• Get involved.
    We want your input!
    Apply for Membership and join the conversations about everything related to broadcasting.

    After we receive your registration, a moderator will review it. After your registration is approved, you will be permitted to post.
    If you use a disposable or false email address, your registration will be rejected.

    After your membership is approved, please take a minute to tell us a little bit about yourself.
    https://www.radiodiscussions.com/forums/introduce-yourself.1088/

    Thanks in advance and have fun!
    RadioDiscussions Administrators

Did corporations cook their golden goose?

A

Anyacat

Guest
Interesting article in the Sept. 15 New York Times (http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/15/business/media/15radio.html)
The big guns are worried that without the ability to buy more stations, they will be unable to compete in the "new environment"--IPods and satellite radio. What's fascinating is that it never seems to occur to anybody that if they offered a better product (programming), they wouldn't have to worry about increased competition from new providers. Allowing Clear Channel, for example, to buy more stations will not increase audiences, but it will increase Clear Channel's advertising revenue.
 
AND like other variations of industries that were spawned by de-regulation such as the telecom industry, just watch the big guys run to the FCC to gain regulatory relief now designed to protect their turf.

Let's see, how about protecting certain formats within a market. OK, OK let's have new station applications frozen for the next 5 years.
 
Status
This thread has been closed due to inactivity. You can create a new thread to discuss this topic.


Back
Top Bottom