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Monday, January 10, 2005 at 2:21 PM so i was wondering the other night...
it seems that most loveline callers are white. as a white person myself, i thought i'd try to figure out this phenomenon. could it be that the shows demographic is predominantly white? which would explain it getting dropped in Durham. Or is it that white people are just inherently more messed up than other races? i was kinda leaning towards that. Because the deal is, if i can be perfectly frank (and rather stereotypical), if you hear about someone getting shot on the street corner or held up in a convinient store, the criminal is usually black. If you hear about a guy being found in a meat locker with half his inards having been eaten and human bite marks on his chest, the criminal tends to be white. evidence points to the fact that white people are just inherently more prone to insanity than most. but we cannot judge. any thoughts? —televised revolution |
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Monday, January 10, 2005 at 2:27 PM Well, the evidence from this show may point to that. But that's not necessarily accurate data... —Dark Laith |
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Monday, January 10, 2005 at 2:32 PM I spent about 15 seconds reaching these conclusions, so take them for what they’re worth... First, the reason the majority of callers are white might be because the majority of PEOPLE in America are white? Second, it's broadcast in English which would eliminate anyone who doesn't speak English. Third, it's not being broadcast in NY, which is a very large and diverse market. Fourth, you're right, most people who call are white, but there are plenty of non-whites that call the show and I'd argue Loveline has MORE non-white callers than call say, Larry King or C-SPAN, which you may consider "less messed up" of a demographic. —Mr. Mason Jar |
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Monday, January 10, 2005 at 2:47 PM It's such a small cross section, the LL audience. I mean, here we are on a fan site dedicated to it, and there's only 1400 or so of us?
Hard to draw conclusions on society as a whole with info from such a small group of test subjects. —gouranga3221 |
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joe bloggs |
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Monday, January 10, 2005 at 6:09 PM The answer is probably much less complicated: KROQ is not so popular with blacks, and (I believe) most stations loveline is on are alt-rock stations as well. As of 2001, in Los Angeles, "With such an enormous radio market, no station holds above a 4.8 share among 12-plus listenership. Hispanic Broadcasting's Ranchera format, KSCA-FM, earned that top honor, according to BIA Reports." (Hmm, Ranchero is the most popular . . . can not judge). You may have noticed that while there doesnt seem to be alot of black callers, there are a good ammount of Hispanic callers. This makes sense. While KROQ seems to not be so popular with Blacks, it has become more popular with Hispanics. From 2002:
In Los Angeles, home to the nation's largest Latino immigrant population, Spanish-language radio stations routinely topped the charts for most of the 1990's. But the growth of Spanish-language radio leveled off in the last few years. For the past nine months, KROQ, an alternative, youth-oriented rock station, has snagged the region's highest overall ratings. It is the first time since 1991 that an English-language station has remained No. 1 for three consecutive ratings periods. A fragmented Spanish-language radio market helped KROQ, but the station has a fundamental trend on its side. "The Hispanic share of our listenership has increased gradually over the past 10 years," says Trip Reeb, KROQ's general manager. Without actively seeking to broaden its ethnic appeal, the station, long considered "white," now has a 40 percent Latino audience. In fact, a growing number of mainstream English-language radio stations find themselves with sizable Latino audiences.
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