[BC] Rising Ratings and Higher Costs for WJIB

[Bailey, Scott]

Rich,
   What success?  Bob is just a small business man who just happens to
enjoy these little stations. The songwriters (especially all the ones in
Nashville) are a bunch of hungry, greedy, bastards, that want to suck
every drop of blood out of you they can.
   They have been on the 6 PM local newscast here in this market and
demonstrated how BMI and ASCAP should get more out of the "little man".
Alan Jackson recorded a song back in the late 90's about the little man,
but I bet he said screw the little AM radio station in the small towns
that play my music, charge the crap out of them.
   The how thing is unfair!  Rich, I bet you've never been down south of
PA to see how these little AM stations struggle to stay on. I've seen a
lot of them got dark because of this crap!

Scott

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[mailto:broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net] On Behalf Of Rich Wood
Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 1:20 PM
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Subject: Re: [BC] Rising Ratings and Higher Costs for WJIB

------ At 12:42 PM 2/5/2007, Tom Dimeo wrote: -------

>I read in Scott Fybush's column that ASCAP and BMI
>music-rights for WJIB will take the fees from a few hundred
>dollars a month to well into four figures because the station
>has begun to show in the ratings.
>
>Don't these people have any heart at all?

It's not a matter of heart. If you show in the ratings your ad rates 
go up and your license fees follow. Success can have a downside.

Rich


Rich Wood
Rich Wood Multimedia
Phone: 413-454-3258

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