Have you seen today's Boston Globe?...

[Bill O'Neill]

Don A wrote:
> The idea that broadcasts licenses were licenses to "serve" a community 
> seems to be vanishing.
>
That's my point, exactly. It is vanishing. Sometimes we just have to let 
go!


I am not happy that radio has devolved to the point that the "trustees" 
need not consider the needs of its local community -- indigenous 
concerns that, ironically, if served by a station, would actually give 
it relevance, market share, and a purpose.  I cut my teeth in radio 28 
years ago when local service mattered.  Even then, however, balancing 
talker viewpoints across the clock misses the point when it comes to 
local service.


Bill O'Neill