I can't imagine *every* station survivimg. Few under 50 listen to AM & many young people prefer songs downloaded from internet to FM. Some people who paid a fortune for a station may lose a fortune. I remember when people could listen to radio and it was like a bonding experience. Listeners felt like they were part of the broadcast. There were contests where they might put you on the air. You could call up stations & they might put you on the air with your song request. People could call in their song requests to determine which songs would be in that night's countdown. They'd play a new song & listeners could vote on whether they should continue to play it. It seems now there is a corporate snobbery like "we're successful, we don't need anyone telling us what to do". We are fortunate around Minneapolis-St. Paul that many FM are still locally programmed, but the AM is mostly satellite. If any of them have to fail, I hope it will be the ones with 0% local programming. I do realize all satellite stations do it because they can get programming maybe for free, or maybe even be paid to carry satellite programming with pre-inserted national ads. I guess these stations would be off the air if they had to do their own programming & get their own advertisers. 73, George S., MN
--- On Fri, 2/6/09, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [IRCA] Logging from N.E. MN 5 Feb 09 To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" <[email protected]> Date: Friday, February 6, 2009, 12:07 AM Hey guys/all: Having grown up in Minnesota (Bemidji), it strikes me as amazing that there are more and more stations coming on the air there, especially now that the economy would suggest that advertiser-dependent businesses like radio stations are in for a tough ride. Does anyone have a sense as to what the impact of the economic downturn is/will have on radio stations starting up or folding? Kevin S MUCH-Warmer-Than-Bemidji (Bainbridge Island), WA > I really dont think they are trying to serve Fargo.. thats a bit far > away...they are serving St Cloud. > > You've got a 540 coming soon too. > > Paul > > > > On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 6:06 PM, Paul LaFreniere > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> >> 1010 WPPI MN Sauk Rapids. 1643 CST. >> Adult--Standards--NOS type music. Many >> "Uptown 1010" slogans. "Minnesota's >> Ring-a-Ding radio." Another of those >> Johnny-come-lately west & west-central >> MN stations cluttering up the former clear >> frequencies with too much power. They >> seem to be trying to serve the Fargo, ND- >> Moorhead, MN market. And it looks like >> there are more to come. WPPI seems to be >> closer to St. Cloud. >> >> Paul LaFreniere >> Grand Marais, MN >> >> _______________________________________________ >> IRCA mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca >> >> Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the >> original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the >> IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers >> >> For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org >> >> To Post a message: [email protected] >> >> > > > -- > Sincerely, > Paul B. Walker, Jr. > www.onairdj.com > [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > IRCA mailing list > [email protected] > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > > Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the > original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the > IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers > > For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org > > To Post a message: [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected] _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
