[BC] Re: PD's are timid

[Cowboy]

On Monday 04 September 2006 12:33 pm, Donna Halper wrote:
> And Cowboy said--
> >
> >  It's my contention that "that corporation with 1200 stations" is in a better
> >  position to subsidize that kind of risk on a few, than is an owner with
> >  fewer stations, and more to lose per station.
> >  All it takes is the will to do so.
> 
> Based on what I have seen, rather than letting a thousand flowers 
> bloom, the 5 conglomerates that own nearly everything have stifled 
> creativity, used more voice-tracking and syndication, and cut back on 
> local voices.  If radio today has any listeners at all, it is in 
> spite of, not thanks to, these types of bean-counting strategies.

 I'm not singing their praises by any means.
 Merely saying that where there is a will....
 It matters not if one is willing, but has not the means.
 It matters little if one has the means, but not the will.

 They have the means.

-- 
Cowboy