Re: [Swprograms] Digital radio news

["John A. Figliozzi" <jfiglio1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

But by what definition is one company owning 700, 800, 900 stations including up to a dozen or more in the same city a "free market"?  

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> On Jan 9, 2014, at 9:36 PM, "Scott Royall" <royall@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Ted, I noticed that "gotcha" also. Really, who should decide such things.
> The free market model does suck, until you look closely at the alternatives.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Swprograms [mailto:swprograms-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Ted S.
> Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2014 19:43
> To: Shortwave programming discussion
> Subject: Re: [Swprograms] Digital radio news
> 
>> On Thu, 9 Jan 2014 17:12:22 -0500, in shortwave you wrote:
>> 
>> You'd
>> think the squandered opportunity to put a meaningful format on WWKB
> 
> This comes up against Scott Royall's comment, as you're implying that sports
> talk is somehow not meaningful.  (Ever since the New York ESPN Radio
> affiliate went FM only, I haven't been able to pick one up here in the
> Catskills.  And I wouldn't mind having a competitor to WFAN.)
> 
>> and should be managed to maximize the public good, is lost on the FCC 
>> and the rest of our government
> 
> Are networks not in the public good?  Or are they only in the public good
> when they've got the government imprimatur like the CBC in Canada or the BBC
> in the UK?
> 
> --
> Ted Schuerzinger
> fedya at hughes dot net
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