Radio died in the mid 2000s. It was terminal in 1997, when audio streaming took hold. Their only reason for clinging to life was, the streamers had not found a way to monetize. Radio, TV, Print, Music, Hollywierd, all became so complacent that they forgot who their audience was. I don't think they ever cared. As for radio, consultants moved in, centralized the formats and made every station (in the respective format) sound identical. Hair Rock, Country Pop, Easy Listening, etc. The same songs played coast to coast, any town you tuned into, the format (no live DJ, jump cuts, station IDs after every song) all sounded the same.
We need to reinvent radio and I think #Nostr is the place to do it. I'm starting some test streams in the next few days, I would appreciate any feedback. Follow my npub and I'll post when the stream goes live.
Not trying to shill btw, this is my hot button. I went into streaming in 1995 to disrupt the industry. As for damage to their reputations, that has all been self inflicted.
Times are changing. Old people still watch government propaganda on TV and read various newspapers, but all of that stuff is housed in a (government) controlled holding company. Boomers and youngsters hang over their mobile Google collar almost all day long. Podcast is 'hot' now, but governments are trying to silence these people by repeatedly condemning podcasters for their statements when they contradict with their policy 'vision' Just listen to a podcast like noagenda ( https://www.noagendashow.net/ )
What remains is uncensored media on Blockchain?
But who can then openly express their opinion about something without having to remain anonymous?
Agree - podcasts are hot. Unfortunately the RSS dissemination was captured by Spotify and Apple. Podcast 2.0 lead the way with V4V with apps like Fountain. #Nostr will be the next step in freeing podcasts, leveraging the network effect, being compensated (zaps) and if need be, anon. zap.stream is a great first step in this direction.
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