: 1. The Fairness Doctrine could be resurrected and rewritten to assure a
: balance of voices/opinions are heard on the public airwaves.
: 2. The audience has absolutely no input over what is heard on the
airwaves
: (with very limited exceptions). If you try to argue that broadcasters
are
: responding to market demands then the I.Q. factor in this country has
: indeed fallen to the low double or even single digit range.
: 3. No, what I would really like to see is an ownership cap of seven to
a
: dozen stations per entity with no cross ownership. Then there might
: actually be some creative programming and diversity - you know, like
there
: was for the first 75 years or so.... Imagine! stations with different
: studios, different personnel, maybe even different program directors!
Then
: they wouldn't sell for over inflated amounts and we wouldn't get
stripped
: down, dumbed down voice-tracked generic dog-vomit programming!
: 4. Radio listenership is down by 15-20%. There's a reason for that
:
: Yeah, it's called 'a lot of other things going on'.


Judging by the obesity epidemic going on in this country, none of the
"other things" involve very much physical activity (except flipping the
remote and playing with a joystick) Or is listening to the radio such an
intense experience that it requires 100% of your attention?