[BC] Country music in the Big Apple?

[Rich Wood]

------ At 11:44 PM 11/14/2005, Alan Alsobrook wrote: -------

>I don't know why, but I can say this, the last time I was in that 
>area I scanned the bands AM & FM up and down 4 times and couldn't 
>find anything I worth listening to. At least they now have Sirius.

New York is the least creative and least risk taking market I've ever 
worked in. That's because the risks are so great. If you lose a 
position in the market it's extremely hard to get it back. It seems 
when you take a risk you get punished. WCBS-FM is a perfect example, 
though I think that was a dumb risk for a station that owned the 
market for its format. WNEW has taken the "format du jour" crown that 
used to belong to WPIX. Nothing seems to work.

It's a little unfair to compare a station with satellite. They have 
so much turf to play with that even a SIRIUS risk won't have much 
impact, other than spending money like drunken soldiers.

Rich


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