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rogertoo
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Re: IT'S ALL PERCEPTION / ALL THE MONEY ALL THE TIME
And there you have it. If you have no idea HOW to serve a community then you will follow the money trail. In todays world it's all about the money. The fine thing about these forums is the ability to express opinions. Rightly or wrongly, they are JUST personal opinions and observations...........
Some people wouldn't care if CC owned all 13,000+ stations, set up a dozen formats, and simulcasted them all out of some corporate office building and only had local sales offices... Others would like to see a return to live full service radio in their city of license, and the 7/7 rule....... If you can't make a go of W*** in Smallville, then don't buy it. seems simple. Maybe too simple.
The bulk of us fall somewhere between the two extremes. It is unfortunate that the climate of today's businessman is slash and burn, with no sense of community responsibility... If you derive an income from an area, then you have a responsibility to put something back. Mentioning the COL in the ID is meaningless if you do nothing there..... For that matter, there are many places in the area where 3 or four frogs overlap.... do those areas need access to four simulcasted stations? You could argue that those areas are OVERSERVED while the original COLs are underserved.
KM management may very well be saavy businessmen, but come across as pretty cold fish in the humanity and compassion department....... When Money is your only focus, it does that to some people....
First, no one is being compelled to report the city> But in everyday parlance, they don't have any definition.
> And Congress and the FCC have been really straining
> themselves NOT to define them. But what does that do for
> stations and owners who have to comply with these rules,
> regulations, and standards?
>
> The best they can do is look at what's been done before by
> other owners, and take some good sense of their own, to do
> some public good and not step over the indecency line. And,
> honestly, it's been that way for 70 years with relatively
> few issues.
>
> But since you asked me to give my interpretation of public
> interest requirements, here goes:
>
> A substantial contribution to the community, and
> specifically the COL, above and beyond providing a normal
> programming outlet for "popoular music" or talk or sports.
> Providing a genuine service to the community--using the
> airwaves to provide something that is otherwise missing.
> Plus, make a concerted effort to have a pervasive presence
> in the civic consciousness. That could be by on-air work,
> or by remotes/community events.
>
> It's looked at as a whole, not each individual part. As I
> said, WOGI may be serving Duquesne particularly in a way we
> don't know about. It's just that given the almost
> no-brainer of carrying the football game when no one else
> was, it went out of its way to be contrary.
>
And there you have it. If you have no idea HOW to serve a community then you will follow the money trail. In todays world it's all about the money. The fine thing about these forums is the ability to express opinions. Rightly or wrongly, they are JUST personal opinions and observations...........
Some people wouldn't care if CC owned all 13,000+ stations, set up a dozen formats, and simulcasted them all out of some corporate office building and only had local sales offices... Others would like to see a return to live full service radio in their city of license, and the 7/7 rule....... If you can't make a go of W*** in Smallville, then don't buy it. seems simple. Maybe too simple.
The bulk of us fall somewhere between the two extremes. It is unfortunate that the climate of today's businessman is slash and burn, with no sense of community responsibility... If you derive an income from an area, then you have a responsibility to put something back. Mentioning the COL in the ID is meaningless if you do nothing there..... For that matter, there are many places in the area where 3 or four frogs overlap.... do those areas need access to four simulcasted stations? You could argue that those areas are OVERSERVED while the original COLs are underserved.
KM management may very well be saavy businessmen, but come across as pretty cold fish in the humanity and compassion department....... When Money is your only focus, it does that to some people....
First, no one is being compelled to report the city> But in everyday parlance, they don't have any definition.
> And Congress and the FCC have been really straining
> themselves NOT to define them. But what does that do for
> stations and owners who have to comply with these rules,
> regulations, and standards?
>
> The best they can do is look at what's been done before by
> other owners, and take some good sense of their own, to do
> some public good and not step over the indecency line. And,
> honestly, it's been that way for 70 years with relatively
> few issues.
>
> But since you asked me to give my interpretation of public
> interest requirements, here goes:
>
> A substantial contribution to the community, and
> specifically the COL, above and beyond providing a normal
> programming outlet for "popoular music" or talk or sports.
> Providing a genuine service to the community--using the
> airwaves to provide something that is otherwise missing.
> Plus, make a concerted effort to have a pervasive presence
> in the civic consciousness. That could be by on-air work,
> or by remotes/community events.
>
> It's looked at as a whole, not each individual part. As I
> said, WOGI may be serving Duquesne particularly in a way we
> don't know about. It's just that given the almost
> no-brainer of carrying the football game when no one else
> was, it went out of its way to be contrary.
>