Audacy filing bankruptcy.
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The Fan has become unbearable with its Steelers stuff. I mean how much can you possibly discuss? What interesting aspects are there to talk about every dal, all day. So in doing that, you have to manufacture controversy.
Depending on what your definition of talk radio is, you are way off base. I consider podcasts to be talk radio and their popularity grows every year. My only issue with podcasts is that they generally have a subject and it is difficult to have callers because not many folks listen live. So the level of spontaneity that used to exist in traditional talk radio is not there.
They aren’t on the radio
I love podcasts
They are a reason talk radio is dying
They are superior in every way
Semantics. Podcasts are talk radio. TV shows are still tv shows even if they are on Netflix and I watch them on my iPad.
Not semantics
They aren’t radio . There isn’t something to tune your radio to listen to them .
SiriusXM You have to change channels for shows .
That’s like calling audible talk radio
Ok. Not sure why it is important for you to draw a distinction, but, whatever. They talk and it plays on my car radio. Seems like that makes it talk radio to me. 🤣
It plays on your phone .
It plays through your car stereo not radio
Like I said - I can listen to an audible book on tape innmy
Car -
That’s also not radio.
So what do you call streaming video shows? I call them TV. But they play through my Roku or iPad.
I think we can agree to just disagree. IMO, Podcasts are the evolution of talk radio much like streaming video is the evolution of TV. You aren’t going to change my mind and I likely won’t change yours.
I call them streaming .
You don’t call them cable ?
That is more the analogy here .
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As someone who worked in commercial radio for 20 years as an on-air voice and management positions, I respectfully disagree. I worked in a number of markets at a number of air shifts, including talk radio and AM and PM drive hosts on various FM stations. It was mostly smaller markets ( although I did start out in the "Burgh in the '80s ). I had the opportunity to return to PGH 25 years ago but chose not to.
I worked hundreds of remote broadcasts, ( fairs, parades, Groundhog Day, tailgates, nightclubs, advertisers...etc.) Produced hundreds of commercials. I met pro and olympic athletes. Music artists. People from all walks of life.
A very rewarding occupation made mostly by feedback from faithful listeners. Dead or not, it was not garbage. Granted, it is not the same today as it was over 30 years ago. Today too many large companys that own dozens of stations across the country have stripped the industry of the personal attachment your favorite station had with its' listeners and the community. Still there was a time when I was proud of the occupation I had and of the communities I served.
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Hard to say at this point. I believe a chapter 11 would enable them to get out of their contractual obligations. But just because they can, they might not. I assume the Pirates and Pitt are solid performers ratings wise and the deals in place aren’t the reason for the company’s need to file. Plus, this is Audacy as a whole. Not just The Fan. For all we know, The Fan could be profitable and not the reason for Audacy’s trouble. Having said that, they could use this to attempt to renegotiate the deals. But like I said at the beginning of the post, it is tough to say what impact this will have. If any.
