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bluethruandthru

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13. My major concern is radio.

Fri Dec 28, 2012, 03:34 PM

Dec 2012

I've been part of the radio industry my entire adult life and watched it go from lots of mom and pop stations where communities were well represented and there was diversity in programming whether it was musically or ideologically... to what it is today. Four companies own the majority of this countries radio stations. That has cost tens of thousands of jobs as these companies have done away with local programming and personnel and now offer up pablum for the masses..including the huge glut of right wing fanatical talk shows that are forced upon every market in the country. Stations no longer broadcast 'in the public interest' ...but in their corporate owner's interest. There is no attempt to serve a community or it's needs. It's now just about how much money can be made with as little investment in quality as possible.

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True, but ProSense Dec 2012 #12

My major concern is radio. bluethruandthru Dec 2012 #13

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