[BC] RE: Not any more

[harold stanton]

Mike,
That wasn't a bashing of CC or you.
  It was simply my remembrances of a time when each station had a FULL 
staff, engineers, jocktypes and people in each department that served a 
single outlet.
   Now I ain't livin' in the past, and I know full well the needs of small 
and medium markets, as that is where I make my money, TV specially.
But on the whole a local owner, that has to face the local community is far 
more sensitive of the "community" needs.
Programming interviews wouldn't be commanded as necessary to renewals 
otherwise.
As to my thoughts on consolidators, CC and a few others have invested in the 
hardware necessary for reliable transmission, and added the niche 
programming that seems to target the audiences that are of value.
Unattended operations in many small markets may be the only way to 
"economically" operate.
But to have no one listening, such as the "Super-talk" repeater does here, 
which is nearly in my backyard, and spends many minutes of dead air when the 
gear doesn't switch properly, is hardly serving the community nor any of the 
advertisers which are the "triggered" events that always seem to work.
Silence sense, fine if there is someone to do somethong about it, useless if 
there's nobody home.
That's why I post very little, as I can seem to be getting up a hissy fit 
when all I wish to say is it was somewhat more personable in the past.
                                       Harold



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>I remember those days (not that young). Since those days, I have met and 
>worked with some really strong engineers. I didn't know anything when I got 
>my First Phone. Deregulation was a seperate issue, and had its pros and 
>cons too.
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>I received an email from one of our CE's from a market outside my region. 
>Here's what it said: "No matter what you do or say, you cannot win with 
>those people on broadcast.net.  They hate Clear Channel, think they are the 
>best thing since sliced bread, and have solved all of the worlds problems, 
>which bye the way are caused by:  Clear Channel."
>After letting it roll around in my head for a few hours, I realize he is 
>right. I have asked Barry to unsubscribe me from the list. Y'all party 
>on... bash the hell out of Clearchannel, and the industry in general. I'm 
>out of time and patience.
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