The Transmission Shutdown Explained
“We considered doing partial shows, but then we decided if we were going to do it half-assed, we’d feel bad and start annoying people.”
Leaving the airwaves, or in this case the bandwidth, is always tough… on listeners. Listeners get their end for the bargain price of nothing. If they hear an ad and they get bent out of shape, well, I won’t even go there.
Radio is a tough place. You get paid beans unless you’re the top morning program in the market, or a grotesquely overweight syndicated mouthpiece pandering to the right. The hours are terrible and the competition within the workplace is ugly. Sure, there’s the groupies and the adoration, but most radio people will tell you that radio is the lowest rung on the celebrity ladder.
Imagine if you did it for free. There’s a name for that: Podcasting.
Ryan and Jen didn’t air The Transmission for the money, they did it because they enjoyed doing it. An interview with Ryan in Wired News pretty much summed it up: There isn’t enough time in the day to do things right for the fans.
