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First of all, I love Howard. I love the show. I listen to every new show. This
isn't another stupid "Howard sucks now" rant. Normally, if I disagree with
Howard on something, it doesn't bother me at all. He's funny; I'm entertained
and I don't have to agree with everything he says. Fine.
My problem is when he goes off on podcasting. This is one area where he just
doesn't get it. He hasn't kept up on what's been happening with podcasting and
he somehow fails to see it's potential. I think he's just blind by the fact he's
been doing it most of his life, against all odds, and managed to stay on top. He
took a major risk going to Satellite but he proved that people will pay for good
entertainment, and even adopt a new medium. Podcasting wasn't really a thing
until a little later.
That's why it's so strange when he talks about podcasting. It's really the next
most logical evolutionary step of broadcasting. Of course everything is going to
the internet. Just like with the record business, distribution and production
are no longer the realm of professional studios and multi-million dollar
broadcasting equipment, special licenes and stupid censorship. I think the
terminology also presents a perceptual problem. These days "podcasting" just
means "internet based show." I think if it were dicussed on those terms, Howard
might be more open to the idea.
If things had worked out differently and kept Howard on terrestrial radio for
say, another 10 years, who knows? Maybe he would have chosen to go the internet
route. It's where everything is heading. Satellite radio is great but it has no
real future. As internet gets more available to more people for less money,
expensive to maintain systems like satellites lose their market value pretty
quickly.
So I think it's partly a form of jeaoulsy (understandably so) that it's now just
a matter of how good you are and how compelling your content is. You don't have
to toil, working for $97 a week on a shit radio station for 20 years before you
can gain an audience. Now it's a matter of how much effort you put into
production, and self promotion. It's possible now to make a living creating
YouTube videoes. It doesn't mean you'll make $500 million a year but I can see
how that might be more attractive than a regular 9-5 flipping burgers.
We don't need the resources of a big corporation anymore. That of course means
there will be a lot more garbage out there, but that also means there's the
potential for a lot more really good stuff. I've found several podcasts that are
on par with HSS when it comes to production quality. They may not have a big
crew and all their resources, but just as Howard proved what he proved when he
went to satellite, podcasters have proven their medium is just as legit as any
other and is objectively the future of broadcasting.
Howard has always been an innovator and a risk taker. It's disheartening to hear
him lambast something that is right in line with the ethos that made him the
King of All Media.
I usually just pass it off. It's Howard Stern but it's still just one man's
opinion, and I thought he was pretty much the only one who had that position.
Now that I heard this guy Brent, who sounds like a pretty together guy, spew the
same ignorance as Howard on the subject. Podcasts aren't going anywhere? Um, no,
"Brent" you're wrong.
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