[BC] Goodbye Local Radio-pass me the Kleenex

[Steve]

Doug and all...

Just for the sake of comparison. Did you notice this change taking place around the mid to late 70's? I believe that's when I started smelling the bean counters at CBS-FM. (San Francisco)

Steve Newman
Steve Walker Productions
Opp, AL  36467
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Douglas B. Pritchett 
  To: Broadcasters' Mailing List 
  Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2006 6:08 PM
  Subject: Re: [BC] Goodbye Local Radio-pass me the Kleenex


  Yes, it's sad. The industry I grew up in has changed so dramatically, 
  it's astounding. And it's not the technological advances. It's the 
  business itself. Years ago the landscape was dotted with broadcasters 
  who were business people (people), now it's business people 
  (corporations with stockholders demanding absurd dividends) who happen 
  to own hundreds of broadcast stations. Profit comes first, dividends 
  second, then service to a community somewhere down the list. I'm 
  fortunate to have experienced  what I have, the future passes me by each 
  day. I'm a dinosaur. But we played the hits, had genuine fun without 
  offending, and actually provided a service. Today, it's a license to 
  print money......screw the public, but don't mess with the stockholders.
  Should have gone to law school. Instead I was a radio guy.
  Now I think I'll have my milk and cookies and go to bed.....

  -- 
  Douglas B. Pritchett
  Fort Wayne, IN
  dpritchett1 at comcast.net

  Donna Halper wrote:

  >   I feel kind of badly to see yet another local station and another 
  > local owner depart.  Is this really what progress is about? 




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