involved and interested using only the tool of speech. I think radio will live on in one form or another forever, especially with the advent of netcasts, portable MP3 players, and audiobooks.
5 months, 4 weeks ago by DerekAlfonso.
For content, yes. For background noise, no. I'll listen to the radio while I'm in the car, or if I'm bored with my music collection, but if I want to listen to a specific type of content, like the news, I'll find a pod/netcast.
5 months, 4 weeks ago by neito.
Did radio kill books?
Did printed books kill writing?
No radio isn't dead.
Will podcasts kill radio, no, they enhance it.
Certainly that's my experience with the BBC Radio 4 and Radio 5 podcasts.
Podcasts also allow me to listen to US radio shows which is quite difficult to do with an actual radio in the UK.
5 months, 4 weeks ago by iFelix.
@iFelix Yeah, but video did kill the radio star.
5 months, 4 weeks ago by neito.
Did YouTube kill the video star, though?
5 months, 4 weeks ago by tylermac.
@fbash I agree, TV is dead (thank god for podcasts, IPTV and iTunes)
as for radio, I'd say its still going well. As long as there's a radio in the car and long car tips a good percentage of drivers are going to listen to the radio. Even when I have my iPod with me loaded with podcasts and music, I still go to radio for radio shows and sometimes just to hear some other music.
5 months, 4 weeks ago by gamgee911.
@neito LOL
5 months, 4 weeks ago by iFelix.
Do people who walk or cycle listen to the radio or are they predominantly listening to pre-recorded material, ie music, podcasts, audible books... ?
5 months, 4 weeks ago by iFelix.
Radio isn't dead: current events, live reporting, sports events, car entertainment are still very much best consumed through Radio .... also, you don't need to choose, just dail in and tune out!
Any audio content that needs your full attention, niche content, learning stuff, mixed tapes, audio books are best consumed via podcasts (netcasts for you Leo ;-)) and other on demand channels.
5 months, 4 weeks ago by sneakerpeet.
Radio is living, in as much as background noise, good in the car for a change, also for listening via the net for back home radio stations, news and shows.
TV died sometime back (sorry I missed the funeral). For information it's PodCasts on demand via iTunes.
5 months, 4 weeks ago by TjjP.
Q: Is radio dead A: no
I was listening to a Radio 4 discussion (with John Humphries) the other day and those on the panel were speaking highly of Radio. As a former television addict I have now found my new addiction to be social networking site ie. Jaiku, and Twitter. Stimulating conversational Radio will never die because there are subjects which don't easily fit anywhere else.
5 months, 4 weeks ago by jrobertson.
It almost surprises me that you have to ask this question since you hit the nail on the head on some episode of Net@Nite with Amber Mac.
5 months, 4 weeks ago by jrobertson.
lower popularity is one thing, death is another. tv and radio are both still alive. they are less popular; albeit because there are more choices now for everybody and inherent overlaps across perceived and defined mediums. new choices doesn't necessarily discount the existing ones.
5 months, 4 weeks ago by blackfeathers.
Radio as a medium will shrink, but radio as a content will not. For example podcasts are radioshows without weaknesses of the real Radio.
5 months, 3 weeks ago by arik.
Radio and TV are not dead. The traditional way of thinking, however, is now powerfully ineffective and therefore it is dead.
Meaning, that by relying on the same marketing, advertising (for TV & Radio AND on TV & Radio), communicational structures that had worked throughout the 70's, 80's and 90's, companies' bottom lines will suffer.
If they (TV& Radio Execs) look to the "new" media, the "new" mediums and "new" possibilities with the attitude of 'we will embrace', rather than the attitude of 'we will fight' or 'we will ignore & hope it goes away', they will succeed and excel.
5 months, 3 weeks ago by tedd.
Radio and TV are both dead. I listen to nothing by Podcast on my Moto Q9c and watch video podcast on my Windows Media Center in my front room. (TVtonic rocks)
5 months, 3 weeks ago by KeithDG.