i blame the call in rants of Treasury BirdSource said:I have not been shy about my disdain for local media coverage. JBC's unwillingness to change is ultimately what is going to do them in to become mostly syndicated. There has been a lot of management changes over the last few years and during that time you can see a clear shift from more sports related content to news. For example, 3 or 4 years ago there was a sports show on in the evenings that would lead in to Cardinals baseball. They would talk ISU, high school sports, and pro level. They would take calls and it seemed they engaged well with the listeners. WJBC did not do anything to promote it, and it was taken off the air about a year ago.
At the same time, regarding their local news coverage: their news room is down reporters at well. If you go to WJBC.com and look at their articles you will see most are done by 3 staff reporters and then they post stories written by WMBD or press releases. You will not see a story from WJBC unless a press release is out first, or say, the mayor is on the morning show and says something of substance (rarely).
WJBC does not have any official podcasts. What they do is record all the interviews they have on the station and put them online. So the Volleyball interview was probably from last week's hog roast or volleyball media day.
You're very right regarding Wichita and North Dakota State podcasts. They have fans/great audio coverage of their programs. Just the other day I listened to a Bizon podcast because the host was interviewing our DB Devonte Harris.
I definitely think there is a market for a podcast because outside of Game Days and 1 coaches show every other week or whatever they do, the coverage isn't there. I know there are some younger guys on this board with the means to start up a podcast about our Birds. Get after it!
Rant over.
redbirddad10 said:Definitely the "Next Step" for the program is to get more consistent media coverage of games.
What is the CSN schedule this year? Couldn't believe I turned on CSN in Chicago Saturday to see a meaningless FSC battle between Richmond and someone I forget for goodness sake!?! Couldn't believe ISU vs EIU didn't get coverage over that!