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You GO Girl, GET THAT "LOCALISM"

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I see NAB whining to the FCC that the ownership rules MUST be changed because broadcasters are hampered from being "local". Are they afraid Clear-Channel won't re-up their membership? Kudos to Phil Hendrie for issuing some pretty strong podcasts slamming the industry ... and singling out folks like Hogan for making their trek to DC to {EXPLETEIVE} the FCC Commissioners and SWA{EXPLETIVE} so they can get the ownership rules changed every 8 or ten years.

So ... if the ownership rules DO get changed .... how would that likely affect the Western Washington landscape? Think it would "encourage" Sandusky to sell? Fisher? CC or Entercom to try to get better signals and dump weaker ones? Not really any obvious plays on the table ... Fisher not likely to sell radio (yet) ... if Sandusky doing OK in cash flow (can't imagine they AREN'T because there are virtually no expenses in Factoria these days) ... why would either give up ghost? The "Covington" move-in is probably a target at some point. After all, fulfilling the license requirement of "local" service to Covington will probably be fulfilled about 78 minutes after the initial sign-on. Crista won't change ... KING just re-upped with Fisher sales ... so biggest candidates are those rimshots in South and North; and most of THOSE are already doing the "local" thing quite well. Any speculation?
 
(Not the main reason, but locally) It's so that Clear Channel can purchase Fisher. I'm sure most wont agree, but time will tell.
 
The trend we see in newspapers selling to local owners (Boston, LA, Philly, etc.) may come to pass on the radio landscape too, and for the same reasons. On the way to the party, radio lost it's soul. Getting back to local ownership may be perceived as the way to get back to the 'garden'. I doubt it, but it's worth watching...
 
yoyo205 said:
(Not the main reason, but locally) It's so that Clear Channel can purchase Fisher. I'm sure most wont agree, but time will tell.
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CC tried already to buy Fisher but the board turned them down. So current ownership caps aren't an impediment.
 
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