[BC] The City of License

[Cowboy]

On Monday 28 August 2006 04:33 pm, Kent Winrich wrote:

> Typically news for one city may effect others as well.  To focus on 
> only one city IMHO is really not serving the community.  Many people 
> live in one town, work in another.  They are interested in news and 
> information for the whole area.  (well at least I and my aquaintances are)
> 
> For example... one of our stations is a full Class C (100kW 2000'), 
> yet it is licensed to a city of about 10,000.  Does that mean that we 
> should only focus on that city?  Or should we be able to cover news 
> from the whole region?  Who decides this?  The FCC?
> 
> I am not trying to pick a fight, just expressing my opinion.
> 
> Music formatting also may not reflect the taste of the city of license.
> 
> 
> 
> Again, who decides this?  Who says that a certain type of music must 
> be played for a city?  Or do we try to mass appeal to as many 
> regional residents as possible?  Perhaps the average age of a city is 
> 60.  Does that mean every station needs to play Music of your Life?

 This may sound naive, but isn't that what Arbitron is all about ?

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