Re: WSRO

[SteveOrdinetz <steveord@xtdl.com>]

At 12:56 AM 4/23/98 +0000, Dan Strassberg wrote:
>At 09:29 AM 4/22/98 EDT, you wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>Sadly, the days of the full service, localized AM radio station (in English)
>>are just about over, since funeral homes are putting their listeners in
boxes
>>on a fairly regular basis.  It's too bad, but we must keep reminding
ourselves
>>that radio is a business, and if there are not enough customers for a
product,
>>no matter how good the product is, the business is doomed to fail.  
>>

>I believe that the life expectancy of a male aged 65 is 16 years.

Anti-Gen X rant snipped

 You and your ilk have all of the depth and clarity of thought
>of puddles in a dirt road after a brief August rainstorm in central Kansas.
>


Uh, what does this rant have to do with Northeast radio?  Someone here
sounds like a bitter old man who wishes he were young again but won't admit
it.

Just because a rapidly increasing segment of the population is over 65
doesn't mean they want to listen to AM radio.  My father is 80 (is he
considered a mature member of society yet?)....his radio listening consists
of Vermont Public Radio, WHOM and sometimes WZID....none of which was on AM
last I checked.  For someone who seems to get his back up over
stereotyping, you seem to think that for some reason old folks haven't
figured out what that "FM" button on the radio does.  They do.  It brings
up stations that sound a lot better than AM, and have programming that is
(generally) a lot more appealing than most of what's on AM these days.

I'm 47...is that considered to be too young to have any depth or
intelligence?

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