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JasonW
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> OK it sounds like CC made another good business decision.
> What other clusters do the same thing that CC does in
> regards to news staff and the like? If the mom and pop
> station had a cluster they would do the same thing. And
> probably would haev done it before CC did it.
>
> So what exactly is your point?
Radio stations don't exist for the sole purpose of making money, but are to serve the public, using the publically-owned airwaves. That they can and do make money (which I have no problem with--I'm just as capitalist as the next man) is a positive by-product.
The consolidation of our local radio stations has resulted in sound-alike, voice-tracked stations that can no longer be contacted after business hours to alert the news department (which only KFBX now has) if, say, a train carrying toxic chemicals de-rails in town. This happened recently in a town (in North Dakota, if I recall correctly) whose radio stations were all owned by Clear Channel, and there was no live person the police could contact at any of the stations to make sure the public was warned of the danger.
Business is all about making money, but life is not all about business. -- Jason
> What other clusters do the same thing that CC does in
> regards to news staff and the like? If the mom and pop
> station had a cluster they would do the same thing. And
> probably would haev done it before CC did it.
>
> So what exactly is your point?
Radio stations don't exist for the sole purpose of making money, but are to serve the public, using the publically-owned airwaves. That they can and do make money (which I have no problem with--I'm just as capitalist as the next man) is a positive by-product.
The consolidation of our local radio stations has resulted in sound-alike, voice-tracked stations that can no longer be contacted after business hours to alert the news department (which only KFBX now has) if, say, a train carrying toxic chemicals de-rails in town. This happened recently in a town (in North Dakota, if I recall correctly) whose radio stations were all owned by Clear Channel, and there was no live person the police could contact at any of the stations to make sure the public was warned of the danger.
Business is all about making money, but life is not all about business. -- Jason