[BC] Who's on the throne of Radio?

[Mark Durnberger]

Pray let me suggest yet another perspective.  It's "gatekeeping". 
Conceptually, radio stations once were entertainment 'gatekeepers' in that 
they controlled most of the flow toward the listener.

Today that 'gate' concept doesn't exist (with the possible exception of 
cable companies controlling some TV programming).  There are simply too many 
alternative delivery methods.

Radio "stockholders" (in the note below) who think they're still 
'gatekeepers' might remind one of the Governor William J. Le Petomane 
Memorial Highway Toll Booth, in Blazing Saddles.

Regards,

Mark Durenberger

----- Original Message ----- 
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> OK, there it is, in a sentence! Why radio is dying its horrible 
> death...because the listener has been removed from the "throne" and 
> replaced by the stockholder.
>
> When the listener is restored to that rightful place, radio will again 
> prosper.