[BC] Consolidating???

[Tom]

 From today's InBox:

http://www.rbr.com/media-news/13138.html

RBR/TVBR observation: In our view, the Durbin 
measure is fairly inconsequential ­ the FCC is 
already looking at ways to increase the number of 
minorities and women among broadcast licensees, a 
process that was in full flower while Republican 
Kevin Martin was still Chairman, and which 
adopted a great number of proposals from the 
activist Media and Minority Telecommunications Council.
[...]
*On top of that, if anybody is looking for a 
conspiracy theory, there already is a plot afoot 
to break up Clear Channel. It was conceived and 
initiated by [drum roll please]: Clear Channel. 
CC would love to sell off hundreds upon hundreds 
of its stations. The only problem: There isn’t 
anybody out there right now with the wherewithal 
to buy any of Maybe if the company starts to 
bring asking prices down in line with new 
economic realities, some of the stations it’s put 
on the block will start to move.them.*

Mike McCarthy wrote:
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>Metro Networks regional consolidation is the tip 
>of that next approaching iceberg. The only thing 
>to be left at some local stations will be the 
>receptionist, sales people and a local server 
>connected to the corporate WAN. Production, 
>traffic, content generation, EAS, will be 
>handled miles away in a larger market if not on the other side of the country.