Nfi why? It is literally blasted out into space for anyone with a receiver to hear but now unless I want to spend 2 gigs of ram and a CPU core I can't listen on a computer.

Why lock down public radio? What possible state interest does that serve?

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[–] Gorgritch_umie_killa@aussie.zone 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Theres a place for trying ro understand consumer likes and dislikes. But a national broadcaster has a wider duty to deliver the information the nation needs to hear without fear or bias. Note, I am not saying the ABC today meets that duty.

Listening too much to the preferences of the listeners introduces a bias and a circular logic to deliver more of the popular shows with those listeners because otherwise why have the data analysis if you don't act on it. Same can be said of trying to attract non-listeners. Sometimes less is more.

People don't often want to be challenged, but its often what they need to hear to temper their own beliefs of their correctness. Thats a key public service that is necessarily affected by reacting your audience/non-audience too well. Its like fact-checking, no one wants it, but it works.

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[–] naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago

ABC radio also often contains way more enriching stuff than news. Longform discussion with experts, interviews and dicussions with random citizens affected by something, curated musical showcases (a good blend of classics and modern stuff like videogame music) that aim to teach audiences about a genre and promote Australian performers.

It's legit some of the best stuff out there for entertainment that grows you and connects you to the broader political project that is Australia.

Fucking stupid to wall it up and make it harder to listen to than corporate slop.