tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66852849418473580902011-11-27T20:17:40.150-05:00The media, pop culture and everything else from the mind of Scott Selva.Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13770145904328035318noreply@blogger.comBlogger521100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6685284941847358090.post-3430964839858379512009-03-25T14:24:00.003-04:002009-03-25T14:56:07.359-04:00

So, yeah. This is my last post on this blog. My original purpose of this blog was to write about the radio business. While I still have opinions on this industry, I simply don't have the time to sit down and write posts about it anymore. Most of my spare time these days is taken up by my beautiful wife and kids.The rest of my energy is devoted to my fledgling voice over business. In fact, I

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I know the country's at a historical moment with the incoming Obama administration and all, but never mind that. Did you hear about this Jay Leno thing?!Let me admit up front that I really dislike Leno. When I hear that someone prefers Leno over Letterman, that's like hearing that someone prefers getting punched in the balls to eating a delicious slice of pizza.So, to hear that Leno is going to

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Random thought...Bloomberg is mostly known for reporting financial news. But they also sell their content to the struggling newspaper industry. In other words, Bloomberg is selling their reporting expertise to companies who need it in order to appeal to their customers.Radio already has audio expertise and infrastructure already in place. So, besides listeners and advertisers, I wonder who

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I just saw this video thanks to the CNET TiVoCast:Did you watch it?  Good. So, it's basically a radio.  My first thought was that this was more competiton for broadcast radio.  But it's really not.  At least, it's not new competition.  Sirius XM should be the ones who worry about a product like this.The Slacker G2 is more about niche programming on-the-go, which satellite radio delivers.  In fact

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Both the Attorney General for the state of New York and the New York city council are attacking Arbitron's PPM system.Hey, nobody's all that thrilled with Arbitron. But, government investigation?New York must be a really nice place to live. Apparently they've solved all the more important problems like crime, hungry children, and Donald Trump's hair. That's great news.I can only imagine a

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It takes a big company like Microsoft to bring together some of the heaviest hitters in the radio biz. And it's all for a little device called a Zune. In case you've never heard of it, it's a media player like an iPod, with WiFi and an FM tuner. The really cool thing is that the FM tuner has RDS support. RDS is the technology that allows listeners to view text information about what they're

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Wow. I've been seeing some amazing deals on HD Radios lately. The key is to apply a $50 rebate. Fry's brick & mortar locations supposedly have the VRHDUA100 HD for $2.49 after rebate. There's a discussion about the deal here: http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthread.php?t=916516In other news, apparently there's an HDRadioReview.com?! Yeah. They review the radio here: http://

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Something that just occurred to me is that the challenge of composing a thought in 140 characters or less might be good practice for on-air types. Thanks to PPM data showing that listeners are tuning out of long breaks, the drive to be succinct is more pervasive than ever. It's amazing how much I can edit out of a Tweet, and still get the same point across.

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Yay: I picked up two followers today!Boo: They were both the same spammer.I like the Twitter block button...

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I decided to dive right in and open a Twitter account under my air name. I figured it might be a good way to connect with some listeners considering the almost total lack of interaction on my station's website.So far? Meh.I have one follower, and it's a former co-worker. I'm thinking about putting my Twitter address in my station's email signature, since I do exchange email with listeners from

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Interesting post over here about using Twitter in the radio biz. I first heard about Twitter a little over a year ago, but I've never opened an account.The problem as an on-air guy is that I've got two versions of "me." The radio personality and the real-world me. The two aren't mutually exclusive, but nevertheless, I have two identities.So, which do I use to Twitter or even blog?I guess I

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A rare earthquake hit my neck of the woods this morning at around 5:30. It was a 5.2 magnitude, followed by a 4.5 aftershock at around 11:15am. Exciting stuff for us midwesterners.Here's a list of earthquake rock songs that I intend to play today:"You Shook Me All Night Long" - AC/DC"You Shook Me" - Led Zeppelin"Shake Me" - Cinderella"Shake it Up" - The Cars"Shake My Tree" - Coverdale/

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The radio biz has a new marketing campaign called "Radio Heard Here." Here's a print ad from the campaign.I'm not sure what that's supposed to be telling people about radio. I think that's actually a picture of every night jock's fantasy.I found that pic on the campaign's website. There are a few other pics and a couple of "viral" videos. I don't think you can simply create a video and call

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I gotta hand it to the bloggers who do this day in and day out, several times a day. I haven't posted in three months. Three months! I just approved a comment on my People's Choice Awards post from three months ago. Thanks whoever you are. Or is it whomever? I actually thought I'd be blogging every day about something. So...here...I blogged about not blogging.

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Did you sit through all 2 hours of the 2008 People's Choice Awards show on CBS? I did. If I hadn't been getting paid to do so, I would have thrown my TV into the street after the first 5 minutes.I thought I had seen some bad award shows before. I was wrong. This year's PCAs elevated bad to a whole new plane of existence.Granted, I've never understood the appeal of Queen Latifah. But, man,

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I have to say that I'm not now, nor have I ever been, a member of a union. So, I'm not sure why I've been so interested in the WGA strike. Maybe it's because I'm tired of seeing Letterman reruns already. On the bright side, I'm able to get a little Late Show freshness on a new blog. The striking Late Show with David Letterman writers are blogging the strike at LateShowWritersOnStrike.com.

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Looks like CBS is trying to put the kibosh on any extra strike publicity. The Democratic Presidential debate scheduled for December 10 has been canceled. CBS News was to host the debate, but with a strike by CBS News employees a real possibility, the candidates had vowed not to cross the picket line. Now, that's not really an issue, is it?

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I'm not right very often, so it feels good when I actually am right about something. WKTU-FM in New York canceled the Whoopi Goldberg Show. Losing New York is going to be the death blow for this show.If only someone had predicted this way back when the show was first announced.

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As I previewed here, and evidently didn't catch the typo in the title, the CBS News employees who are represented by the Writers Guild of America have voted to authorize a strike. Authorizing a strike doesn't mean that a strike has been called, and there's no indication that the workers will walk out.CBS News is hosting a Democratic Presidential debate scheduled for December 10. Most, if not

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The Writers Guild strike might get a wee nastier if Fox goes through with its plans to air a new episode of Family Guy this Sunday. The show's creator/producer/writer/voice artist Seth MacFarlane is on strike with the rest of the WGA. Ordinarily, an episode doesn't air unless he has given it his final approval. But, Fox is ready to skip that step for Sunday. The network has the right to do

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Headline News host Nancy Grace has been hospitalized due to some blood clots in her lungs. She just gave birth to twins on November 4 after doctors induced labor. According to Headline News PR folks, Grace had developed pulmonary edema and recommended delivering her babies two months early. This past Sunday she was taken to the hospital when she started feeling bad. That's when doctors

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With the recent news that Don Imus was coming back to radio on New York's WABC-AM, fans were left wondering if he'd get a new TV deal. RFD-TV announced today that they signed a 5-year deal to carry Imus in the Morning. That's right. Imus and the Big Joe Polka Show on the same channel!RFD-TV doesn't exactly have the reach of Imus's former TV home of MSNBC. But it is on Dish Network and DirecTV

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The Writers Guild of America strike is in its third day today. Production on several TV shows has been shut down. Fans of late night TV are putting up with repeats this week. So far, that's the only effect that Americans are seeing. Word is that this may be a pretty long strike, though.While the current strike is all about entertainment TV and movie writers, the WGA also represents some TV

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And now the thrilling third part of my Refuting Liebowitz trilogy!In Part 2, I wrote about some points that Liebowitz made that I at least found to be thought provoking. As I move ahead in his paper, though, I find that Liebowitz is really going off the deep end.Liebowitz attempts to use British record sales to bolster his argument that listening to U.S. radio stations hurts U.S. record sales.

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Right now, this is probably the best way to get HD Radios into listeners' homes. Public radio station WAMU-FM in Washington, D.C. is offering the Radiosophy HD100 radio, which retails for $100, as a premium for listeners who pledge $100 to the station. (That's a lot of 100s. Too bad the station is at 88.5 instead of 100.1!)If you were going to make a donation anyway, this is a pretty good deal

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Time to get back to my analysis of the completely ridiculous paper written by Stan Liebowitz.On page 8, Liebowitz makes this argument:"...the activity of downloading files seems less likely to be a substitute for listening to prerecorded music, whereas listening to radio is an activity that can substitute for listening to prerecorded music. The three hours per day spent listening to radio are

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Sad news about the passing of Phil Rizzuto today at the age of 89. Sure he was a great Yankee shortstop and Hall of Famer. But, I remember him as a broadcaster. As a kid, I used to love his radio play-by-play on WABC-AM's Yankees broadcasts. Of course, he also rotated into the TV broadcast booth, but he always seemed better on the radio. I still remember his "huckleberry" and "Holy Cow"

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Let me get started with my take on the Stan Liebowitz paper. I'm going to refer to specific page numbers, and the numbers I use correspond to his page numbering rather than Adobe Reader's page count.On page 5, Liebowitz lays the foundation for his entire argument:Americans spend approximately 2.7 hours per day listening to radio butonly 40 minutes listening to prerecorded music. Yet the main

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So, I was a little disappointed by CBS's decision to make Drew Carey the host of The Price is Right. But, I have to admit, I really enjoyed him on the debut of Power of 10 last night. He was funny, comfortable and genuine. He made what could have been a dull show pretty entertaining.He was funny right off the bat. While introducing one of the first two contestants named Marine (I think),

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Earlier this summer, the radio business paid a bit of attention paid to a paper written by a Stan Liebowitz. Liebowitz is a professor at the University of Texas at Dallas School of Management. Liebowitz has done lots of work on copyright issues, usually taking the side of the entertainment industry.The paper receiving the attention is entitled The Elusive Symbiosis: The Impact of Radio on the

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I've ranted about celebrity radio hosts before, and I'm feeling the same way about Drew Carey getting the hosting gig on The Price is Right. A blogger over on TV Squad asserts that Carey is the perfect choice.Drew Carey is a better choice than Rosie O'Donnell. Osama Bin Laden would be a better choice than Rosie O'Donnell. But, that doesn't make Carey the perfect choice. His Whose Line is it

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Ever since XM and Sirius burst onto the scene, I've been amazed at their respective PR machines. It seemed like even the most insignificant move by either company instantly got national media coverage. Now, with the proposed merger looming, the combined PR efforts have officially gotten ridiculous.A press release came out on Friday with this headline:His Eminence Edward Cardinal Egan Applauds

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Weird thing happened. I was watching some preview video of AMC's new show Mad Men. After I was done, I walked to the water cooler and noticed a fax with the AMC logo on it in the trash can. I rescued the fax that somebody had wisely thrown away:If you can't read it, a guy at a PR company called Great! is offering some free martini glasses to jocks who will talk up AMC's new show Mad Men. Not

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You wouldn't think there would be any humor in a report that Turkey has bombed northern Iraq, but this headline on FARK.com made me blink and then laugh:Turkey bombs Northern Iraq. They're hitting the ground like sacks of wet cementLots of funny comments ensued, of course.

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I'm not sure why it pleases me that WCBS-FM in New York is switching back to oldies, but it does. I've written about New York radio before, and I remember CBS-FM as an oldies station when I lived in the area. I was too young to be interested in oldies, but I remember their TV commercials. I even remember Howard Stern making fun of them back in the mid-80's. So, maybe it's a nostalgic thing.

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SaveNetRadio reports that 14,000 online radio outlets went silent during Tuesday's Day of Silence protest. They also claim that "nearly 400, 000 phone calls were placed to members of the House and Senate." Notice that the figure refers to number of calls made and not the actual number of different callers.There is a bill before Congress right now that would keep royalty rates at the current

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Today's the day that many internet radio stations went silent to protest the upcoming hike in royalty fees. But, I have a hard time caring. Maybe it's because I don't listen to online radio. I have nothing against it, but when I'm not at work, I use radio everywhere but the computer. So, online radio going away makes no impact in my life.I know I should be paying attention to the bigger

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Confession time. I don't listen to music much when I'm not at work. After being around it all day, it just doesn't relax me during my off hours. I'd much rather watch TV or play with my PSP.Having said that, I can't help but want one of these:This thing plugs into a USB port on your computer and transmits audio via an FM signal, so that you can listen on any FM radio in your house. Well, as

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American Public Media's Marketplace featured an interview last night with Disney CEO Bob Iger. He talked about his deal with Apple to bring popular ABC shows to iTunes. At $1.99 a pop, Iger freely admitted that their revenue from downloads is far and away overshadowed by what ABC earns by selling advertising during the broadcast. But he said he looks at downloads as a marketing tool rather

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The radio industry in the United States continues to hope that HD Radio will keep people from adopting satellite radio. The radio listeners in the United States continue to ignore HD Radio for the most part.A while back, Wired.com ran a story about the current state of that technology. According to the article, HD Radio receivers have sold in the low hundred thousands compared to 4.7 million

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Just for the lack of anything better to do, I looked at a few artists' most popular songs on iTunes. I'd reprint what I found, but I don't want to run afowl of any of Apple's copyrights. To sum it up, though, I found that the most popular songs are the ones that radio plays in regular rotation. That kind of surprised me. I thought that the commonly held belief regarding iPodders was that they

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Some site I'd never heard of broke the news that WKRP is being readied for a DVD release! Although, according to the article it's still not going to have the original music. The stuff that Fox can't get licensed will be replaced with similar songs.I don't know. If all of the original music was intact, I'd buy those DVDs with no questions asked. But, I think I'm going to hold off on any

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Huh? Sorry. Must've fallen asleep.So, FMQB has news that Clear Channel is adding lifestyle audio content to their websites. Now, where have I heard that before? Oh, yeah. I had that idea. Maybe somebody who can pay me, like my employer, will think it's a good idea now.

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Melanie Martinez was the host of a TV show on the PBS Sprout channel. I have Dish Network, which doesn't offer this channel, but I gather it's a channel for young children. Martinez let her bosses know that a few years back she acted in a short video with an adult theme. It wasn't porn, but the video dealt with a topic that was sexual. Her bosses rewarded her honesty by immediately firing her

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Mere hours after I sent out the email I mentioned in this post I found this article on the Philadelphia Inquirer's website. Evidently, locally owned B101 in Philly is using an online method to allow listeners to judge spots. And it seems to be working.What the writer doesn't mention is the tremendous value this has to even advertisers whose spots don't test well. The message is still getting

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The following is an edited version of an email I sent to some higher ups in my local group. I'm keeping my fingers crossed...Here's a thought provoking article on alternative ways to present TV advertising in a DVR world.Substitute the word "radio" for "TV" in the article.There's a lot more we could be doing with our websites to help our clients. A lot more than just putting up tile ads. I'm

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An interesting thread developed at my favorite "deals" website, FatWallet.com, regarding an alleged hot deal on a Sirius receiver.What's interesting is the debate that fired up over the merits of Sirius as opposed to XM. Looks like both companies have dedicated fan bases. I guess I shouldn't be surprised by this, but I was. We terrestrial radio-heads tend to consider satellite radio as this

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I'm not sure whether to laugh or cry. Maybe I'll do both.I'm still in the shock stage after finding out that the HD Radio Alliance is spending $200 million on a new marketing campaign.Whoa! Are you OK? Let me help you up. I know! I fell on the floor, too, when I read that.I can't make a living wage in this business, but the broadcasters who make up the Alliance can cough up 200 mill for

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Since I mentioned Howard Stern in an earlier post, I thought I'd show you this 1984 TV spot for WNBC-AM in New York. If you've ever seen Private Parts then you know that Stern and Don Imus worked togethe at WNBC. Imus was already an established star when Stern arrived in 1982 to do PM drive. Two years later, the station ran this pretty good TV spot, which I believe was accompanied by a

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Arbitron this week announced the availability of Houston ratings on a weekly basis! Weekly! Ratings! This is all part of Arbitron's testing of the Personal People Meter (PPM), which is their new electronic method of gathering ratings data.According to Arbitron's news release,“Instead of waiting as long as a month for a ratings report that only reflects the average audience for the previous

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A few years back the major TV networks decided that they would strike ratings gold if they built shows around movie stars. Bette Midler and Geena Davis got their own sitcoms (Davis publicized the latter by wearing a see-through dress to the Emmys). Gabriel Byrne had a drama built around him. Gina Gershon (Bound, Showgirls) starred in a drama called Snoops. James Cameron (a star behind the

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Spooky. I was going to launch this blog today anyway. Yesterday, I settled on the title. Today, I realized that it's the birthday of Richard Sanders, best known for playing Les Nessman on WKRP in Cincinnati! Weird, huh?So happy 66th birthday, Mr. Sanders! And thanks for inspiring my first post!You know what would be a nice birthday present? WKRP on DVD. The original episodes featured

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