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Zoomers and young millenials can't listen to radio - the word itself is uncool. Re-branding is important. If it's new, it's cool. And everything old is made ne
by VoodooJuJu 4y ago
Zoomers and young millenials can't listen to radio - the word itself is uncool.
Re-branding is important. If it's new, it's cool. And everything old is made new again.
Functionally, of course there's some differences: podcasts are free from the physical limitations of radio, there's an unlimited number of channels, and anyone can start one. But at their essence, they're the same.
- paulcole 4y agoAs much fun as it is to dunk on the current younger generations, this isn’t some new phenomenon. Older millennials, Gen-Xers, and Boomers didn’t think what their parents did was cool either.
- dexterdog 4y agoSo are boomers really the start of everything wrong with today? What their parents did was actually pretty cool. Or is that just because I'm genx and people always think their grandparents are cooler than their parents?
- paulcole 4y agoWe’re all responsible for what’s wrong with today. If not responsible for the cause then responsible for fixing it. Or not. I don’t think it particularly matters either way.
- JKCalhoun 4y agoLocal radio (especially AM?) has really gone to trash to the point that, if, hypothetically, people started broadcasting over-the-air pirate radio consisting of a curated list of back-to-back podcasts ... I would start sweeping the dial again.
- Bakary 4y agoI don't think this condescension is warranted. The functional differences make all the difference. The key part is not the physical limitations of radio but the content that can be played. You can aim content at a niche audience instead of having to play top 40 dad rock and talk about the news. That is the completely new part.