[BC] Serving the community

[Bailey, Scott]

   This kind of stuff is going on here too!  WYXE-AM, here in Gallatin,
was purchased for $600,000 by a Nashville Hispanic Church and is now
fully Spanish. Studios are 30 miles away from Gallatin in Nashville,
while the transmitter site remains in Gallatin.
   I agree, this station is not serving the Gallatin community, which
it's Hispanic population is less than 5%, and has no Hispanic businesses
in the community, and guess what, the commission will do nothing about
this!
   The same has happened in Nashville Suburban communities such as
Franklin, TN, Murfreesboro, TN and Lebanon, TN

From: "Phil Alexander" <dynotherm at earthlink.net>

On 14 Feb 2006 at 6:47, DANA PUOPOLO wrote:

 > In Boston, a guy just bought two suburban 1 kW AM's from their
 > longtime owner (His dad founded one of the stations and bought
 > the other many decades ago). They got $4.5 million for the two.
 > Both have been community stations for over 50 years. The new
 > owner plans to move their studios out of their cities of
 > license and turn them into a spanish evangelical simulcast.

<snip>

 > Will someone please explain to me how THIS is in the public
 > interest, convienence and necessity?


What has that got to do with radio? PICN began dying decades ago.
Consolidation was simply the last nail in the coffin. This is not
a broadcasting problem, it is a problem of society.

It is easier for the government to deal with a small number of
large companies than with a large number of small companies.
This is the reality of those who write the rules.