[BC] Making format choices

[Mike McCarthy]

EMF is the Clear Channel, the 800 Lb gorilla of the Non-comms.  Same 
business practices and some of the cheapest people in business.  In fact 
they're ahead of Clear Channel on format consolidation. If the FCC should 
ever go back to requiring main studios on the non-translated full class 
stations, they would be scrambling to sell.  There is no possible way 
they'd be able to staff everything.  Their operation is geared towards 
lowest possible operating cost.

I have found their technical people to be competent and their installs 
professionally done using main line equipment in most locations they build 
however.  They do "get" the fact two devices means they stay on the air 
after a fault and good equipment requires less frequent repair maintenance.

MM

At 08:54 PM 2/2/2009 -0500, WBRadiolists at aol.com wrote
>In a message dated 02/02/2009 10:51:14 AM Eastern Standard Time,
>DG19075 at aol.com writes:
>
> > WSJI 89.5(now WKVP)is running EMF's K-Love format. No local content at
> >  all, not even traffic reports! Just wall to wall Christian Hot AC, from
> >  Sacramento! They have a station in SE New England, WTKL 91.1 in N.
> >  Dartmouth MA.
>
>Based on a number of conversations I have had with a number of people around
>the USA, K-Love have alienated themselves from a LOT of Christian 
>Broadcasters
>with their business practices. Made some people VERY unhappy, and even drove
>some out of business... and sending good people out into the street, when 
>they
>make their acquisitions. Behavior like that is not what the Good Book
>suggests, at all. :(
>
>Willie...