The clout of Bruce Bradley

[kvahey@comcast.net]

Donna

Same is true in TV. It started in the early 70's when the FCC mandated
the 7:30 to 8 slot be returned to local stations instead of network.
While it was well intended it created the syndication monster. WCVB at
first was one of the few stations that embraced the rule as intended
and we still have Chronicle today.

Local childrens shows vanished. My son never had a Rex Trailer, Bozo
or Major Mudd to enjoy.

Now in some markets you have master control hundreds of miles away
from the transmitter. If there is an emergency in Buffalo how on earth
is an engineer in Indianapolis supposed to handle it?

Satellite distribution destroyed local radio followed by voice
tracking software. I was stunned back in the early 90's hearing Dorman
in Orlando and it sounded local.

I really hope WCAP works as it might provide a model for other
broadcasters. There should always be a place for news, sports and good
local talk on radio but I fear the ship has sailed on music.

On 3/2/08, Donna Halper <dlh@donnahalper.com> wrote:
>
> >Martin wrote--
> >     Back in civilization on planet earth, even
> >low-life employers have a supervisor tell the employee
> >he or she is being fired / laid off. They have
> >policies and handbooks about how to handle it.
> >
> >    Oh, don't get me started.
>
> No, don't get ME started.  I consulted in small and medium markets
> for more than 20 years, trained all sorts of good people, got new
> artists airplay, created interesting and unique sounding stations
> that got good numbers, won awards, etc etc... and then along came the
> Telecom Act of 1996 and every one of my client radio stations was
> bought up by a giant conglomerate, and I never even got so much as a
> phone call ever since (except from people wanting me to find them
> jobs).  I watched something to which I had devoted my life get
> replaced by voice-tracking and syndicating the same show in city
> after city.  And they shoe-horned in more commercials and cut local
> content, and then they were shocked, shocked when people stopped
> listening... What happened to broadcasting still breaks my heart...
>
>