charleville
11-03-2006, 08:11 AM
Once again, I have drifted off to sleep on the couch whilst listening to Nugget's show on 4BC. #:(
(Nugget, don't take any unintended messages from that. # ;D ;D ;D #)
However, not all of us will get up to listen to a two hour show at 5am or are wide awake enough to do that without drifting off. # ;) ##So the technology exists to solve the problem - podcasting. #Podcasting is where you download a program to your MP3 player or Ipod to listen to it at any time you like. #It is really simple because your computer downloads the programs automatically and when you plug in your ipod to the computer, it deletes the programs that you have already listed to and downloads the new ones automatically. #It does this using a protocol called RSS - Really Simple Syndication - and it is what it says that it is. And all free.
Thousands of podcasts are now available from around the world, including all of those wonderful programs on the ABC Radio National station like the Science Show, Health Report, Sports factor, Correspondents Report, Background Briefing etc. #You can find an explanation at http://www.abc.net.au/rn/podcast/default.htm
Now 4BC also does podcasts http://www.4bc.com.au/podcasts.php but they don't yet podcast Nugget's program. #I sent Nugget an email asking about this and he replied that they might podcast some special sections in the future but unlikely to do the whole show because it does not affect the ratings.
Well it may not affect the ratings because of how the ratings agency measures them but I am sure that the advertisers on the program would love to get their pitch out to a bigger audience anyway. #I suspect that the audience is relatively small (and therefore highly targeted) #because of the time of day and the specialised nature of the program so I reckon that it would not take too many new targeted listeners to make a serious impact on the actual listening audience in percentage terms.
So I have just sent an email to 4BC asking that they podcast Nugget's program. #If anyone else thinks that this is a good idea, the link to the 4BC "Contact Us" webform is http://www.4bc.com.au/contact.php #You can see the programs that they currently podcast at http://www.4bc.com.au/podcasts.php
Maybe if they get a bunch of email requests for the program to be webcast, it will happen. # :) :) :)
I reckon that podcasting is exquisitely ideal for a program like Nugget's, ie a loyal, specialised audience that listens to very word and who would listen to it if not on the day at 5am then at sometime during the week when doing other things like driving to work, gardening, mowing etc etc etc, even fishing.
(Nugget, don't take any unintended messages from that. # ;D ;D ;D #)
However, not all of us will get up to listen to a two hour show at 5am or are wide awake enough to do that without drifting off. # ;) ##So the technology exists to solve the problem - podcasting. #Podcasting is where you download a program to your MP3 player or Ipod to listen to it at any time you like. #It is really simple because your computer downloads the programs automatically and when you plug in your ipod to the computer, it deletes the programs that you have already listed to and downloads the new ones automatically. #It does this using a protocol called RSS - Really Simple Syndication - and it is what it says that it is. And all free.
Thousands of podcasts are now available from around the world, including all of those wonderful programs on the ABC Radio National station like the Science Show, Health Report, Sports factor, Correspondents Report, Background Briefing etc. #You can find an explanation at http://www.abc.net.au/rn/podcast/default.htm
Now 4BC also does podcasts http://www.4bc.com.au/podcasts.php but they don't yet podcast Nugget's program. #I sent Nugget an email asking about this and he replied that they might podcast some special sections in the future but unlikely to do the whole show because it does not affect the ratings.
Well it may not affect the ratings because of how the ratings agency measures them but I am sure that the advertisers on the program would love to get their pitch out to a bigger audience anyway. #I suspect that the audience is relatively small (and therefore highly targeted) #because of the time of day and the specialised nature of the program so I reckon that it would not take too many new targeted listeners to make a serious impact on the actual listening audience in percentage terms.
So I have just sent an email to 4BC asking that they podcast Nugget's program. #If anyone else thinks that this is a good idea, the link to the 4BC "Contact Us" webform is http://www.4bc.com.au/contact.php #You can see the programs that they currently podcast at http://www.4bc.com.au/podcasts.php
Maybe if they get a bunch of email requests for the program to be webcast, it will happen. # :) :) :)
I reckon that podcasting is exquisitely ideal for a program like Nugget's, ie a loyal, specialised audience that listens to very word and who would listen to it if not on the day at 5am then at sometime during the week when doing other things like driving to work, gardening, mowing etc etc etc, even fishing.