[BC] Turned-off listeners (Was: ...Sirius-ly...")

[Jerry Mathis]

It may be that the definition of "struggling" has changed. Used to be, if 
you made enough to live comfortably, that was sufficient. Now, if you're not 
making the required level of profits to turn in to the parent company, or 
send to the Swiss bank account, you're "struggling".



Jerry Mathis
Clear Channel Radio, Tupelo & Meridian MS




>From: WFIFeng at aol.com
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>Subject: Re: [BC] Turned-off listeners (Was: ...Sirius-ly...")
>Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 08:23:40 EDT
>
>In a message dated 05/15/2005 05:24:23 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
>thebeaver32 at hotmail.com writes:
>
> > Is it the same owners? Did competition come to town (a new station or
> >  stations, or someone switched formats)? Did they think they could make
>more
> >  money by going satellite and cutting staff? Did the rent on the studio
>space
> >
> >  suddenly increase to something unconscionable? Were the owners simply
> >  wanting to "slow down"? Did Wal-Mart come to town? SOMETHING must have
> >  happened.........
> >
> >  The answer may help refute those of us who have said (including myself)
>that
> >
> >  a return to localism is the answer to a stations' survival.
>
>My story has been echoed hundreds, if not thousands of times in recent
>years... in the midst of all the consolidation, etc. This particular 
>station was
>still under the same owners at the time. It was later sold after the 
>ratings
>tanked, and the new owners totally changed the format & language.
>
>Most of these stories come down to $$... but I still scratch my head
>wondering how they made budget in the past, with 6 times the number of 
>workers than
>they have today... and yet today, they're "struggling"???
>
>Willie...
>
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