Very interesting blog about consolidation and a soothsayer who foresaw it all coming 13 years ago:
By Jerry Del Colliano
Johnny Carson used to do a sketch called Carnac The Magnificent in which sidekick Ed McMahon first fed him the answers and "Carnac" then supplied the questions.
McMahon: Anheuser Bush
Carson: Where do you grow Anheuser berries?
Carnac's character was a seer and soothsayer. I thought of him when I received one of the most astonishing emails recently in which a radio executive provided both the questions and answers back before consolidation.
But this email was no laughing matter.
Many of you ask me what I think the industry will look like in the next five or ten years. It’s always dangerous to predict, but too much fun to ignore.
Look back. Could you have imagined five or ten years ago the mess radio is currently in?
Paul L. Gleiser could.
Who is Paul L. Gleiser?
http://by101w.bay101.mail.live.com/mail/InboxLight.aspx?n=290773608
Paul L. Gleiser's letter here:
http://members.aol.com/cookeh/GleiserFritts.pdf
By Jerry Del Colliano
Johnny Carson used to do a sketch called Carnac The Magnificent in which sidekick Ed McMahon first fed him the answers and "Carnac" then supplied the questions.
McMahon: Anheuser Bush
Carson: Where do you grow Anheuser berries?
Carnac's character was a seer and soothsayer. I thought of him when I received one of the most astonishing emails recently in which a radio executive provided both the questions and answers back before consolidation.
But this email was no laughing matter.
Many of you ask me what I think the industry will look like in the next five or ten years. It’s always dangerous to predict, but too much fun to ignore.
Look back. Could you have imagined five or ten years ago the mess radio is currently in?
Paul L. Gleiser could.
Who is Paul L. Gleiser?
http://by101w.bay101.mail.live.com/mail/InboxLight.aspx?n=290773608
Paul L. Gleiser's letter here:
http://members.aol.com/cookeh/GleiserFritts.pdf