Comments on: The In-Between Stuff of Radio Shows http://www.danmisener.com/archives/305 from Dan Misener Sat, 22 Nov 2008 04:36:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Darryl http://www.danmisener.com/archives/305#comment-14065 Darryl Thu, 06 Dec 2007 14:21:30 +0000 http://www.danmisener.com/archives/305#comment-14065 After listening to Spark, I'm starting to really miss working at CBC Radio. I guess I'll have to experience it vicariously through my wife, a CBC Radio Producer. Now back to my current job as an IT Network Monkey. ;) Keep up the good work Dan! After listening to Spark, I’m starting to really miss working at CBC Radio. I guess I’ll have to experience it vicariously through my wife, a CBC Radio Producer.

Now back to my current job as an IT Network Monkey. ;)

Keep up the good work Dan!

]]> By: hughmcguire.net · finding the core http://www.danmisener.com/archives/305#comment-14062 hughmcguire.net · finding the core Fri, 23 Nov 2007 20:46:02 +0000 http://www.danmisener.com/archives/305#comment-14062 [...] posted a comment on Dan Misener’s blog (Dan now runs CBC radio, from what I can tell), that I thought was worth repeating here. [...] [...] posted a comment on Dan Misener’s blog (Dan now runs CBC radio, from what I can tell), that I thought was worth repeating here. [...]

]]> By: hugh http://www.danmisener.com/archives/305#comment-14061 hugh Fri, 23 Nov 2007 20:41:32 +0000 http://www.danmisener.com/archives/305#comment-14061 i've been thinking about this lately: the changes on the web mean that many prized institutions are afraid of becoming obsolete. but i think the real problem is that the function they serve is not the one they thought they served ... and they haven't figured that out yet. for instance, "providing information" is just one thing that say britannica, and mainstream media, and universities do. but it is not the *core* of their existence - and the core is where their importance and relevance lies. these institutions were fooled in the past century into thinking provision of information was the core of their existence, because information used to be scarce, and it's distribution limited. now info is cheap and plentiful, and distribution ubiquitous ... it turns out they aren't all that valuable as providers of information. and yet I feel deeply that professional media, britannica, and universities etc still have crucial roles to play in the world, they just haven't adjusted yet to what that is. they have to stop thinking of themselves as "providers of information" ... they are something more (not sure what) and when the can confidently figure that out, they will find solutions to their angst about the future. maybe your ideas here touch on something about where that core might be for radio. i’ve been thinking about this lately: the changes on the web mean that many prized institutions are afraid of becoming obsolete. but i think the real problem is that the function they serve is not the one they thought they served … and they haven’t figured that out yet.

for instance, “providing information” is just one thing that say britannica, and mainstream media, and universities do. but it is not the *core* of their existence - and the core is where their importance and relevance lies. these institutions were fooled in the past century into thinking provision of information was the core of their existence, because information used to be scarce, and it’s distribution limited. now info is cheap and plentiful, and distribution ubiquitous … it turns out they aren’t all that valuable as providers of information.

and yet I feel deeply that professional media, britannica, and universities etc still have crucial roles to play in the world, they just haven’t adjusted yet to what that is.

they have to stop thinking of themselves as “providers of information” … they are something more (not sure what) and when the can confidently figure that out, they will find solutions to their angst about the future.

maybe your ideas here touch on something about where that core might be for radio.

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