Andy Barber, who worked Bremerton’s K-Hit 107 (KHTT 106.9) about forty years ago, has retired. Even though his music wasn’t my favorite, I listened to him a lot. He made listening fun.
Wednesday will be the last day rockitradio will be on line. Going to miss those 50,s and 60,s music. Cannot even buy the archived broadcast. Loved to have had the Hunter Hancock filling in for Lange Quigly.
There are podcasters that have sponsors for their shows, but Internet radio stations cannot do the same. There are just too many sources of content. One has to have the disposable income necessary to keep a station afloat.
RERUNS – As opposed to today’s tv-on-demand, the rerun was the only way we could re-watch an earlier tv show. Usually, a TV Guide with listings of mostly reruns was tossed onto the coffee table in disgust. Though we had reruns, our schedules didn’t always allow us to catch up. Now, forty or fifty years after, we can re-watch an entire series a time most convenient to us.
I am rediscovering Perry Mason, after watching the HBO series. I prefer the original series, starring Raymond Burr. One reason for a new appreciation of old classics may be the absence of commercials.
Streaming service Quibi is exploring several strategic options including a possible sale, according to people familiar with the situation, as the company founded by Hollywood mogul Jeffrey Katzenberg struggles to sign up subscribers in a competitive online-video marketplace.
Designed for mobile applications, 10 minute episodes of programs, short video clips. Is it Youtube? Is it a longer form of Tik-Tok? Not interested. It sounded like a dumb idea in the first place.
Andy Barber, who worked Bremerton’s K-Hit 107 (KHTT 106.9) about forty years ago, has retired. Even though his music wasn’t my favorite, I listened to him a lot. He made listening fun.
https://radioinsight.com/headlines/198953/andy-barber-retires-from-mornings-at-kbez/
I just read of the passing of two singing stars, Helen Reddy and Mac Davis. Both of them were 78 and both died September 29, 2020.
Here are their obituaries from the New York Times:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/29/arts/music/helen-reddy-dead.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/30/arts/music/mac-davis-dead.html
Wednesday will be the last day rockitradio will be on line. Going to miss those 50,s and 60,s music. Cannot even buy the archived broadcast. Loved to have had the Hunter Hancock filling in for Lange Quigly.
There are podcasters that have sponsors for their shows, but Internet radio stations cannot do the same. There are just too many sources of content. One has to have the disposable income necessary to keep a station afloat.
RERUNS – As opposed to today’s tv-on-demand, the rerun was the only way we could re-watch an earlier tv show. Usually, a TV Guide with listings of mostly reruns was tossed onto the coffee table in disgust. Though we had reruns, our schedules didn’t always allow us to catch up. Now, forty or fifty years after, we can re-watch an entire series a time most convenient to us.
I am rediscovering Perry Mason, after watching the HBO series. I prefer the original series, starring Raymond Burr. One reason for a new appreciation of old classics may be the absence of commercials.
Streaming service Quibi is exploring several strategic options including a possible sale, according to people familiar with the situation, as the company founded by Hollywood mogul Jeffrey Katzenberg struggles to sign up subscribers in a competitive online-video marketplace.
Designed for mobile applications, 10 minute episodes of programs, short video clips. Is it Youtube? Is it a longer form of Tik-Tok? Not interested. It sounded like a dumb idea in the first place.