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- Thread starter Mac Black
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Hmmm, did someone get canned from a Cumulus station recently?
I've actually never worked for Cumulus, but I've heard stories. I've worked at CBS, Radio One & Inner City....& I've always made above minimum wage 
I was actually reading an article on allaccess by one of the Dickey guys & it made me think, thank God I don't work for them. I hear they're worse than Cheap Channel. Just thought it'd be an interesting topic.
I was actually reading an article on allaccess by one of the Dickey guys & it made me think, thank God I don't work for them. I hear they're worse than Cheap Channel. Just thought it'd be an interesting topic.Mac Black said:
So you 'voted' for a company being one of the worst based on no personal experience but hearsay?
I never worked for any of those groups, but I would nominate "The Green Group" that was operated by the late Howard Green as one of the worst in the business. I am not so sure that Howard was completely to blame for all that went on, BUT he had a Manager in Elmira, NY Pat Parish who was without a doubt the WORST Manager I ever worked for.
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for me as a listener radio was best before corporations could own so many stations in one market.i say one AM station and one FM station in a market owned by one company and radio will probally grow more deversified and interesting again.
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If you look at companies that operate that way, they're in trouble. There are way too many radio stations for it to be profitable to operate just two stations in a market, especially if one is AM. As a result they can't afford to take programming risks.
But if diversity in programming is what you want, then you really should advocate one company owning all the stations in a market. Competition is bad for diversity. It makes stations play it safe. The more companies and stations there are in a market, the fewer formats you'll find. On the other hand, SiriusXM: One owner, 100 formats. If there were limits on the number of channels, they'd only offer the most popular. Same with the internet.
What ruined radio, in my opinion, was Docket 80-90, over-licensing the spectrum, increasing the number of stations, and driving down station shares.
This was a great quote and something I have said for years.
What ruined radio, in my opinion, was Docket 80-90, over-licensing the spectrum, increasing the number of stations, and driving down station shares
Communities that had no business getting a station were granted assignments. Two of the stations I participated in building we actually had to petition for assignments.
What ruined radio, in my opinion, was Docket 80-90, over-licensing the spectrum, increasing the number of stations, and driving down station shares
Communities that had no business getting a station were granted assignments. Two of the stations I participated in building we actually had to petition for assignments.
And yet, I'll bet you're an advocate for LPFM stations? If so, then it's okay to clutter the FM band with translators and religious broadcasters gobbling up frequencies, but not for owners to have more that two stations in a market?
I have worked at an LPFM, this was just another attempt by the FCC to fix their screw up. Problem, LOW POWER low dollars, in many cases little LOCAL programming.
Note to Commission:
Tighten up the rules and require LPFM licensees to actually BE the entity they say they are. Remove the loopholes allowing the use of "educational" and "religious" as facades. Disallow the use of FM translators by LPFMs (which significantly change the footprint, far beyond the intent of the LPFM Regulations). Revoke the licenses of every FM translator operating outside the coverage area of originating signals, except for clearly defined local community organizations. Deny all Main Studio waivers.
Problem solved.
Tighten up the rules and require LPFM licensees to actually BE the entity they say they are. Remove the loopholes allowing the use of "educational" and "religious" as facades. Disallow the use of FM translators by LPFMs (which significantly change the footprint, far beyond the intent of the LPFM Regulations). Revoke the licenses of every FM translator operating outside the coverage area of originating signals, except for clearly defined local community organizations. Deny all Main Studio waivers.
Problem solved.
Bill,
I could not have said it better.
I could not have said it better.
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