JohnDavis wrote on a radio messageboard:
>>>>Political talk is going the way of the dinosaur, regardless of the left-right spectrum. How much money does Salem shovel into getting a 0.6 with its hosts? How long can they afford to do that?
Sports makes money. That’s why everyone is getting on that train. Once they’ve oversaturated the market with too many third rate network shows, they’ll find something else. But let’s face it, the future of AM is brokered ethnic or turning in the license and selling the tower site. The real estate is worth more than most AM stations. As for progressive talk, the more interesting shows aren’t on the radio, they’re podcasts. Some are even worth paying for.
My response:
Agreed. Selling the tower site—it’s like the old days when the drive in theatres went away and the land was sold to developers to put up shopping malls. (And I don’t know if
prog talk shows are really interested but some like them—via podcast. I was at work and saw a woman listening to something on her smartphone—the screen read “Alex Jones
Podcast”).
Still some conservative talk can work...but libtalk is fast shrinking...blame Bain and Romney!