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Media Mergers: Good or bad?
- Thread starter jdileo
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in most cases good for shareholders and powerbrokers.
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Big E
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Alot of people in here are industry people, and most (NOT ALL) will tell you mergers have led to the downfall of radio. It has caused radio stations to sound the same, from one city to the next. Not too mention the loss of jobs to voicetracking. Gone are the days, were you lost your job, and could go to another station and find work in the same town. The loss of freedom for jocks because of so much useless research, the sales driven mentality has led to revenue over content. You will find infomercials everywhere these days, in place of live people. Not all is bad, but you'll find more bad than good. IMHO. 
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djmimi
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Yeah, what happens is that when stations are all owned by one company, they institute cost-cutting methods by simulcasting shows across the country, hence the loss of jobs. Sometimes stations also use syndicated shows, such as Ryan Seacrest's shows which are replacing many shows across the country as well.
Within the parent company, there has been a great deal of cost-cutting even in upper management, nowadays we see GM's (general managers) and PD's (Program Directors) managing several stations at the same time.
With all the merging, syndicating, there is a loss of "localized programming" where you have a station that actually reflects the concerns, events, personalities of the market it is in. It is similar to how stores now are driven by chains, eliminating many mom and pop stores across the country. If you drive from one city to the next, you find the same stores: Starbucks, Targets, Wal-Mart, etc.
Within the parent company, there has been a great deal of cost-cutting even in upper management, nowadays we see GM's (general managers) and PD's (Program Directors) managing several stations at the same time.
With all the merging, syndicating, there is a loss of "localized programming" where you have a station that actually reflects the concerns, events, personalities of the market it is in. It is similar to how stores now are driven by chains, eliminating many mom and pop stores across the country. If you drive from one city to the next, you find the same stores: Starbucks, Targets, Wal-Mart, etc.
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