Dave,
 
Certainly I don't claim to know how the athletic department works.
All I know is that WMEB wants to do this and meetings are in the works
regarding this.
 
I'm unclear about the point of your note, though.  Are you saying
Maine shouldn't move forward with RealAudio broadcast because
advertisers might be lukewarm?
 
 
 
 
---Dave Wollstadt <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Deron:  The student radio station folks were on this message board
several
> months ago asking about Audionet and indicating not only that they
were
> willing and eager to do it, but that they had funds to buy the
computer
> equipment needed to do the job. But will the Athletic Department
allow them to
> do it? My understanding is that the Athletic Department is operating
under the
> assumption that the added exposure from broadcasting on the 'net
would be
> worth lots of $$$ to WZON, and that the Athletic Department would be
able to
> use that added exposure to charge WZON more for the rights to
broadcast the
> hockey games. My guess is that WZON advertisers aren't likely to be
impressed
> by the added exposure on the 'net, because the number of people who
are going
> to sit next to their computers and listen to a UMaine hockey game is
> relatively small. Sure, there will be some--particularly, the
parents and
> friends of hockey players who live far away and can't come to the
games, but
> the advertisers on WZON care only about listeners who are close
enough to
> Bangor/Orono to buy their goods and services.
>
 
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Deron Treadwell - [log in to unmask]
GO BLUE!  BEAT BC!!
 
 
 
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