[BC] Certain Spots Blocked From The Internet

[Dan Kelley]

> When I programmed
> WPIX-FM, New York, I had record promotion people practically crawling
> up the side of the building to get to my office to pitch their music.
> They were also paying independent record promoters to augment their
> own people. I got CDs in the mail that didn't even fit the format. If
> radio wasn't important why did they pester me so much? If radio
> people are allowed to make our case there's no way they could argue
> we had no affect on sales. With today's formats it's not such a
> compelling argument but the history of radio and records being
> jointed a the hip shoots their argument in the foot.

Rich-

All you wrote is still largely true today.  One side of the record business
has promo people still calling on radio stations begging for airplay and
running ads in the trades - while the other side of the biz is demanding
money for airplay.

-dan in lansing