Re: person of the decade, anyone?

["A. Joseph Ross" <lawyer@world.std.com>]

On 20 Dec 99,  Donna Halper wrote:

> Well, everybody is asking who is the person of the century and who is the
> most influential newsmaker, etc etc.  Radio was not really a factor at the
> beginning of the century, and when TV came along, many predicted its
> demise.  Yet here we are, still involved with radio.  But the industry has
> certainly changed from the one I broke into in college.  Anyone want to
> venture a nomination or two for Most Influential Radio Person of the
> decade?  I am not sure we could really do one for the entire century (I
> wasn't around in 1920, were you?), but I am curious as to who might get
> your vote for this past decade... Mel Karmazin?  Howard Stern?  Bob
> Bittner?  Who would you choose?
 
I think I'd choose the authors of the Telecommunications Act of 1996.

I suspect we'd all like radio a lot better if Bob Bittner were the Most 
Influential Radio Person of the Decade.  Would that it were so.


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