WBZ cuts Leveille, Cuddy, Dyett, poss. Desmarais

[Dan Billings]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lou" <lspin@comcast.net>
To: "'Mark Laurence'" <marklaurence@mac.com>; "'BostonRadio Mailing List'" 
<boston-radio-interest@rolinin.bostonradio.org>
Sent: Friday, January 02, 2009 11:09 AM
Subject: RE: WBZ cuts Leveille, Cuddy, Dyett, poss. Desmarais


>I will add my voice to the choir by saying:  This is horrible.  Where does
> it end?
>
> Perhaps, in an overly optimistic vein, the pendulum will begin to swing
> back.  Corporate people will try to unload some of these properties back 
> to
> local companies which will pump-in some local cash with hopes of
> resurrecting them.  Or has the economic model for good, local radio really
> faded into history?

It's very tough.  What businesses are going to buy ads to support a local 
radio station?  The retail sector, formerly a major supporter of local 
radio, is now dominated by national chains and big box stores.  Few of those 
companies spend money on radio.