Radio insider/critic calls LIMBOsevic an embarrassment who should be fired
The second article is a bit inside baseball, introduced by a radio pro as, "This author has been a persistent critic of the radio industry and its execs, saying they're not keeping up with changing (internet radio) listener tastes and habits."
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http://www.audiographics.com/agd/030512-1.htm
[font size=5]Rush Limbaugh: A Radio Industry Embarrassment[/font]
by Ken DARDIS
.... What happened, in the name of "entertainment" using radio, needs to have an immediate response from those who control the radio industry - predominately old white men. And it needs to be in terms so strong that no person who's on the air gets to use their microphone in the way this Republican mouthpiece bullies females who have beliefs different than his. ....
This is an offense that would have gotten any other jock fired. Do we need to be reminded of what happened to that "what's-his-name" in Florida - the one who simply castrated a pig? What about the more recent firing of an ESPN staffer for writing a headline using the word "chink," and which remained posted online for (approximately) 30 minutes? My God! KFI-AM afternoon talkers John and Ken were suspended and required to take sensitivity training for calling Whitney Houston a "Crack Hoe." ....
As for Republicans, all of them need to come out in droves with condemnation - the person who started this is your mouthpiece, a God in your party. If you let his words stand, all that is proven is you have no leaders, only Rush Limbaugh minions. (I'm still waiting for Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell to blast this with the same fury he provides when speaking against, say, health care issues.)
It's a further embarrassment that House Speaker Boehner attempted to rectify this by calling their Addict-idiot's words "inappropriate." If ever there was a time to break into tears, Mr. Speaker, it is now. Just imagine if this was your daughter in the crosshairs to start wiping your eyes. ....
http://www.audiographics.com/agd/030612-1.htm
[font size=5]Why Are Radio Trades Protecting Limbaugh?[/font]
by Ken DARDIS
.... Rush Limbaugh is being protected because at this time he's the most powerful tool in the radio industry shed. To let radio personnel know the depths of resentment that have been built over the past week, by a person who doesn't understand the word "truth" (which may explain why he's been married 4 times), would pave the way for more depression in the ranks.
Having missed the decade of new media changeover by consumers, the one item the trades can't afford is showing there's a continuation of disconnect. (If you go back to check you'll find all publication failed at reporting how fast new media was changing consumer habits.) ....
Word is getting out that Rush Limbaugh is not someone who you'd like to have over for dinner. And those are words that, even if not displayed by radio industry trades, can be traced through millions of social media and online stories.
It's true. Don't believe everything you read, especially if it comes from a radio industry publication. By no means is this over.
(About the author: )
Publisher's Note: Yes, I am angry. Over decades, tens-of-thousands of decent people have worked extremely hard to build respect for the radio industry. Now we have to watch people with no sense of decency, or programming skills, decimate it.
Radio trade publications have all but tried to soften this latest example of bad taste. It's time for one to grow courage, and call this what it truly is: a radio industry that's no longer serving the public interest, but existing to shock and awe with bullying techniques a high school student would be expelled for. ....
In 1997 I started this web site to report how the internet affects broadcasting. The thrill of understanding yet another "new" form of media was the draw. (It was at this same time that I became involved with internet radio.)
Since the beginning, Audio Graphics has reported on new media metrics and analytics - with a purpose of explaining the internet's potential for broadcasters, particularly radio. ....
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Read both. They're worth it.
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