Lots of intelligent insights from differing perspectives, but, in the major markets anyway, this is how it is, and that's likely how it's going to stay in the long term. Trust me, making this acknowledgement turns my belly like eating sushi. Goat & Big A captured the truth, ugly as it is to WhoDat & myself.
Read some of my earliest posts back in 2011. As an R/I greenhorn, my own opinions on this subject were laced with idealistic intuition. It had been 8-years since my last radio gig at a low power, classic country Amarillo station. Had to leave Amarillo early in '04, but my adventures at KDJW left me empowered with what I perceived as hope, that with the right kind of localized programming appetites, hard work and a willingness to sacrifice, my kind of radio could indeed be restored. 3-months after arriving in Denver, owner Ron Slover sold KDJW to Catholic Charities.
Ron today is a successful businessman, earning a great living in oil and minerals. He entered that trade after leaving a successful career as Channel 10 News Director back in the '80s, where he & I became acquainted. I was never completely sure why he bought KDJW in '02. Maybe it served as a healthy tax write-off, but I never asked. Still, I'm sure Ron knew something that I didin't know.
A measurable economic uptick, not likely to happen til 2017 or later (IMO), could indeed trigger some employment growth, but the more compelling reality of newly marketed entertainment "options", will likely be a challenge against which radio, as we knew it, may never effectively counter punch.
Read some of my earliest posts back in 2011. As an R/I greenhorn, my own opinions on this subject were laced with idealistic intuition. It had been 8-years since my last radio gig at a low power, classic country Amarillo station. Had to leave Amarillo early in '04, but my adventures at KDJW left me empowered with what I perceived as hope, that with the right kind of localized programming appetites, hard work and a willingness to sacrifice, my kind of radio could indeed be restored. 3-months after arriving in Denver, owner Ron Slover sold KDJW to Catholic Charities.
Ron today is a successful businessman, earning a great living in oil and minerals. He entered that trade after leaving a successful career as Channel 10 News Director back in the '80s, where he & I became acquainted. I was never completely sure why he bought KDJW in '02. Maybe it served as a healthy tax write-off, but I never asked. Still, I'm sure Ron knew something that I didin't know.
A measurable economic uptick, not likely to happen til 2017 or later (IMO), could indeed trigger some employment growth, but the more compelling reality of newly marketed entertainment "options", will likely be a challenge against which radio, as we knew it, may never effectively counter punch.
