tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029870750479192711.post91232486241679531..comments2024-03-28T22:55:02.018-07:00Comments on RICH LIEBERMAN 415 MEDIA: Radio Ad Overload Annoyance Beginning To Make Mainstream Media; Bay Area Consumers Complain Rich Liebermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18174495340920055435noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029870750479192711.post-58172183605566684102015-03-27T12:18:09.080-07:002015-03-27T12:18:09.080-07:00I get the feeling that stations that carry the kar...I get the feeling that stations that carry the kars4kids crap are perfectly aware of how fraudulent they are, but as long as the checks keep clearing...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029870750479192711.post-38555976833797868042015-03-27T10:14:42.436-07:002015-03-27T10:14:42.436-07:00Kars for kids is a total fraud and the people behi...Kars for kids is a total fraud and the people behind it need to be PUT IN JAIL! What amazes me is that local stations are totally oblivious to this situation and continue to take their money while playing that God-Awful jingle of theirs. If for not other reason, they should be put in jail for that monstrosity they call a jingle. If I hear it one more time, I think I will scream!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029870750479192711.post-50008528910000926812015-03-23T10:35:29.562-07:002015-03-23T10:35:29.562-07:00I think everyone knows that radio in general has i...I think everyone knows that radio in general has issues with consumers having many choices but is there another industry that has as many self inflicted wounds as this industry. KGO is the poster child for this problem. Maybe they would be suffering a decline in the ratings regardless but they have driven listeners off with a ferocity that is hard for people on the outside to understand?Donnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029870750479192711.post-13976003489838750922015-03-23T09:53:58.523-07:002015-03-23T09:53:58.523-07:00Between that and teasing weather out into three or...Between that and teasing weather out into three or four segments where they just repeat the same things over and over means they can lay off writers, editors, production people because their actual news hole is much smaller. Next time you're watching the news sit there with a stop watch and have it going only when they're doing true news. Not promos, not recaps, not weather, just news. You'll find there's only about 6-7 minutes of real news in a half hour newscast, and only about 10 minutes in an hour's show. That way they can employ half the people they used to just a few years ago.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029870750479192711.post-10172462572583178682015-03-23T08:06:30.705-07:002015-03-23T08:06:30.705-07:00It's about time people got their heads out of ...It's about time people got their heads out of their collective asses and realize that commercial radio is full of self-serving shit. KNBR is the worst for filling their programming with ads, ads, ads. Actually, the programming is one 24/7 ad as they suck the Giants big one, massage the 49ers G-spot and cuddle with the Warriors. The rest of it, they don't care because it doesn't pay the bills. Thank goodness for satellite radio!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029870750479192711.post-13968900673535807052015-03-23T01:28:46.316-07:002015-03-23T01:28:46.316-07:00I'm glad to hear that Kars for Kids is being i...I'm glad to hear that Kars for Kids is being investigated. I would love to hear similar news about those goddawful TrueCar.com spots. Specifically the ones on AM910 during late night hours. The ones featuring the loud-mouthed, abrasive, brain dead young woman. She sounds like she dropped out of school in seventh grade and that she's applying her marginal English language compositional skills to writing her own ad copy.<br /><br />On the non-stop advertising front, I find it interesting that folks like the Dickeys just don't get the picture. The reason that advertisers buy air time is for their spots to be heard by listeners, who are following that station for its content, whether news, sports, or talk. When you reach the point that you no longer can attract any meaningful number of listeners, then no sane advertiser is going to pay you even two-bits for a minute of your air time.<br /><br />This is a concept that the Dickeys can't seem to wrap their heads around. These greed-heads seem to think that some listener is going to tune in to a radio dial setting, just so they can listen to low-priced back-to-back advertising spots, that are only sporadically interrupted with "content breaks." <br /><br />It surely doesn't sound like a viable business model that they're creating. Who knows... maybe both Cumulus Media and I Heart Radio will let their greed drive them into bankruptcy court. One can only hope!Del Thomasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029870750479192711.post-79084702744660358822015-03-22T22:35:33.624-07:002015-03-22T22:35:33.624-07:00I'm sorry to burst your bubble but NPR does ha...I'm sorry to burst your bubble but NPR does have ads. They are called corporate sponsors and they are selling the corporation and sometimes have the same ads as commercial radio. Though not as many this is true. <br />Angela Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029870750479192711.post-19192614579967791062015-03-22T22:33:43.635-07:002015-03-22T22:33:43.635-07:00Thanks for the info - not sure if I can get Fresno...Thanks for the info - not sure if I can get Fresno but will try. I'm really going to need a traffic station soon as will start commuting to my job next month. Angela Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029870750479192711.post-8882653585434195002015-03-22T22:27:24.196-07:002015-03-22T22:27:24.196-07:00For jazz without commercials, there's also the...For jazz without commercials, there's also the stream of KCSM in San Mateo.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029870750479192711.post-53807787896350849472015-03-22T22:24:25.924-07:002015-03-22T22:24:25.924-07:00If you like jazz without commercials there are a c...If you like jazz without commercials there are a couple of good stations that stream online. One is KSDS out of San Diego. There's KKJZ, also, out of Long Beach.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029870750479192711.post-31599300013431782632015-03-22T21:53:27.125-07:002015-03-22T21:53:27.125-07:00All those terrestrial radio owner/management nitwi...All those terrestrial radio owner/management nitwits need to know is guys like me, commuting on average 2 hours a day, are listening to SirusXM, podcasts and Spotify exclusively. We’re sick of the inane commercials (go to the junkyard, Kars4Kids) and want content, content, CONTENT!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029870750479192711.post-29966803628448651332015-03-22T21:12:16.226-07:002015-03-22T21:12:16.226-07:00I found consumer questions/doubts, about "Kar...I found consumer questions/doubts, about "Kars for Kids, when I was looking into donating a vehicle in 2005. At that time, it was the Illinois Department of Justice that was said to be looking into it.<br /><br />Maybe, when a majority of the 50 states have it on their radar scopes, some radio stations will discontinue carrying the ads. <br /><br />Nah ... silly me!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029870750479192711.post-5527388490621356852015-03-22T20:20:33.493-07:002015-03-22T20:20:33.493-07:00For "live and local," general topic talk...For "live and local," general topic talk during the day into the early evening (until 6pm), you might want to give a listen to KMJ 580AM out of Fresno. When they're talking hyper-local topics (Friday they were discussing where a new street/highway should be built to accommodate the traffic from a proposed, very large housing development) I tune out but they often do general news and lifestyle topics (the other day they were talking about the value/role of libraries in the digital age) it's pretty good radio.Jasonhttp://www.g5radio.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029870750479192711.post-66341968897879446942015-03-22T19:21:16.566-07:002015-03-22T19:21:16.566-07:00I was listening to KNBR one time during a weekend ...I was listening to KNBR one time during a weekend post game show and they had a seven minute commercial break, followed by a quick one minute sports recap, and then another 8 minutes of commercials! That's why I never listen to the Sports Leader anymore unless the Giants or Warriors are on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029870750479192711.post-41047229288643293932015-03-22T19:18:41.340-07:002015-03-22T19:18:41.340-07:00That's why I listen more to NPR. Michael Kras...That's why I listen more to NPR. Michael Krasny, Science Friday, Terry Gross and Fresh Air; they all have one beautiful thing in common: no annoying commercials! Yes, they do have pledge drives, but those come on only occasionally, and when they do, I just put a music disc on while I'm driving for awhile.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029870750479192711.post-14535201959291103032015-03-22T19:13:59.648-07:002015-03-22T19:13:59.648-07:00And when that happens some hipster jackass will co...And when that happens some hipster jackass will complain to whomever is blogging about it at that time (or whatever the term will be then...) that they've moved on to the latest tech crap and why is the blogger still talking about satellite radio.<br /><br />PKD was right, soon the advertising fucks will be trying to hijack your dreams...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029870750479192711.post-6851372485682135342015-03-22T19:11:45.098-07:002015-03-22T19:11:45.098-07:00I read Rich's blog a lot, and have utilized th...I read Rich's blog a lot, and have utilized the AM dial on my radio when driving even relatively recently (until the massive onslaught of commercials). Not everyone has their head well up their iPhone...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029870750479192711.post-34433064859752868612015-03-22T19:10:18.027-07:002015-03-22T19:10:18.027-07:00I have tuned out. I listened to KNBR while driving...I have tuned out. I listened to KNBR while driving/commuting for several years, and also while working from home.<br /><br />Not anymore. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029870750479192711.post-911343440530015552015-03-22T19:09:27.544-07:002015-03-22T19:09:27.544-07:00Kars-4-kids fraud ? ......what ?
You mean that $90...Kars-4-kids fraud ? ......what ?<br />You mean that $9000 tax deduction receipt they gave me for my Pinto is no good ? .... Hogwash<br />The Pinto is a classic car.<br />I'm going to deduct it from my 2014 taxes !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029870750479192711.post-33321700245106644642015-03-22T18:12:39.385-07:002015-03-22T18:12:39.385-07:00Pretty soon someone will ask KGO to run Ronn Owens...Pretty soon someone will ask KGO to run Ronn Owens a third time. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029870750479192711.post-91020452762427121972015-03-22T16:37:57.241-07:002015-03-22T16:37:57.241-07:00Angela I live in Elk Grove so my "local"...Angela I live in Elk Grove so my "local" stations are the same as yours. They are all awful! That's why I listen to Bay Area radio so much and never listen locally. When Tom Sullivan was local he was an OK middle of the road guy at times. But when he went to work in New York he made a hard right turn. My cars have Sirius, but there are only 2 or 3 stations out of a bazillion I will ever listen to. It's all sports. Not a sports fan.<br /><br />At home I listen to the Bay Area stations a little online. Most of the time now I listen to Pandora music though. Pandora offers s much! We can choose from about 10 different stations playing Latin Jazz alone.germancarsonlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01650106839153406418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029870750479192711.post-69779814208434627062015-03-22T16:00:42.155-07:002015-03-22T16:00:42.155-07:00I have started listening to foreign radio station...I have started listening to foreign radio stations ; like BBC.<br /><br />no commercials.<br />interesting music.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029870750479192711.post-81147818554769037672015-03-22T15:36:32.090-07:002015-03-22T15:36:32.090-07:00Maybe it was a concocted number then as now (?)Maybe it was a concocted number then as now (?)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029870750479192711.post-34642936507975194792015-03-22T15:35:49.146-07:002015-03-22T15:35:49.146-07:00Equally annoying is TV news (both network and loca...Equally annoying is TV news (both network and local) spending incredible amounts of time promoting their other shows. I really don't want to hear about last nite's recap, or tonite's preview, of Dancing With The Stars, 60 Minutes, or the latest rendition of Survivor. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029870750479192711.post-50038396490680358682015-03-22T15:03:52.909-07:002015-03-22T15:03:52.909-07:00Did that years ago. For news I have Google. For mu...Did that years ago. For news I have Google. For music I have my 5,000+ CD collection, better than anything broadcast on any station anyway. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com