Fireside Chats, Episode 54: Is TV Dying?
Added 2018-09-12 16:00:03 +0000 UTCWhen TV programming began reliably broadcasting in the 1940s, the world changed forever. The advent of radio decades earlier already made the world smaller, but with television, you didn't only listen. You watched, too. Fast forward some 70 years, though, and TV seems outright quaint, and the evidence of its decline is everywhere around us. Or is it? Today's guest -- Ethan Anderson -- works at an NBC affiliate in the Dakotas, and it turns out that, depending on your market, the kind of content you're looking for, and the type of audience you're catering to, there's still a tangible demand for the way things were. Indeed, it could very well be that rumors of television's demise are just a bit premature.
Comments
Thanks for listening!
Colin Moriarty
2018-09-25 18:30:31 +0000 UTCGreat episode, awesome having a fellow Husker CLS fan too! GO BIG RED!
MeatSpin11
2018-09-23 16:13:47 +0000 UTCThank you so much! I'm glad you're digging the show.
Colin Moriarty
2018-09-21 17:22:11 +0000 UTCPretty cool hearing somebody from the home state on fireside chats! As always an interesting and unique topic! As a Brookings native and SDSU grad I took a little offense to the “Football” comments from Ethan but also chuckled quite a bit cause the truth hurts and it made me laugh LOL! Keep up the great work with Fireside and Knockback Colin! Really enjoying these every week!
Nick DeBoer
2018-09-21 00:07:45 +0000 UTCI'll be interested to hear how this develops as you grow!
Colin Moriarty
2018-09-20 23:15:58 +0000 UTCHonored that you enjoyed it! Colin was a blast to record and chat with!
2018-09-20 02:24:28 +0000 UTCI missed this when it went up early but I just finished listening to this episode on the public feed and I wanted to swing-in and comment on a question Colin had about media revisiting local as the world gets smaller. I am the user experience development lead at a startup (WhereBy.Us) that does hyperlocal daily newsletters in four cities. Our business model is purely oriented around curious locals wanting to connect more with their communities. The appetite for that kind of content is pretty high. We plan to be in about ten cities in a year.
Michael Schofield (making Audio Dramas)
2018-09-19 19:47:43 +0000 UTCNo doubt.
Colin Moriarty
2018-09-17 19:27:50 +0000 UTC"Steeeeeevvveeeee"
Colin Moriarty
2018-09-17 19:27:46 +0000 UTCColin, I think you would like the Twin Cities.
Michael Renner
2018-09-16 20:18:21 +0000 UTCI'm just about to listen to this episode, but I had a similar thought this morning. I watched after school specials sometimes as a kid because it was the only thing coming through to my bunny ears and tin foil television. We don't have cable, but my kids have so many options to choose from. On to the show...
Michael Renner
2018-09-16 18:58:17 +0000 UTCShout out to Steve Wilkos! I love that show. I learned a lot here as always great show.
Marcus Brown
2018-09-16 18:24:36 +0000 UTCThanks for listening, ma!
Colin Moriarty
2018-09-15 08:44:11 +0000 UTCI really enjoyed the episode. Really made me ‘think’ about today’s TV entertainment, how it’s delivered and ‘saturation ‘ of programming that we now have - from a different perspective. Thanks guys.
BettyAnn Moriarty
2018-09-15 00:21:54 +0000 UTCI was out there hustling :) but super glad you enjoyed the episode, it was a blast to record!
2018-09-13 20:21:55 +0000 UTCHe's an aggressive sales guy! I can respect that.
Colin Moriarty
2018-09-13 19:10:00 +0000 UTCGlad you enjoyed. =)
Colin Moriarty
2018-09-13 19:09:43 +0000 UTCGood point. I only have a cable box for sports. Football, in particular.
Colin Moriarty
2018-09-13 19:09:34 +0000 UTCNeat episode. Having worked in tv broadcast myself, it was interesting to see how it works from a local perspective. I didn’t know about ATSC 3.0 either, will be crazy to get 4k through my antenna one day. He kinda seemed to have a chip on his shoulder about a bunch of things though, which was kind of a turn off.
Ivan Hornett
2018-09-13 18:53:22 +0000 UTCThis was a fascinating episode, especially as I do not even have an antenna connected anymore.
Chris B
2018-09-13 14:47:36 +0000 UTCI haven’t listened to the episode yet, however I’d imagine that as long as there is free over the air TV signals, and as data caps continue to cause some issues for some, there will be money to be made from networks, specifically the local affiliates. I don’t have cable, but I do use an antenna for local news, mainly for weather reports, and then special live events such as sports.
Zack E
2018-09-13 12:49:06 +0000 UTC
