On Sun, 23 Sep 2007 15:50:51 -0700, David Eduardo wrote:
'course, it could be they don't care... as long as people keep coming to
the Opry and the Opryland Hotel and buying stuff off their websites...

That is all they care about. The WSM website is pretty much a gareway to the
Opryland hype pages. I have not been to the hotel or the Opry for about 15
years or so, but it is truly a fun experience and a living piece of
Americana. Yet the radio station, today, is extraneous.

Oh, and probably the Ryman and the Wildhorse.

15 years is probably how long it's been since I've been to the Opry as
well. Visits to the hotel are a lot more frequent. Anyone who comes to
Nashville really should see it.

There is no documented night listening in the ratings in any US market. WSM
only shows in two markets outside Nashville, both contiguous to the home
market and both in the groundwave contour.

But again, if the idea of WSM is to draw visitors to Gaylord's tourist
properties in Nashville it may not be that important. Most of those
visitors bring their cars (as one learns to one's possible chagrin when
trying to drive up that stretch of Briley Parkway!) and one might presume
some portion is listening to WSM as they travel from site to site within
the city.