[BC] Mom & Pop Stations endangered?

[Paul B. Walker, Jr.]

It's sad to hear of situations like Larry's where people come up to him and
stuff in Shamrock. Good people don't deserve sh*t like this

Paul




On 2/14/06, Barry Mishkind <barry at oldradio.com> wrote:
>
> At 08:26 AM 2/14/2006, Larry Fuss wrote
> > > Those loyal locals must have used the service but not supported it
> with
> >advertising.
> >
> >The last few times I've been back to Cleveland, Mississippi, people come
> up
> >to me on the street and say "we sure wish you had the radio stations
> back,
> >they are terrible now."  Indeed they are, but I was never ever to
> generate
> >enough advertising revenue to pay all the bills, despite having the best
> >small-market stations in the state.  The local morning shows are gone
> now,
> >the local news is gone,
>
>         ... in many cases, so is the entire station.
>
>         In 1980, I was part of group that bought a little station
>         in southern Arizona. Once we took over and discovered
>         it was clear that the businesses in the town were more
>         interested in using the station (we gave the station over
>         to the local "service groups" several times, for example,
>         so they could raise money) than supporting it in any way.
>
>         It wasn't as bad as Shamrock, TX, but it nearly
>         destroyed us.  In the end, the station went dark,
>         and eventually was deleted. The only way we
>         survived as long as we did was to move into
>         the station and live there, with virtually no
>         staff.
>
>         After it was all over, the business owners all
>         complained that with the FM station coopted to
>         a city 35 miles away, they had no local station.
>
>         One of the oldest stations in the state was
>         reduced to mere memories.
>
>
>
>
>
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