In this passage, the author recommends switching KNOW radio from rock-and-roll music to 24-hour news, because it will allow the station to attract major predicted listeners in this district for the sake of guaranteeing profits. To support his/her claim, the author cites a list of information to prove the fade of rock-and-roll music and potential of news publication. Quite reasonable though such recommendation appears at first glance, there exists several questions regarding his/her reasoning that requires further analysis. Thus, the author's conclusion could end up being pretty compelling or invalid in the end, depending on the answers to the questions.
To start off, the author's reasoning heavily relies on whether or not audiences over fifty years old in a robust increasing trend could comprise majority of target customers of KNOW radio station, a question that is not yet answered. It is likely that such elder group mightn't be the main focus for radio station, because the absolute number of such group is very minuscule compared with the total audience number. Without additional information to evaluate its percentage among the overall population and detailed information about their interests in future, it is of equal likelihood that elder audiences could keep the enthusiasm as time goes by. Both of those two phenomena could seriously challenge the author's viewpoint about importance of elder group and render his/her claim much less advisable. On the contrary, any valid proof that such group actually keep their mania for radio group and contribute to majority of target customers in KNOW radio station could strengthen his/her reasoning.
Granted that elder group is the target for KNOW's focus and given the fact that music's sales status in local market, whether rock-and-roll music has diminished their attraction for local residents needs a second look. The probability that music store's reports might be biased must be considered and addressed. Yet, if the author could unequivocally demonstrate that such stores vividly reveal the truth and such prediction is applied for the raido music as well, his/her reasoning will gain more weights.
Furthermore, another question that requires our deliberation is whether the neighouring cities' upsurging new stations could be refered for KNOW case. While other cites has geological vincity, the probability that such nearby location mightn't lead to similiar taste of local resident could not be excluded in advance. For example, people in KNOW's district might differentiate from those in another cities. Thus, we have no clues whether successful stories of another cites could be used in KNOW without any problem. If no, the author's viewpoint is unlikely to make more audiences for KNOW station.
Last but not least, while we can acknowledge for a moment that all of aforementioned questions cling to support the author's idea, it remains to be seen whether resorting to news couldn't impact original audience of KNOW. If such suggestion lead to great loss of previous major audience, this is doubtful that it could inevitably increase total audience and help profits in future.
In summary, while turning to news for KNOW's broadcasting might attract more elder people as its audience, this is a conclusion that we cannot derive from the information available in the argument. Furthermore, even if elder people is KNOW's target candidates, the efficiency of such proposal is still built upon implications, which are open to different probabilities. Only after the aforementioned questions are adequately addressed can we effectively evaluate such recommendation and reach a logically sound conclusion.
In this passage, the author recommends switching
KNOW
radio
from rock-and-roll
music
to 24-hour
news
,
because
it will
allow
the
station
to attract major predicted listeners in this district for the sake of guaranteeing profits. To support
his/her
claim, the author cites a list of
information
to prove the fade of rock-and-roll
music
and potential of
news
publication. Quite reasonable though such recommendation appears at
first
glance, there exists several
questions
regarding
his/her
reasoning that requires
further
analysis.
Thus
, the
author's
conclusion could
end
up being pretty compelling or invalid in the
end
, depending on the answers to the questions.
To
start
off, the
author's
reasoning
heavily
relies on
whether or not
audiences
over fifty years
old
in a robust increasing trend could comprise
majority of
target
customers of
KNOW
radio
station
, a
question
that is
not
yet
answered. It is likely that such
elder
group
mightn't be the main focus for
radio
station
,
because
the absolute number of such
group
is
very
minuscule compared with the total
audience
number. Without additional
information
to evaluate its percentage among the
overall
population and detailed
information
about their interests
in future
, it is of equal likelihood that
elder
audiences
could
keep
the enthusiasm as time goes by. Both of those two phenomena could
seriously
challenge the
author's
viewpoint about importance of
elder
group
and render
his/her
claim much less advisable.
On the contrary
, any valid proof that such
group
actually
keep
their mania for
radio
group
and contribute to
majority of
target
customers in
KNOW
radio
station
could strengthen
his/her
reasoning.
Granted that
elder
group
is the
target
for
KNOW's
focus and
given
the fact that music's sales status in local market, whether rock-and-roll
music
has diminished their attraction for local residents needs a second look. The probability that
music
store's reports might
be biased
must
be considered
and addressed.
Yet
, if the author could
unequivocally
demonstrate that such stores
vividly
reveal the truth and such prediction
is applied
for the
raido
music
as well
,
his/her
reasoning will gain more weights.
Furthermore
, another
question
that requires our deliberation is whether the
neighouring
cities' upsurging
new
stations
could be
refered
for
KNOW
case. While other cites has geological
vincity
, the probability that such nearby location mightn't lead to
similiar
taste of local resident could not
be excluded
in advance.
For example
,
people
in
KNOW's
district might differentiate from those in another cities.
Thus
, we have no clues whether successful stories of another cites could be
used
in
KNOW
without any problem. If no, the
author's
viewpoint is unlikely to
make
more
audiences
for
KNOW
station.
Last
but
not least, while we can acknowledge for a moment that all of aforementioned
questions
cling to support the
author's
idea
, it remains to be
seen
whether resorting to
news
couldn't impact original
audience
of
KNOW
. If such suggestion lead to great loss of previous major
audience
, this is doubtful that it could
inevitably
increase total
audience
and
help
profits
in future
.
In summary, while turning to
news
for
KNOW's
broadcasting might attract more
elder
people
as its
audience
, this is a conclusion that we cannot derive from the
information
available in the argument.
Furthermore
, even if
elder
people
is
KNOW's
target
candidates, the efficiency of such proposal is
still
built upon implications, which are open to
different
probabilities.
Only
after the aforementioned
questions
are
adequately
addressed can we
effectively
evaluate such recommendation and reach a
logically
sound conclusion.