P&T readers tend to have a love/hate relationship with radio stations that offer the all-Christmas formats during the holidays. In our poll, the same percentage said that they were more likely as said “less likely” to go to a “Holly, Jolly”-formatted station.
As I said yesterday, the “aughts” has been a tumultuous decade for media, even locally. Remember it was nearly ten years ago when Myron Jones sold Jet-FM and Froggy to Next Media, ending local control. And then we truly became a one-newspaper-town in September 2000, as the long and painful process of merging the Morning News and Erie Daily Times came to fruition. Of course, P&T has covered extensively the merger of the WICU and WSEE newsrooms this past June.
Even with all that change, we have not seen a media outlet go dark since the Daily Times stopped landing on our stoop in the afternoon sun. Since World War II, that’s the only major media stream to stop cold: every licensed radio and television station continues to operate with FCC authority, and the Times Publishing Co. still delivers seven days a week.
So my question to you is, will that be the case in the next ten years? Will we actually lose media streams, or will they morph to an online presence and dump their transmitters or presses? Honestly, the question makes me shiver, but it is worth the ask.
On a scale from 1 to 5, will the current traditional Erie media streams (newspaper, TV, radio) exist in ten years?
- 2 - It's not likely (49%, 21 Votes)
- 4 - I think so (19%, 8 Votes)
- 1 - Not a chance (16%, 7 Votes)
- 3 - I'm not sure (12%, 5 Votes)
- 5 - Absolutely (4%, 2 Votes)
Total Voters: 43
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July 20th, 2010 
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Deep Background for August 22-28, 2010
August has turned into a time of significant change for Erie’s media.
Long-term TV personalities have flown the market, the newspaper has unequivocally called out County Councilmen and women based on their support of the proposed Community College, the Citadel group experienced a resurgence in Erie’s radio ratings even Connie Media’s #1 station extends its lead, and Erie’s top new media properties join together to further connect their/our readers.
We are covering it all in the coming days after this lengthy hiatus. Meanwhile you can spout off on anything media topic you desire in this open forum. Leave a comment below, e-mail me, or tweet @pressandtower.
Embrace the chaos!