another nail in radio's coffin

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d...@donberns.com

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May 20, 2012, 12:01:29 PM5/20/12
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The FCC should have never allowed this to happen.

http://articles.boston.com/2012-05-16/business/31718403_1_radio-station-fm-scott-fybush

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Jack Edmonston

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May 21, 2012, 12:03:44 PM5/21/12
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What do you all think radio would look like today if FCC had kept their 7 AM, 7 FM, 7 TV rule?  Do you have another suggestion? 

Just curious.

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Paul

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May 21, 2012, 1:38:28 PM5/21/12
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Thanks for asking, Jack.

First reaction: While this is terribly sad for independent (and all) radio, it is even sadder for working musicians who are trying to develop or sustain a career outside of the isolated arena (juxtaposition intentional) of corporate radio and records. Another voice for the communal recognition of talent and creativity is being extinguished.

This truly leaves WBRU as one of the last available commercial signals to develop and support new talent, both in broadcasting and music. It also, in my opinion, makes the station's independence from corporate control, even non-profit, more important than ever.

Paul Payton '69

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d...@donberns.com

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May 21, 2012, 1:41:39 PM5/21/12
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It would sure be more diverse. We suffer from the same problem here in Canada. The regs have been relaxed so much over the years that the FM dial has totally lost what made it unique...and interesting...for all those years. Nobody has the balls to do anything different because profit is everything to the big box companies that won 90% of all the stations. The result is unending blandness and an overall erosion of listeners as the younger generation finds other ways to get their fix of new and exciting music.

It's sad, really.

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          all think radio would look like today if FCC had kept their 7
          AM, 7 FM, 7 TV rule?  Do you have another suggestion?  . 

          

          Just curious.

        

      

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Art Norwalk
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May 21, 2012, 2:55:50 PM5/21/12
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Gotta be devil's advocate, Don:


Why is it sad, except for the nostalgia of us old you-know-whats, that
"the younger generation finds other ways to get their fix of new and
exciting music?"


It would be sad if there were not another virtually universally available
channel for creators and appreciators of new music, but since the
internet is here to fill the role I don't see a problem. Wire gave way to
tape, wax begat vinyl, AM gave way to FM, CDs got killed by Itunes. Music
survived.


But at the same time, I agree with Paul that having WBRU as a holdout is
great.


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d...@donberns.com
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May 22, 2012, 11:59:27 AM5/22/12
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    It's sad (to me, anyway---and maybe because I remember what radio
    was...and should be) that radio is steadily losing cume; the result
    of the big box mentality is actually driving listeners away. Rather
    than evolve and compete, radio seems to be just fading away, and
    since the accountants and lawyers who are in charge seem to know
    nothing about what they are in charge of, they are unwilling or
    unable to compete and adapt.

    

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May 22, 2012, 5:18:10 PM5/22/12
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May I be so bold as to suggest that the dearth of good new music making it into the public consciousness (as opposed to good new music being made, of which there is much, but which often gets lost among the bad) is the lack of a concentrated place to be exposed to it. That place is radio as it was, with enough stations to be able to get it out there (as well as record companies willing to try something new and which had enough distribution to coordinate a promotion). That concept still works; look at how today’s major labels coordinate campaigns to push predigested crud on audiences via corporate broadcasting. Sure, there’s YouTube, but unless it’s a novelty that catches on for its “15 minutes of fame,’” that’s not a parallel.
 
And yes, I have satellite radio. Great stuff, but the sound quality is only fair to good (“almost FM”) and it goes in the car; but it costs (a lot) extra to have a receiver in the house or on a portable unit for the beach or elsewhere. Terrestrial radio is “everywhere” – and it’s free. (And “thanks” to corporate multi-ownership, today’s terrestrial radio all sounds the same in almost every damn market.)
 
Long live WBRU – and BSR. And keep waving the flag as long as you can, WFNX.
 
 
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It's sad (to me, anyway---and maybe because I remember what radio was...and should be) that radio is steadily losing cume; the result of the big box mentality is actually driving listeners away. Rather than evolve and compete, radio seems to be just fading away, and since the accountants and lawyers who are in charge seem to know nothing about what they are in charge of, they are unwilling or unable to compete and adapt.
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