Comments on: Erie media and the time crunch http://www.pressandtower.com/2009/03/erie-media-and-the-time-crunch/ Erie media blog - Connecting creators and consumers Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:46:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tom Lavery http://www.pressandtower.com/2009/03/erie-media-and-the-time-crunch/comment-page-1/#comment-3245 Tom Lavery Thu, 26 Mar 2009 11:44:32 +0000 http://www.pressandtower.com/?p=1017#comment-3245 TV and the Erie paper is about all I look at for news regarding Erie. Of course, I can also check out news from Youngstown and Pittsburgh since I'm in a great area to see and compare newscasts from other areas to what Erie stations have to offer. TV and the Erie paper is about all I look at for news regarding Erie. Of course, I can also check out news from Youngstown and Pittsburgh since I’m in a great area to see and compare newscasts from other areas to what Erie stations have to offer.

]]> By: CRANK http://www.pressandtower.com/2009/03/erie-media-and-the-time-crunch/comment-page-1/#comment-3183 CRANK Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:04:50 +0000 http://www.pressandtower.com/?p=1017#comment-3183 Not working in media, I am a consumer of it only. I totally agree with the concept of "appointment radio" and personally I have things I make an effort to hear. Unfortunately none of it is on Erie outlets. Rush was the last to go. I like things such as Rush, Imus, and the Music of Your Life format the 1440 used to offer. I also liked intelligent local talk, and I can't equate that to Barry and Jim in the morning. Mark Guy Findley was more to my liking, opinionated, yet not in my opinion pushing a political agenda, as Barry does. As a result, I no longer listen to Erie Radio, and find I spend less and less times with the Erie Times. There sports section is terrible. For example, as a baseball fan, their spring training coverage is almost nonexistent. So I consume out of town media, which does not put me in contact with local advertisers. I listen to WABC for Imus, which I can pick up at AM 770 in the car, and stream on line in the office or at home for Imus. I listen to 740 AM out of Canada for music not offered in Erie. I get sports coverage on line, the Erie Times does not offer. As I see it, I get the information and entertainment options I want. The loser here as I see it, is the local advertiser, who can no longer buy access to my wallet. A number of people I work with, also consume information and entertainment as I do, from other outlets, not because they are anti or protesting Erie media, but simply because Erie media no longer offers a product they want. I maintain I didn't abandon Erie media, rather they decided to quit serving me. To the advertisers, I'm sorry, but you'll need to find another method of reaching me, if you want to inform me of your offerings. Not working in media, I am a consumer of it only. I totally agree with the concept of “appointment radio” and personally I have things I make an effort to hear. Unfortunately none of it is on Erie outlets. Rush was the last to go. I like things such as Rush, Imus, and the Music of Your Life format the 1440 used to offer. I also liked intelligent local talk, and I can’t equate that to Barry and Jim in the morning. Mark Guy Findley was more to my liking, opinionated, yet not in my opinion pushing a political agenda, as Barry does.

As a result, I no longer listen to Erie Radio, and find I spend less and less times with the Erie Times. There sports section is terrible. For example, as a baseball fan, their spring training coverage is almost nonexistent.

So I consume out of town media, which does not put me in contact with local advertisers. I listen to WABC for Imus, which I can pick up at AM 770 in the car, and stream on line in the office or at home for Imus. I listen to 740 AM out of Canada for music not offered in Erie. I get sports coverage on line, the Erie Times does not offer.

As I see it, I get the information and entertainment options I want. The loser here as I see it, is the local advertiser, who can no longer buy access to my wallet. A number of people I work with, also consume information and entertainment as I do, from other outlets, not because they are anti or protesting Erie media, but simply because Erie media no longer offers a product they want. I maintain I didn’t abandon Erie media, rather they decided to quit serving me. To the advertisers, I’m sorry, but you’ll need to find another method of reaching me, if you want to inform me of your offerings.

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