Keep in mind also, Billy, that St. Louis radio tends to be relatively stable. One of the reasons a lot of radio boards get the attention they do is the constant changes in those markets. St. Louis isn't the kind of market where stations go through format after format year after year, and, though radiogeeks tend not to like that, that's not entirely a bad thing. After all, if you're working in St. Louis radio, you probably have a decent job that you can hold down for more than two or three years. Of course, that's a pain if you're trying to get into St. Louis radio, which is another reason you don't see St. Louis being discussed. There's not the constant turnover of staff, and people who are interested in moving to new markets tend to overlook St. Louis.
As for Josh's comments about the people of St. Louis, I will say that St. Louisans, in general, are not my kind of people. That's not saying they're bad people; it's just saying that, as someone who didn't grow up in St. Louis, I feel like an outcast if I spend too much time there. It doesn't seem to have the same all-inclusive culture you get in some of America's "newer" cities, like Dallas and Denver, that have a constant turnover of residents. In cities like that, so many people come and go that the culture has to be somewhat open, and making new friends is easy. I never found St. Louis to be that type of city. Again, that's not saying anything negative about St. Louis. In fact, you could say it's a positive in that people from St. Louis like it so much they want to stay there. I can't say that about where I grew up.
