[BC] Goodbye Local Radio-pass me the Kleenex

[RRSounds@aol.com]

I'm not all that old (50), but it's nice to have a career that spans several 
decades.
Those from the earlier generations wouldn't believe the changes that have 
come along...those from the later ones wouldn't believe how primitive the old 
ways seem in retrospect, yet how comfortable we were with them.

If you've been part of several generations, you can see the both the positive 
and the negative in each.

I liked how it was possible to hand-craft a radio station. The down side was 
that in many cases you HAD to hand craft, or have nothing at all.

The down side of reducing onerous logging (and engineering) requirements is 
that, in many cases, trends in performance are not tracked. But the equipment 
is much more reliable, so performance tracking is less important.

and so on...

Kind Regards,
David


David P. Reaves, III
TransLanTech Sound, LLC
Creators of the Award-Winning "Ariane Stereo Audio Leveler"


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   ----- 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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