Posted on 11/14/2006 12:31:28 PM PST by spacejunkie
A few freepers and myself have been loosely tossing around the idea of forming an LLC, investment group, etc., to buy/start a television station that is solely for the conservative viewer.
I believe there is a huge need for an outlet that doesn't pander to the left or refrain from the truth due to concern over hurt feelings, etc.
I, and others, really look forward to hearing the thoughts and ideas from others more knowlegeable as to the best way to go about this.
Buy MSNBC? Contact Sinclair?
I'm not by any stetch of imagination rich but I'd buy some shares to get it moving. In addition to the other topics suggested for programming, I'd suggest having one channel dedicated to a 24/7 stream of 9/11 footage as well as the coverage that Glenn Beck is going to be showing tomorrow night. Count me in and please keep me posted.
Sell shares for start up. I'm game. Frankly, been thinking of suggesting this myself. I think it could be overwhelmingly popular if run right (get the pun!)
Hugh
I think the major audience for the mainstream media is the liberal left.
Everybody else is out living life -- rather than trying to control what everybody else thinks.
I've been thinking about this idea for awhile. It would get enough numbers to be profitable. Just look at Fox from 2001 till 2005 - much more Conservative then than they are now and had HUGE numbers. I definately would contribute what I could.
If you do the FreeTube concept, you simply add a discussion forum to the website, ala Free Republic.
If enough traffic is generated via FreeTube, you may be able to get VCs to fund programming over a real television channel. A start small approach.
The question would be whether you could find enough content, and whether you would generate enough traffic. Would you need to generate more traffic than FR itself, for example, to be profitable?
Really what would be ideal is have your own station on IPTV which is over the internet.
There is a national dsl provider that is close to rolling out IPTV nationwide (close=within 12 months, maybe less). You could have your own TV station on the internet!
Cool if the station was run on the tenets of "FREErepublic" for the purposes of reclaiming a free republic and exposing an UNfreedemocracy or even a free one..
Put it on the airwaves, it will be subject to the new improved "Fairness Doctrine", which is no doubt a priority for our fresh new Congress. Cable would be a better long term bet. You'd still face activist lefties targeting any of your advertisers.
Please send me $50 Million and we'll get this started.
My family and I would tune in.
How bout a real conservative network that represent "conservative diversity" and doesn't have a Christian subtheme as it's guiding principle?
LOL. That would be worth watching.
You would have to have a "cheese" cooking segment, also an infomercial on showerheads every now and then
That would take a ton of money. It's possible, but you'd really need the strong support of a lot of FReepers out there.
An alternative would be to get a strong conservative news and v-blogging website going. Lots of different conservatives telling the news via online video . (Both live and specially prepaired segments.) Get only the best equipment. High production values. That would be getting with the times too. A lot of liberals put stuff up on sites like Youtube. We need to fight back in that world too, and it could be done for significantly less than buying MSNBC.
Like the idea.
I think this is a better model, instead of trying to do it using the legacy technology which is going to have trouble competing over the next ten years anyway. (Bill Gates is thinking that television's going to be obsolete in 10 years anyway :-)
I might be interested in participating in something like this.
Great idea. Get it going asap! I might buy shares.
Define a conservative viewer.
http://www.ziddio.com/ui.zd?dispatch=homepage
Say what you want about Youtube, but they're onto something with the delivery method and viral "tell a friend" capabilities. Build a moderated topical network online and then leverage a bit of your content outward onto traditional channels. Your production costs will be exponentially lower and and you can build an audience more slowly.
Ziddio, Current.tv, etc -- the new network models are headed that way. Go niche and on-demand and you'll fill a marketplace need. Narrowcasting on the web is the way to go IMO.
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