[BC] In the AM radio wars of the '60s, they talked big and talked back

[Barry Mishkind]

Rich,

You are correct. As I've mentioned more than once, the whole
industry shot itself in the foot by teaching a whole generation,
in effect, that commercials cause cancer.

At 11:02 AM 10/6/2009, Rich Wood wrote:
>------ At 11:48 AM 10/6/2009, Blaine Thompson wrote: -------
> >competition was fierce before the superior FM sound won over 
> listeners in the
> >1970s."
>
>I'm not sure I'd give all the credit to superior sound. The AMs were
>glutted with commercials (like today) and FM had very few. Once the
>"FM is for Classical" barrier was broken and popular formats with low
>spot loads moved to FM all Hell broke loose. The FCC's prodding by
>forbidding 24/7 simulcasts didn't hurt.

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