Starter of this subject: Lou
Last post in this subject: 12/25/2002
Messages in this subject: 2
| Lou | 12/25/2002 2 replies |
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In your opinion, what was the biggest / most important news or event or service concerning OTR during 2002?
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| Bob Flood | 12/26/2002 0 replies |
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IMHO:
The number one news story was that Old Time Radio celebrated its 40th Birthday! OTR was born on September 30th, 1962 and is now 40 years young!!! Happy birthday OTR and wishing you many more years... The other stories of note would be how many great radio stars we lost in 2002...Parley Baer, Eddie Bracken, and many others... The final story for 2002 is one of great promise for the future of OTR. XM Satellite Radio now features 24 hours a day of Old Time Radio Classics. This way OTR will be introduced to the next generation. (There is also Sonic Theater which features New Time Radio dramas from the CBC, BBC, and even www.transmediasf.com Imagination Theater from the USA.) A blessed holiday season to all and -
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| Jim Widner | 12/31/2002 0 replies |
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Probably not the a currently big event, but something that bears watching in the upcoming year is the whole copyright/Internet availability. I think it will have an interesting impact on the the otr community depending on what is determined. If the "Sonny Bono Extension Act" is knocked down by the Supreme Court, then it will make clearer some of the current material that is claimed as protected.
The other big issue is the continuing battle over the Internet as a broadcast medium and how the entertainment industry has been attacking radio stations broadcasting (mostly music) for which they are getting no money. The impact on otr here is again that some stations have stopped broadcasting any entertainment via the Internet until it is resolved. I think that these will impact otr just as mu |