Evaluation of Miami Radio

[Ai4i]

OK, so we all agree that radio in this country gives the listener limited variety with several stations having overlapping formats in each market. Maybe the commission got it reversed; 88-92 should have been commercial and 92-108 should have been non-com. HD Radio® will (somewhat) level the field between AM's and FM's so AM's currently doing pay for pray and minority programming will have a better shot at eclecticity.

> Today, boards are the same as hanging out at a station.
> Except they don't bring you coffee.

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[peppertree]

Absolutely not! I think setting aside prime FM "real estate" turned out to be a mistake, but who knew in the early sixties (or late fifties)? We need a total of zero stations that are mandatory commercial-free. If there must be any, they should be on AM between 1610 and 1700.

Non-profit stations are a waste of valuable resources that should be used by profitable private commercial stations. In the interim, all FM frequencies should be declared commercial so the non-profit owners can sell and make some money, can stay voluntarily non-commercial or can run a commercial station.

The best solution of all, would be for the Federal Government to get out of the radio business all together and sell all frequencies to private buyers. Too bad, that speaking Capitalistic ideas is an uphill battle in 21st century America.



> OK, so we all agree that radio in this country gives the
> listener limited variety with several stations having
> overlapping formats in each market. Maybe the commission
> got it reversed; 88-92 should have been commercial and
> 92-108 should have been non-com. HD Radio® will (somewhat)
> level the field between AM's and FM's so AM's currently
> doing pay for pray and minority programming will have a
> better shot at eclecticity.
>
> > Today, boards are the same as hanging out at a station.
> > Except they don't bring you coffee.
>
> I have a station that I take with iced chai latte!
>
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[Ai4i]

> I think setting aside prime FM "real
> estate" turned out to be a mistake, but who knew in the
> early sixties (or late fifties)?

I totally agree with you, way too much prime FM real estate was set aside for these commercial broadcasters who will always program to the lowest common denominators. Were 88-92 to be made commercial, I trust the market would provide for more hip hop, pop, and other redundant formats, but who knew in the early sixties (or late fifties), as you put it, what a "vast wasteland", to quote Newton Minow, commercial FM would turn into. On the other hand if more of the FM band were allocated to stations such as the best ones in South Florida: WDNA, WVUM, WXEL, WGCU, and WQCS, I might have stayed with terrestrial radio, nah...probably not!

> If there must be any, they should be on AM between 1610 and 1700.
>

Yes, you are correct again, we do have a few good stations between 1610 and 1700, The Cities of Aventura, Boca Raton, Bonaventure, Fort Lauderdale, Hialeah, Miramar, Weston, and many others I can not hear, provide some fabulous programming within their cities and Miami Beach brings the world famous KHB-34 to the masses.

(nothing wrong with quoting selectively)
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______________</P><P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by ai4i on 08/05/05 03:10 PM.</FONT></P>