Opposition to Univision sale

[ChannelFlipper]

No, I am saying that Soros creates situations where, due to his strategic involvement, bigger things happen as a result.

Soros looks for situations where a small action will yield the biggest results. Where the action is political, geopolitical, economic or social, he can apply the same techniques where a small situation or event triggers larger responses.

Sometimes these situations just happen...such as the George Floyd police-caused death. Or they are triggered such as Soros' buy / sell strategy with the Thai currency. In this case, I think he sees the opportunity to create a platform for social issues involving Hispanics which he feels need to be more broadly recognized.

There are many Hispanics who feel more and more marginalized by the attention over the last two years to Black issues. I've seen calculations on how there is a marked decrease in Hispanic lead and secondary roles in movies and TV scripted shows since then, and I hear lots of commentary of "what about us". It's likely Soros can see this as an opportunity to reunite Hispanics with progressive politics where attrition to the right is pronounced.

In that case, Soros is using his known techniques to make real Hispanic issues more visible to the rest of the population.

I think this is solid analysis.

 

[davideduardo]

You totally dodged the question.

I took the question you posed as offensive and as an insult. I ignored it, and further defined my perspective as to Soros and his well documented strategies.

I'm continuing to ignore the question. Were I to answer it the way it made me feel, Frank would have to find a new co-moderator.

 

[TheBigA]

How do you think this non-sequiter advances your position

I'm comparing two entertainment shows. There are conservative democrats. There are no liberal republicans.

 

[davideduardo]

I'm comparing two entertainment shows. There are conservative democrats. There are no liberal republicans.

Sure there are. There are plenty of philosophical libertarians who vote republican as the are social liberals but fiscal conservatives who think that economic excess, in the end, stops social progress.

Even the enormously popular Teddy Roosevelt could not get elected as an independent, so some of us vote for the lesser of two evils or the one we see as having the best chance in the longer term to benefit society.

 

[TheBigA]

Even the enormously popular Teddy Roosevelt could not get elected as an independent, so some of us vote for the lesser of two evils or the one we see as having the best chance in the longer term to benefit society.

That was over 100 years ago. I love Teddy. I've been watching the bio on History. He would get run out of the party today. So would Rockefeller, Ford, and Bush.

 

[davideduardo]

That was over 100 years ago. I love Teddy. I've been watching the bio on History. He would get run out of the party today. So would Rockefeller, Ford, and Bush.

Just like the notorious Brown Eyed Girl got run out of oldies radio.

My point is that the US is so firmly entrenched in a two party system that no independent can run, so those who are not satisfied with either party have to look at candidates one by one and pick those that "win" more of the key points in our agendas.

In Puerto Rico we had as many as five parties running at one time. I would occasionally vote for the Independence Party candidates because I thought the statehood and commonwealth parties needed someone in the state senate watching both of them. Since I knew many of the candidates, the choices were much easier.

 

[TomásEstefan]

It was an office building, not a hotel (the KIST studios were on the top floor and the transmission line literally went through the roof to the tower) but I did get to see the radial netting back in the 1980s when I worked in Santa Barbara and it did indeed have an artistic quality to it.

Thanks for the clarification...was that office building possibly next to a hotel?

 

[K.M. Richards]

Thanks for the clarification...was that office building possibly next to a hotel?

It might have been. To be honest, I don't remember that kind of detail from 40 years ago.

 

[RadioGuy1864]

Congrats to Univision on crafting a deal that allows them to sell a group of AM stations. At least they got some decent cash for declining assets.

 

[davideduardo]

Congrats to Univision on crafting a deal that allows them to sell a group of AM stations. At least they got some decent cash for declining assets.

And they sold to a group that will not compete with them in any way in the future.

 

[Greg Strickland]

I've always wondered how dense a screen has to be for the Faraday effect to become full. I know some people use copper screen that has the density of a Florida-proof screen door or window and that seems to work....

David, spacing between screen conductors is determined by the amount of attenuation required at the radio frequency of interest. Higher frequencies and greater attenuation require closer spacing of conductors.

For thought- Consider how much metal re-bar or plate is contained in a road overpass, and the effect it has on AM radios passing underneath, for about 1 MHz. Think about the shielding grid on a home microwave oven window, operating at about 2,500 MHz.

Shielding effectiveness is impacted by attention and quality of connections in the system. I keep the door gasket area clean on my microwave oven. Even though I know it is not a serious risk, I keep my distance from the microwave oven when it is on, my cell phone lives on the other side of the room unless I am using it, and I use wired network and mouse/keyboard interfaces to the PCs on my desk.

For me radiofrequency wave exposure (RF) is a calculated risk/benefit analysis. I have no fear of medical RF scans that could save or prolong my life. But no need to sit next to an RF source all day.

btw, I think FCC RF exposure guidelines are more than sufficient to protect the public from FCC licensed RF sources.

 

[K.M. Richards]

Thanks for the clarification...was that office building possibly next to a hotel?

You got me wondering myself, and I looked up the street address for KIST in a Broadcasting Yearbook from back then (thank you again, David E., for providing that resource at WorldRadioHistory.com) and the Balboa Building is still at 735 State St.

However, going to street view I did not find any hotels nearby on State. On one side is a row of single-level street facing stores and on the other is Paseo Nuevo, a pedestrian-only corridor stretching from State to Chapala St., with a mix of retail on the ground floor and a second floor of small individual offices. I "walked through" Paseo Nuevo and no hotels either along the way or on Chapala looking up and down the street.

If there was a hotel there (which I now doubt) it's either gone or the building repurposed.

 

[DrAkbar]

Could be I've been in the heat too long, but sure seems like a lot of money for a bunch of Ancient Modulation stations that can only go down in value as the years pass. Must be the Tavis Smiley effect. In this sale, Univision is the big winner.

 

[davideduardo]

Could be I've been in the heat too long, but sure seems like a lot of money for a bunch of Ancient Modulation stations that can only go down in value as the years pass. Must be the Tavis Smiley effect. In this sale, Univision is the big winner.

Based on the political perspectives of the financing lead and the two organizers, this is going to be a social agenda motivated and inspired company once the first year of Univision programming services expires. That means that there will be minimal competition with the ongoing and remaining TelevisaUnivision stations.

Going further and deeper, nobody in the organization, including the board of directors, has positive and successful radio experience of any kind. The two Hispanic women who are the joint organizers of the company are much later generation Hispanics and have limited experience working with the first generation Hispanics who will be the radio group's main audience... unless they make major changes in their expressed programming objectives.

 

[ragazzo-pazzo]

Going further and deeper, nobody in the organization, including the board of directors, has positive and successful radio experience of any kind.

What could possible go wrong? LOL

 

[davideduardo]

What could possible go wrong? LOL

Even more interesting, one of the directors does have some radio experience, being instrumental in establishing a radio group which failed and had to be liquidated through "at a big loss " sales.

 

[radiojomo]

There's more details on the deal and the content we can expect on these stations here: New Latino media startup launches with historic $80M raise

From the article: From a content perspective, Latino Media Network said it will build programming around authoritative news personalities and subject matter experts to help the Latino community navigate complicated topics, like health care, finance and small business. While much of that content will be supported by advertising, some programs can be funded by philanthropy, Valencia said.

Isn't this much like KTNQ today?

 

[davideduardo]

There's more details on the deal and the content we can expect on these stations here: New Latino media startup launches with historic $80M raise

Isn't this much like KTNQ today?

Somewhat. KTNQ today has no significant political overtone, and the new group sounds like a lot will be based on political action.

KTNQ has no real newscasts today, and it sounds like the prospective owners plan on lots of news.

Of course, KTNQ today has a 0.0 share.

 

[TheBigA]

While much of that content will be supported by advertising, some programs can be funded by philanthropy, Valencia said.

That's kind of the situation that Tavis Smiley is doing with his station. So it's less about ratings, and more about reach.

 

[davideduardo]

That's kind of the situation that Tavis Smiley is doing with his station. So it's less about ratings, and more about reach.

What is your definition of "reach"? In traditional radio, "reach" is a synonym of "cume" and Smiley's station has zero cume.

Are you referring to streaming listeners outside the LA MSA where they would not be counted in Nielsen Los Angeles ratings?