No. He's right. Most stations run anywhere between 12-20 minutes worth of commercials. The only thing that is good about local radio is the news at the top and bottom of the hour. Everything else sucksMartin Cash said:Exaggerate much??expresswrittenconsent said:
Radio is dead in the insane format they (590) use. Amazing Ward lasted 20yrs. I dont think I have listened in 10.
An hour on 590 consisted of 8min of news to begin the hour and to begin the 2nd 30 minutes of the hour. So 16, min off the board. Then you have the typical 18-20 minutes per hour of ads. So for the punishment of listening to 1hr you get about 24 minutes of discussion. That's a major fail in a world with millions of podcasts that are ALL content, no news, minimal (skippable) ads, but also a world where there are now 10-15 247 cable news channels that each offer hours of similar daily content and usually with better hosts and production values.
There isn't 8 minutes of news at the top and bottom of the hour. Usually four at the top, and about 3 at the half hour. And there isn't 36 minutes of news and ads every hour.Charpie said:No. He's right. Most stations run anywhere between 12-20 minutes worth of commercials. The only thing that is good about local radio is the news at the top and bottom of the hour. Everything else sucksMartin Cash said:Exaggerate much??expresswrittenconsent said:
Radio is dead in the insane format they (590) use. Amazing Ward lasted 20yrs. I dont think I have listened in 10.
An hour on 590 consisted of 8min of news to begin the hour and to begin the 2nd 30 minutes of the hour. So 16, min off the board. Then you have the typical 18-20 minutes per hour of ads. So for the punishment of listening to 1hr you get about 24 minutes of discussion. That's a major fail in a world with millions of podcasts that are ALL content, no news, minimal (skippable) ads, but also a world where there are now 10-15 247 cable news channels that each offer hours of similar daily content and usually with better hosts and production values.
Martin Cash said:There isn't 8 minutes of news at the top and bottom of the hour. Usually four at the top, and about 3 at the half hour. And there isn't 36 minutes of news and ads every hour.Charpie said:No. He's right. Most stations run anywhere between 12-20 minutes worth of commercials. The only thing that is good about local radio is the news at the top and bottom of the hour. Everything else sucksMartin Cash said:Exaggerate much??expresswrittenconsent said:
Radio is dead in the insane format they (590) use. Amazing Ward lasted 20yrs. I dont think I have listened in 10.
An hour on 590 consisted of 8min of news to begin the hour and to begin the 2nd 30 minutes of the hour. So 16, min off the board. Then you have the typical 18-20 minutes per hour of ads. So for the punishment of listening to 1hr you get about 24 minutes of discussion. That's a major fail in a world with millions of podcasts that are ALL content, no news, minimal (skippable) ads, but also a world where there are now 10-15 247 cable news channels that each offer hours of similar daily content and usually with better hosts and production values.
It's not all low T. There are plenty of ads for dental implants, lasik surgery, snoring treatment, and CPAPs.CanyonLakeAg said:
No idea how many minutes of commercials there really are but it sure seems like it's all low T and home buying/selling commercials.
