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To: RTev who wrote (2099)	3/16/1999 7:50:00 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Respond to of 28311

But radio was interactive (as the gray-haired guys still squawking into ham radio boxes today will tell you) Otay... get technical on me. But we're not talking ham radio or the M.A.R.S. system the military uses for radio to phone connections for soldiers deployed overseas. I was referring to War of the Worlds radio where a program was broadcasted with commercials, with the familly glued around the old brown Atwater or Belmont listening to every word spoken. But from the business end radio and TV merely provided an avenue to build brand names and advertise via a new media other than newspaper. One of the major problems, IMO, the internet advertising industry faces is that you will eventually see cybersites advertising primarily on other cybersites as more and more large retailers primarily do business online. Due to the nationwide and global audience of the net, it doesn't make much sense for local businesses to bother wasting money advertising to outside their market. Radio will remain their medium. This will likely narrow the potential for attracting additional advertising revenues. But hey.. what do I know? Regards, Ron