Tesla is only 5 percent of the US market. I bet there are more folks that don't have a working flash light at home. You can't idiot proof the US population.
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But when you allow one, you open the door for the rest to follow. ALL companies are looking to save money and appear to be high tech. This isn't just Tesla. Ford & GM are also part of this. We like to criticize radio for being "one size fits all," but that same criticism applies to car companies and electronics manufacturers. They share some blame for the situation radio is in.
Actually, untrue. If you look at the unduplicated cume of AM stations, you see that over 30% listen to AM weekly.
While that may be made up of a lot of older people, lots of sports fans where there is no FM sports station, foreign language speakers and conservatives talk listeners, it is still a lot of people.
Oh, and I don't like catfish: they are underwater rats.
Lobsters are bottom feeders, too. Oysters and clams take in whatever floats their way. I love catfish -- farm-raised, not straight from a creek or river -- and pretty much everything else found in fresh or salt water.
I had an incandescent bulb at the top of the stairs of the 2nd-floor apartment I lived in for 29 years. It was already in the light fixture when I moved in, and I never -- not once in 29 years -- had to replace it! Amazed the hell out of me, for sure.
So I can't invite you and your family to visit Boyette's or the Blue Bank if you're ever in Northwest Tennessee? Best catfish around.
Catfish are ugly but delicious. When have you ever seen fried rat served with hush puppies?
Lobster, crabs and shrimp are the cockroaches of the sea.
I still want to know who the first person was to look at an oyster and say, "You see that thing that looks like a booger in that shell? I think I'll eat that!"
Not with hush puppies, but with fries. A certain outlet of the Colonel in San Juan apparently had a rat fall into a fryer. A customer got Kentucky Fried Rat. The KFC got a very famous local lawsuit.
Finger likin' good, fer sure.
But if I remember from biology, in the salt water matter decomposes, but does not decay.
Heck, I have been given snake and "garrobo" (a big rodent from El Salvador) and "raposa", an even larger one from the Amazon jungle.
Tastes like chicken
Tesla is not "blocking" AM radio! Anyone with a Tesla who is nervous about being able to receive emergency information can buy a portable AM radio. There was never a guarantee of universal reception that I'm aware of.
The URL http://seafooddissusions.com/ is available! 😉
They're not blocking it. They're just not making it available. It's not just AM, but also FM and Sirius. This is similar to cell phone companies not enabling FM chips in their phones. You may say it's their right to do this. But at the same time, it's the government's right to protect the public spectrum. The radio spectrum belongs to the people, and the government represents that. They are the only ones who can protect the system they created. As I said, it's wrong for them to continue to enforce the rules on radio stations while allowing the other half of the system to disappear. Don't be upset when radio companies spend all their time directing their audience to apps and other devices.
What's the difference?
Which they've done, and no one really cares.
Not the marketplace?
Agree.
They're already doing that! Every half hour Mark Simone says, "OH! And check out the website... " (for stuff he should be talking about on his radio show.) And the WPHT morning show bombards "listeners" by talking about what they're showing on their YouTube feed. "Like us, like us, LIKE US!"
FWIW, my unsolicited advice to radio has always been "FOCUS!" 😊
That seems obvious
As I've been saying, if it's up to the marketplace, then customers should be given an option. They're not. The car company decides for them. At the same time, the government is forcing radio stations to do lots of things that aren't determined by the marketplace. Radio is a two-part system. Transmission and reception. If there are no rules for reception, then the transmission is useless.
Because they know that broadcast radio is not getting support from the government that regulates it. So screw 'em.
If broadcast radio owned the spectrum it uses, things would be different. The industry could manufacture receivers the way they did when RCA and Westinghouse owned radio stations. Otherwise, just move to a free unregulated platform known as the internet.
I had gator once when I was in Florida, it was really good. Too bad I can't get it around here.
I've worked in two other heavily regulated businesses. What broadcasters go through is nothing compared to going in front of Federal Reserve examiners, which is something I've had to do. And it's nothing compared to having to file a rate case of hundreds of pages with a state utility commission, which is something I've participated in for utilities in three states, including California. Comparatively, broadcasters don't have many burdens other than staying within technical parameters, filing renewals on time, and keeping public files up to date.
Oh, I'm aware. What Alpha did in Moberly just scratched the surface. Many stations were not all that profitable to begin with. Central Missouri is a tough market, with too many stations chasing too few dollars, and it's been that way for a couple of decades at least. The only worse market in Missouri is Springfield, in my opinion.
There's one community up north that I'm very familiar with (still have relatives there) whose stations have been fine examples of public service but I fear for those stations' future due to the economic conditions of the area.
But you were complaining about them.
I suspect you're not alone, and I think it's a reasonable response. I think AM shutdowns have been a long time in coming because some greater fool would always come along, but I believe that's no longer the case. I don't like seeing it happen but I think we're going to see an accelerated pace of license cancellations in 2025 as others reach the conclusion you've reached. The usual fourth-quarter bump didn't happen last year for most.
You haven't met the right catfish. Fried catfish is terrific.
I have not met the Boston Strangler, either. I'll pass on both.