OT: Pittsburgh Media Thread - Still the Worst | Now with Drunken Rants!

[Mario_is_BACK!!]

He makes them money, they only fire people that are replaceable.

Not true. An old boss was the PD of the sports talk station in Jacksonville. He made that station relevant and brought in a lot of money. He was still fired. I'm glad I got out of radio (choice may not have been mine, but regardless) but I know a lot of people caught in the iHeart firings. None of them are ones I would call expendable or people who didn't make them money.

 

[Gallatin]

Anyone catch Kingerski's stuff this week? Was fairly surprised he actually had a legit Pens source feeding him stuff. Nailed Kahun & Marleau trades well in advance.

 

[vodeni]

Anyone catch Kingerski's stuff this week? Was fairly surprised he actually had a legit Pens source feeding him stuff. Nailed Kahun & Marleau trades well in advance.

I pay for this. he did not nail anything

 

[Gallatin]

I pay for this. he did not nail anything

I pay for this. he did not nail anything

I don't pay, saw him taking credit for calling the Kahun situation via source in the org. He was also talking Marleau a few days ago. But I will mos def believe you over him Vodeni.

 

[HandshakeLine]

Kingerski celebrating getting something right:

 

[cookthebooks]

thats one of the greatest gifs ive ever seen

 

[HandshakeLine]

 

[Randy Butternubs]

I didn’t know Hitler had an acting career.

 

[HandshakeLine]

I didn’t know Hitler had an acting career.

 

[Gurglesons]

Luca Caputi on Spittin’ Chiclets.

#obiwan gif.

 

[exHornet]

Internet radio works, but man, as soon as boomers die off, actual radio broadcasts are going to be insanely unprofitable.

Perhaps, but as a boomer myself, I hope it doesn't happen for a long time. Hard to imagine not having any kind of viable local media at all.

 

[Rossi Rat]

I swear the most entertainment I get out of Madden’s show is when a caller goes after him.

Guy refers to him as “fat boy” and he immediately loses it, daring him to come down to where he works and he’ll kick his ass. Then despite being the one making the threat, he’s the one who calls the caller a telephone tough guy/Twitter tough guy, talks loudly over him and hangs up. You’re never going to “win” that argument with him but it’s amusing to me how worked up he gets.

 

[HandshakeLine]

Perhaps, but as a boomer myself, I hope it doesn't happen for a long time. Hard to imagine not having any kind of viable local media at all.

Local media will still be there, but more online, I think. It’s cheaper to make, for one. Secondly, while radio will still be there (if for nothing else than to have the infrastructure in place for a war or disaster), I think we’ll see more and more stations being turned into basically the same conglomerate stations, without much regional identity.

 

[HandshakeLine]

Madden is a window into the psyche of a certain generation of yinzer, that’s for sure.

 

[ChaosAgent]

Local media will still be there, but more online, I think. It’s cheaper to make, for one. Secondly, while radio will still be there (if for nothing else than to have the infrastructure in place for a war or disaster), I think we’ll see more and more stations being turned into basically the same conglomerate stations, without much regional identity.

Same as Newspapers, honestly.

The Newspaper industry is going to converge into a few big guys (NY Times, WSJ, WashPo, LA Times, SF Chronicle) that maybe have local sections online for smaller cities like Pittsburgh. There will be Pittsburgh-based news as well but it'll be more interest-group driven - like the Pittsburgh Business Times.

 

[Rossi Rat]

Madden is a window into the psyche of a certain generation of yinzer, that’s for sure.

I mean that said, I do think once he’s gone he just won’t be replaced.

If they try the “Crowl Man” (Adam Crowley) then lol, just lol.

 

[HandshakeLine]

Oh no doubt RR. Madden’s a dying breed, but, not to sound cruel or harsh, so is his audience.

 

[exHornet]

Given Madden's physical characteristics, his audience will certainly outlive him. He's already had one heart attack.

 

[Rossi Rat]

Oh no doubt RR. Madden’s a dying breed, but, not to sound cruel or harsh, so is his audience.

Given Madden's physical characteristics, his audience will certainly outlive him. He's already had one heart attack.

Both true, though a younger demographic tunes in too. Don’t think many of them, no matter the age, would be willing to flip over to Crowley or Tiny Tim Benz (who’s filling in today yikes)

 

[reino]

wait is Madden still alive? wow

 

[billybudd]

One thing I find a little weird is that local sports coverage has had no success translated into podcast format. Local anything really hasn't. I suppose it's a combination of sports being time-sensitive and topical (there's a lead time on podcasts making it onto iTunes et al) and the difficulty of publicizing a thing regionally. The overhead of podcasting is next to nothing and can be recouped with a single moderate-sized sponsorship, so that's definitely not the issue.

 

[HandshakeLine]

One thing I find a little weird is that local sports coverage has had no success translated into podcast format. Local anything really hasn't. I suppose it's a combination of sports being time-sensitive and topical (there's a lead time on podcasts making it onto iTunes et al) and the difficulty of publicizing a thing regionally. The overhead of podcasting is next to nothing and can be recouped with a single moderate-sized sponsorship, so that's definitely not the issue.

Time is a factor, but honestly I think the audiences are just demographically different for both technologies. Explaining DVR or podcasts or Spotify to my uncles is like speaking Sanskrit.

 

[Mr Jiggyfly]

Oh no doubt RR. Madden’s a dying breed, but, not to sound cruel or harsh, so is his audience.

Damn cuz...

I was sitting in my truck waiting for my daughter listening to the Fan and wishing Madden was on...

Now I’m worried for my own mortality.

 

[exHornet]

Damn cuz...

I was sitting in my truck waiting for my daughter listening to the Fan and wishing Madden was on...

Now I’m worried for my own mortality.

You gone.

 

[Rossi Rat]

Ra-cheech from the top rope!