[BC] WOW RICH

[Stanley Adams]

I can't believe it...I set you up to make my case.

We either have to make it work, which means that we have to 'decrease the
surplus population' (a la C. Dickens); and that is fine with me, we have had
too many 'worked in' AM's over the years.  But that probably will not
happen.  There is too much competition for the small broadcasters (small
broadcasters speak up please!).

Or, we can do as I suggested, we find a way to better accommodate the
regional's and class III and IV stations by either widening the BC band, or
again, doing away with say, the day timers, or make some rule where a large
urban area can only have so many of the B class channels, again almost
impossible.

We then all go digital at one, just the great NARBA retune night of the
1940's and we drop power on the licensee's to keep their signals to a
minimum so as to lower noise floors and adjacent channel interference, out
to the fourth channel space.

So what might happen is exactly like what you say...........but the cravat
is the dollars have already been spent and the government is getting whats'
it about as they say way down south.

So, I say just like the Queen of Hearts, "Off with their heads, Off with
their heads"

But, all kidding aside, this will require some real political effort to keep
the small town boys and girls happy and productive or we will loose it all.
I am from Cincinnati and have seen medium sized urban cities broadcasting. I
saw the start of WCIN, famous early urban station and WEBN, crazy pot
smoking, hippie station. My father and I built a class A FM'er in the days
when class A FM'ers were starving to death (1965) and it was in a small town
(county of 30,000--same one Crystal Gail is from, she is my age and our
little station sort of helped to give Brenda Gail Webb a boost back in those
mid to later 60's). The small town stations and the large regional
information stations are the ones that are doing the yeoman service even
today.

The digital method requires some investigation because the idea is a good
idea, but just as an idea until implemented. 

I have no answer beyond that. And I see all of its flaws, but they are more
political because we have no leadership that has the will and power to do
what the technical solution will require. CC is betting that it will happen
and so is Ellis and the new CBS radio group and all the rest because they
are funding the pipe dreams.

I say I get a 1 kw AM and go to South Dakota and spin by eclectic selection
of records from Jim Ed Brown and 'Pop a Top', Bob Wills and the boys and
'San Antonio Rose' plus a little Beatles and Phish on the side.

Hoopee, boys I am on my meds tonight!

Just call me crazy uncle Rich.

Stanley Adams
Memphis