Re: Telecommunications Act (Lack of) Coverage

[umar@nerodia.wcrb.com]

On Fri, 4 May 2001, Garrett Wollman wrote:

> It turns out that it is fairly expensive to set up a station to
> actually run spots, particularly during election season.  Not just the
> equipment cost, but also the personnel to sell the spots and manage
> availabilities (i.e., ``sales'' and ``traffic'').

That may have been true ten years ago, but not today. Everything but the
actual selling can be automated these days (and salespeople in a viable
business always bring in more money than they cost, so they are never
"expensive"). 


Rob Landry
umar@nerodia.wcrb.com