[BC] GREAT Article and comments about Leonard

[Stevan A. White]

I agree with him too.  Even his comments about Leonard Kahn.  I've visited
with Leonard Kahn a couple of times about several things including the old
Symmetra-Peak (I still have one!) and his ideas on stereo.  He is a little
eccentric, I guess.  So were other great folks.  I now believe that if the
FCC had left well enough alone, even though most of us were saying they
should step in and "define a standard," that the Kahn AM stereo system would
be alive and well today.  Who else took their lemons and made lemonade?  As
I recall there's only one system that was "reincarnated" after all else was
shot down and became POWER-side.  Ya gotta admire the ol' boy's spunk.

Best Regards,
Steve White


-----Original Message-----
From: Steve [mailto:shnewman at alaweb.com] 
Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2006 2:57 PM
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Subject: [BC] GREAT Article


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