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| From | Joe Field <joe@flyingcolorscomics.com> |
| Subject | Re: OT: past/future of radio [was: podcast survey] |
| Date | Wed, 11 Oct 2006 14:22:22 -0700 |
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>The day the big fish started buying up all the little fish and deregulation rolled into markets was the day the music began to die.
>
I think a lot of us look back wistfully on what radio was, because to
music junkies like us, it was one of main supply lines. Deregulation was
one of the worst things to happen media.
>Do you know a station called KPIG, out in San Fran, I think? I used to write about them back in my radio reporting days for Radio World newspaper. They had the ultimate format of which you speak--play whatever you want, so long as it's good.
>
KPIG was out of Gilroy CA, south of the Bay Area and owned by a fierce
independent. Though I haven't listened lately, there is another station,
KFAT, that came after KPIG doing many of the eclectic things that made
KPIG famous. I wouldn't be surprised if KFAT is internet-streamed, for
those who'd want to give it a listen.
> I think if those small mom-and-pop local community stations want to stay in business, they'd best get ingrained a little more in their immediate surroundings and be the voice of the local people.
>
Or just sit on their hands and wait to be bought out by Clear Channel.
>I just don't see terrestrial radio regaining the feel of its glory days.
>
Media are always changing and being reinvented (repurposed) to fit
current needs. I'm with you in feeling the glory days of music on
terrestrial radio are gone. The only thing that might bring it back
would be re-regulating broadcasting--- an extreme long-shot at best.
Joe Field
http://FlyingColorsComics.com
KJOY-AM / KJAX-FM '78-'88
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