[BC] Local radio is not dead in small town America yet

[Powell Way]

Well local is not dead at WKDK.... we do all of those things, local 
news, weather, local sports, and local remotes. Even though we may at 
WKDK, be automated part time, the music is from the hard drive, and all 
  of it is put in the respective playlist by hand. We broadcast local 
sports, the local high school games and the Newberry College games.

WBCU in Union, SC is local, and they do their local high school cames.

WPUB in Camden, SC is locally run and has the Camden SC area sports.

WNEG in Toccoa, Georgia is local during the day, with local sports. 
Their ratings are high enough you need binoculars to see them.

No, local radio is not dead in small town America. The big corporate 
guys are and no wonder they are circling the drain. Those who were 
calling you, Keith, were jealous and petty because they forgot what 
they were suppposed to do.

Powell

On Feb 13, 2009, at 2:40 PM, Keith Hammond wrote:
>
> My wife and I are now attempting to operate a small (local ONLY) FM 
> station
> in a town of about 38,000 (including surrounding area residents). Each 
> and
> every time we make any attempt at anything truly "local", people are 
> most
> happy to call and advise us that "radio stations DO NOT do that!" (I'm
> referencing local obits, birth announcements, lost dogs and even storm
> warnings!)
>
> Amazingly, after asking a few of these callers, we learn that they are
> usually people who work for one (or more) of the "corporate stations" 
> in the
> nearby "big city".