JAXRS6
March 13th, 2004, 07:14
I heard it today while driving my beast back from the dealer (seems to run good BTW). Channel 150 -- about 4 minutes of LA traffic & weather, followed by same for NYC, then back to LA etc. Think I read somewhere that Sirius (satellite radio) eventually plans to serve 21 larger markets with traffic & weather. Don't know if XM plans to do something similar.
As an aside, I feel sorry for the local radio station personnel who eventually may lose jobs over this. I worked in radio news for 17 years & watched its decline from the inside, as news requirements were dropped in 1980 & consultants began saying news is an interruption, not a complement, for most music listeners ("And so why are you keeping news people on the payroll, Mr. Station Manager?"). Probably true, but those two things -- deregulation and consultants -- caused the number of radio news practitioners in the US to drop from around 10,000 in 1980, when I started, to about 5,000 in 1997, when I left to assume family responsibilities. And now this -- big-time competition for the one thing they do better than any other medium.
I guess it probably doesn't matter to the average listener where their info comes from, tho -- as long as it's timely, accurate, etc. Plus I can be grateful I was able to leave the business on my terms, rather than depend on it for a living & then get laid off with poor prospects for finding another job.
(PS to Erik & other mods: Move this to another forum if you like. I was thinking about Off Topic but this is about car radios & a feature available on the RS6, so thought I'd try here first.)
As an aside, I feel sorry for the local radio station personnel who eventually may lose jobs over this. I worked in radio news for 17 years & watched its decline from the inside, as news requirements were dropped in 1980 & consultants began saying news is an interruption, not a complement, for most music listeners ("And so why are you keeping news people on the payroll, Mr. Station Manager?"). Probably true, but those two things -- deregulation and consultants -- caused the number of radio news practitioners in the US to drop from around 10,000 in 1980, when I started, to about 5,000 in 1997, when I left to assume family responsibilities. And now this -- big-time competition for the one thing they do better than any other medium.
I guess it probably doesn't matter to the average listener where their info comes from, tho -- as long as it's timely, accurate, etc. Plus I can be grateful I was able to leave the business on my terms, rather than depend on it for a living & then get laid off with poor prospects for finding another job.
(PS to Erik & other mods: Move this to another forum if you like. I was thinking about Off Topic but this is about car radios & a feature available on the RS6, so thought I'd try here first.)