[BC] Best or worst of NAB

[Fred Cunha]

FYI, about 5,000 people move to Las Vegas EVERY month...

[fred] 

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[mailto:broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net] On Behalf Of Mike McCarthy
Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2007 10:17 AM
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Subject: Re: [BC] Best or worst of NAB

At 10:37 PM 4/20/2007 -0400, Scott Fybush wrote
>Mike McCarthy wrote:
>
>>Silly... KBET-AM 790.  A CD changer playing on random the same 4 disks
of 
>>maybe 30 songs.  1/4 were ABBA's greatest hits. Seems someone from
Mama 
>>Mia may have been involved there....  And Beasley owns that one.
>>Though it was a recent sale close.
>
>Hey now...790 was my #1 preset in the rental car as I drove around! :-)
>
>The CD changer is a leftover from the previous ownership, I'm 
>told...Beasley will be programming something more substantial on 790 by

>the time we all reconvene there next April.

I think most I conversed with had already known about this and were all 
enjoying the "variety" of the station.  It sure was a hoot.  Similar to 
when either Cox or CBS/Infinity (I don't recall which one) sold then
WYSY 
to SBS and Bill Murdock (engineer) was the only employee to go with the 
station.  There was a 3 or 4 month window where Bill was the programmer
of 
the station and he did the same thing, but with a real library
(comprised 
of songs already in the library and his own collection of music) and an 
Audio Vault.  "Radio Bill", as it quickly became known, saw the ratings
of 
the station increase by 50% in one book before it went Spanish as 
WLEY...LaLay  or "The Law".

I believe it's there the "Jack"/play everything formats are really
rooted.

As for the LV sprawl...Like I said...it's simply unsustainable already.
I 
just don't see how that basin can tolerate the continued construction
and 
not reach a limit for water, power and other resource use. The area's 
success will also be it's demise. If not soon, certainly by the next
major 
economic or climate depression. And the whole SW USA will be damaged as
a 
result. Just look to Lake Mead as the leading indicator....  It's quite 
obvious from the air.

MM


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