Re: good Phoenix article

["tony schinella" <radiotony@attbi.com>]

You are serving the public interest if the station is available for people
to listen and serving the public interest if the airwaves are available for
people to broadcast on. It is a dual public service. If people choose not to
listen or choose not to broadcast, that is another story.
Most people don't listen to ABRadio or WMFO because the stations are tiny
compared to other stations. I have done shows where I can get five or six
callers in the middle of the day so I know we have listeners which is pretty
good for WMFO.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Billings" <billings@suscom-maine.net>
To: "tony schinella" <radiotony@attbi.com>; "Donna Halper"
<dlh@donnahalper.com>; <boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>; "Aaron Read"
<aread@speakeasy.net>
Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 5:22 PM
Subject: Re: good Phoenix article


> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "tony schinella" <radiotony@attbi.com>
> To: "Donna Halper" <dlh@donnahalper.com>;
> <boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>; "Aaron Read"
<aread@speakeasy.net>
> Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 4:41 PM
> Subject: Re: good Phoenix article
>
>
> > I don't think the point is whether a station has "near-zero listeners,"
as
> > much as whether or not people have the opportunity to broadcast. Or,
more
> to
> > the point, the opportunity to broadcast without extreme regulation over
> what
> > a broadcaster would like to do on the air. Is doing a bi-weekly show on
> > freeform music show on near-zero listener WMFO a waste of my time?
Maybe.
> > No, if it means I wouldn't get to broadcast at all. Yes, if there were
> other
> > opportunities where people could broadcast on larger stations without
> > worrying about demographics, playing the same five songs over and over
> > again, etc.
>
> The use of the airwaves is supposed to serve the public interest.  I don't
> see how anyone can be serving the public interest if no one is listening.
>
> -- Dan Billings, Bowdoinham, Maine
>
>