Re: Carrying a big stick #2 Arb

["Dan Billings" <dib9@gwi.net>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Roy Lawrence" <lawrencemedia@yahoo.com>
To: <bri@bostonradio.org>
Cc: <dib9@gwi.net>
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 11:39 PM
Subject: Re: Carrying a big stick #2 Arb


> I strongly agree, this has been a problem with the
> Portland market for as long as I remember. Stations
> making knee-jerking decisions. I'm sure we could name
> which Portland stations that are more guilty of this
> than others.

With the exception of the Point (98.9 WCLZ), this has been less of a problem
since the advent of group ownership.  With a company owning several stations
in a market, the company can take a more long term view.

-- Dan Billings, Bowdoinham, Maine