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"?
Sent from my iPad > On Jan 9, 2014, at 9:36 PM, "Scott Royall" <[email protected]> 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:[email protected]] 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 > _______________________________________________ > Swprograms mailing list > [email protected] > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swprograms > > To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to > [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL > shown above. > > > _______________________________________________ > Swprograms mailing list > [email protected] > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swprograms > > To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to > [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL > shown above. > _______________________________________________ Swprograms mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swprograms To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown above.
