tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post2494861061445661810..comments2024-03-28T11:45:24.378-07:00Comments on Tralfaz: TV or Not TVYowphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-37900499917544595522011-11-16T11:36:17.947-08:002011-11-16T11:36:17.947-08:00Dan'l, I don't know which radio stars held...Dan'l, I don't know which radio stars held out for more money to go into television. <br />The impression I'm under is part of the impetus behind the Paley talent raid is he was looking ahead to television and wanted some ready-made stars to instantly attract people but I don't recall him saying that in interviews, certainly not at the time. <br />J.L., I never thought of MTV as being an engine for change in the music industry but, yeah, I suppose you're right. And now the next generation's moved on to social media.Yowphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-55382443789092406362011-11-16T10:35:55.058-08:002011-11-16T10:35:55.058-08:00I would have thought that it was, as ever, all abo...I would have thought that it was, as ever, all about money. With many of radio's biggest names holding out for more of it (or more confidence that the new medium would present them effectively), it would have been a lot cheaper to build a show around Lucille Ball or Phil Silvers. Thus, by the time your "Who’s Who" sauntered across the hall, they were trying to break into a medium that already had its own established stars.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07184638921669629752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-12943477268486123092011-11-16T07:05:52.267-08:002011-11-16T07:05:52.267-08:00We saw something similar in the early 1980s in the...We saw something similar in the early 1980s in the music business with the arrival of MTV, when it came to how new stars were created, existing stars disappeared and others struggled to make the transition.<br /><br />As it was with television in the late 1940s, the channel initially was scrounging for anyone who had done a music video, so performers/groups that would have been unable to get an opening on radio as it existed suddenly found themselves TV stars from being in the right place at the right time. At the same time, while some groups/individuals were able to transition from radio alone to cross-platform music media, others who were not 'TV friendly' (i.e. someone like Christopher Cross) saw their careers cut short, while others (Madonna) designed their whole persona around the new visual medium.J Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15175515543694122729noreply@blogger.com