Re: Uh, it's about radio
> You guys are getting the point of the promos on Clear
> Channel stations and the Infinity "Free Radio" plan! Very
> good! With HD radio you may be able to tune in to perhaps
> four stations on each frequency. That's not far away. In
> each case it'll likely be free and LOCAL. It'll be the last
> gasp of radio as we know it today. Now, please try to
> remember that this website is about radio, not overpriced
> satellite receivers that have no local interest or flavor.
> Satellite is about the homoginization of the music and
> "DJs." Sorry to seem doom-and-gloom or burst your bubble,
> but imagine if all radio stations were network, programmed
> from New York 24/7. That's satellite.
>
> Oh, sure, satellite throws in as an afterthought some local
> traffic and maybe even some local news, but the urgency
> isn't and won't be there. Radio should be local and free.
> Otherwise in a few years almost all of us will be out of
> jobs and there'll be 50 radio personalities nationwide
> total, most all on satellite, voicetracking music for low
> wages and the "thrill of being a national star,"
> mispronouncing local street names and celebrities with no
> interest in local needs and concerns. Most of them will be
> recruited from outside radio. The trend is already here:
> radio personalities are considered a dime-a-dozen, music is
> at a very low creative ebb and breakthroughs are discouraged
> in the name of the almighty dollar.
>
> You think I'm kidding? Do the math. Look closely at the
> trends in major markets and the really lousy returns (from
> an investor's standpoint) but very, very slowly gaining
> influence of satellite (maybe the satellite companies will
> make a profit someday!). Those in the radio business will
> tell you there is almost no immediate threat from satellite,
> but you guys tell us another story altogether, and there is
> an apparent boredom with the inexperienced people who are
> more frequently turning up on the air. If you're starting
> out in radio today, what are your chances of making it to
> "the top?" Free, local radio as we know it in the future
> will broadcast to those who cannot or will not buy into
> satellite. Keep talking about how great satellite "radio" is
> and you're putting most of us individuals who love "live,"
> local radio out of business, and the only remnants of what
> we now think of as radio will be for the lower-income small
> and medium markets -- though local news and talk may well
> survive in major markets. Do you get it yet?
>
L00K --
I know what is to be "enterained" by a "Peronality" - - - -
A-N-D
I know what it is to be enterained by "MUSIC".
I NEVER confuse the two.
I and Millions like me are looking for something beyond the crivel, the yuks, and the pablum of "Personality" radio. We'll take it WHEREVER we find it.
It may be on Digital AM someday. Don't really care.
Just give us a local non-personality that knows how to R-o-c-k. Someone that would N-E-V-E-R be satisfied with the "Classic Rock" Ideology.
Could care less how the "ignorant" masses are entertained by the crap of "Mass Media".
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1968-1978 -- THE "GOLDEN AGE" OF ALBUM ROCK MUSIC . . .
In spite of Disco and Top 40 in that period,
it yielded the "Motherload" of Great Album Rock Releases
--Enough for a Lifetime--

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