Re: Various replies

["Andy Soule" <doctorradio@yahoo.com>]

But Dan....What if the government came in and said your campgrounds would
have to move to some other location, out of the way of progress, then the
land would be auctioned to the highest bidder...and no-one would be able to
get into your campground without a special camper, or a camper adapter.  And
while the government promised the new special camper would just be fabulous,
but it turned out, you were getting a bunch of the same old trailers jammed
into the fancy new packaging.

--OK I'm getting silly now, too much Python. (On my tax subsidized MPTV)

Glad to hear you're doing well outside the business.  Isn't it too bad
though, that someone interested in it as much as you are, isn't working in
it, and making a good living.  The way the industry is going, we are losing
some of our best people.  Leo Jonason, formerly of the Legendary 93 KHJ Los
Angeles is now an undertaker in Bucksport...Chuck Bullet, gone to the
internet...and the list goes on.  I'm cashing in as well, and will be out of
daily radio as of this Friday.  I truly believe Radio is the most powerful
advertising medium per dollar available (Read _Secret Formulas of the Wizard
of Ads_, by Roy H. Williams for the proof!) , and yet radio captures less
then 7% of the ad revenue out there.  We may have already lost many of the
best people who can turn that around.
Andy Soule
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Operations Manager WDME-FM
118 Union Square, Suite D103
Dover-Foxcroft, ME  04426
Phone: 207-564-2642
Fax: 206-493-1305  (206 Area code)
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From: Dib9@aol.com <Dib9@aol.com>
To: doctorradio@yahoo.com <doctorradio@yahoo.com>
Cc: boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org
<boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>
Date: Monday, October 18, 1999 1:12 PM
Subject: Re: Various replies


>We will see what happens, but I doubt the conversion costs will force
anyone
>out of business.  Technology changes and you have to keep up with the
times.
>There also is the potential for new revenue through the multi-channel
>possibilities of digital TV.  The reality is that most TV stations are very
>profitable, even in small markets, and the new investment is just a cost of
>doing business.
>
>I represent privately owned campground owners in Maine.  Over the last
>decade, many of my members have had to invest tens of thousands of dollars
to
>drill new wells to meet new regulatory requirements under the Clean Water
>Act.  This is happening even in facilities that have never had their water
>contaminated.  There are no federal dollars available for private
businesses
>to meet this mandate.  This is just one example of cost mandated by
>government but in proportion to the businesses revenue the expenses are
>comparable to what broadcasters have to invest for digital television.
>
>The spectrum fees currently charged are a joke.  Broadcasters effectively
get
>the use of the spectrum for free.  I'm not saying that should necessarily
>change, but broadcasters just need to remember that they are making a
profit
>from a public resource.
>
>As for your comments on retirement investments, I have not seen a crash in
>broadcasts stocks due to the costs of conversion to digital television.
And
>by the way, I haven't made by living from radio for ovr five years.
>
>-- Dan Billings, Bowdoinham, Maine
>
>
>In a message dated 10/18/99 11:33:46 AM EST, doctorradio@yahoo.com writes:
>
><< My thoughts were based on the smaller markets in Maine.
> Larger markets will do a double-take at the price tag, but it
> probably does not jeopardize staying in business.   >>


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