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“She doesn’t do radio interviews… she says it’s a dead medium”.


A recent conversation with a publicist about an American starlet nearly knocked me for six. According to the publicist the said starlet wasn’t going to waste her time on radio, because she simply didn’t believe anyone would be listening.

While it came as a surprise to me, it wasn’t the first time I’d heard it – particularly from an American.  In the US, radio has really struggled in the wake of internet broadcasting. As listeners switch off in droves, programmers have been forced to look for new ways to reach out to their audience.

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  • VK4BB says:

    04:29pm | 11/10/10

    4IP 1008AM is still operating..  (Oct 2010) Call sign now 4TAB the race/sports station but 4IP is STILL the company name.  River 94.9FM came from Star-FM out of Mix 106.9 out of QFM and is based in Ipswich. Read more »

  • Trev says:

    10:56pm | 06/11/09

    Huge ratings over in the states…..Texas…. GCN radio network with Alex Jones and others who research and give us what we the listner do not have the time to do…..not main stream repetitive news, but infomation that wakes up the brain cells….we need this approach in our major capital cities….so… Read more »

 

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