Broadcast TV and AM Radio
It’s been a slow week around the Montgomery market it appears!
Jason and I were at lunch today at the new Varsity BBQ on the Atlanta Highway and were of course discussing Montgomery TV and Radio and had a good discussion about the current state of broadcast TV. I’m not going to put words in Jason’s mouth, he can speak for himself but here is what I was saying.
AM Radio was the new media back once upon a time. There was original programs, music, much like today’s TV networks. Programming on AM moved to TV. AM became all music and the rise of DJ’s happened. FM was created and the AM stations slowly transitioned to FM leaving the AM stations as mostly talk radio. With the invention on iPod’s and Satellite radio, FM is still relevant but is feeling the pinch as broadcasters rely more on automation and syndication to be able to make budget. AM talk stations are now occupying FM frequencies too basically abandoning AM.
Broadcast TV for the most part remained untouched and even survived cable becoming prevalent in homes. Now the internet competes with cable, satellite, and broadcast TV. The networks have started turning the broadcast stations into more like news/talk outlets…so much so that TV stations have even partnered with sports and talk radio stations to provide and share news gathering content with all over the US. Plus you even have NBC testing talk in prime time with Jay Leno.
Is Broadcast TV becoming more and more like AM? If so, will there be a point when it becomes an after thought like AM has almost became now? What does the future of broadcast TV hold? What about stations on the AM band…is there a future?
That was our lunch time discussion. I would love to hear your thoughts.
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