[BC] GREAT Article
Steve
shnewman
Sat Jan 21 14:58:07 CST 2006
Thanks Dana...
I was laughing not at the guy but with the guy. I totally agree with him...TOTALLY! Here's a little from the end of the interview.
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When the Twin Towers got hit, we went on the air and we collected money to help. We sent $25,000 cash to the Salvation Army in New York - not the national, to New York. We did that on the radio.
I don't need digital to do that. It's not going to make my fundraising any better, it's not going to make my community service any better.
I don't own these radio stations. I own the equipment. I'm a franchise holder of a license to serve the people of this country. Broadcasters need to come back to the idea that they're here to serve. If they don't want to come back to that, I guess they deserve what they get.
Thank God I lived through the era when AM was so important and public service meant everything, and you actually had to show the commission how many public service programs you ran.
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Well, what can I say. Go to that link Dana Provided and read the interview (if you haven't already). I guess being in a small community now trying to buy a small operation I can relate.
Steve
Steve Walker Productions
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