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To Take Tracking Calls...or Not?

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BlaineMcDaniel

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You've probably seen the recent press releases about broadcasting companies refusing to talk with records companies for fear of the appearance of ipropriety.

What do YOU think about this?

As a Christian broadcaster, do you think stations should turn the phones off, not take tracking calls, and just program their stations?

Or do you think there is some benefit to "Label-X" calling "Staion Z" and asking for 'increased spins' this week on "so and so" because we're only 70 spins away from #1."???

I mean, there ARE some perks to stations playing nice with the labels; more 'in-person' artist visits, giveaway product, and a ready relationship for a number of purposes.

Do you think these tracking calls are a benefit to stations? Or do you think in the long run that they're a distraction and a conflict of interest by potentially influencing the decisions of programmers to 'tweak their lists' in a way that they might not otherwise?

Odd bedfellows or beneficial bedfellows?
 
BlaineMcDaniel said:
As a Christian broadcaster, do you think stations should turn the phones off, not take tracking calls, and just program their stations?

Odd bedfellows or beneficial bedfellows?

A reporting station gets tracking calls - no don't turn the phone off.
 
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