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inorm99 said:
Very brave. I don't like you, Wimmex
Your mouth has probably gotten you into trouble
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All in good fun…

I’m just prodding you to say something good about radio even non-commercial radio with you claim to see as valuable.

Since you don’t see any thing in commercial radio what do you think is being done well in non-commercial radio?
 
inorm99 said:
I've looked, and listened, and I can't find one positive thing about local commercial radio, but thanks for the free analysis
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Fortunately for those of us who work in the industry, you are in a small minority. Even those who have abandoned commercial radio for streams did so mostly due to the high commercial loads, not the content.

Before "new media" when radio was the only type of audio entertainment short of buying records and CDs, there was a 5% to 6% of the population (a bit higher in New York City ratings) that did not use radio at all. You are obviously part of that group.
 
inorm99 said:
Thanks.But I just get caught up in these arguments about commercial radio
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I have been in the demographic minority since I was young (44 now). When I got my first radio at 8, I was listening to local and syndicated AM talk shows as much as music on FM until the early 2000's. I wanted to be a DJ or talk show host until big media corporations completely ruined radio for me in the late 90's. Radio started changing from creative and fun to extremely boring, except for the smaller independent stations. I still wanted to go to Emerson and there I focused on radio, TV, and theater production. I love working behind the scenes doing lighting, sound, cameras, editing. For the last 9 years I have had SiriusXM. The only local stations I listen to are Easy 99.1, 1030 WBZ, and 630 WPRO.
 
inorm99 said:
Very brave. I don't like you, Wimmex
Your mouth has probably gotten you into trouble
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Who cares what anyone says? It's only what they do that matters. We are all keyboard superheroes. It's a forum. HAVE FUN DAMN IT! 🤪
 
TheBigA said:
They fundraise and also have an active alumni group who support it. But Emerson as a college is one of the few schools that actually focuses on the broad range of communications. More than half of their majors involve the media. So owning a radio station is core to its academic focus. There are other colleges in Boston more likely to sell their radio station.
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While the way it operates is very different than it was, say, 20 years ago, the love for WERS is still there at Emerson and among its students. Alum here - wishing they had kept it student centered… but I get it.
 
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