Cooperstown.Net wrote:

This angle of attack appears to be going noplace. So I expect we'll shortly
be reminded that Karmazin runs Sirius and that both providers are teamed with
good terrestrial radio people.

Look, folks, perhaps I shouldn't have named names. Especially since I don't
follow the satellite radio business as closely as I could. Especially,
especially since there are people who are much more familiar with the players
involved than I am.

However, if y'all really want to argue that satellite radio is "hometown"
radio, I'll argue until my dying day that it's not. It is the diametric
OPPOSITE of hometown radio. "Hometown" implies a broadcast outlet directing its
programming at an audience in the same geographical area.

Jerome, THAT is the point I was trying to make (and apparently failed to make).

For us ("us" including you, if I recall correctly) to have complained for years
about industry consolidation and the homogenization of radio outlets across the
USA, and then for you to tout satellite as "hometown" programming, is beyond my
comprehension, and I'm shocked to hear such a thing from any of the regulars,
ESPECIALLY you.

Maybe I'm just confused. Perhaps you could clarify your statement.

**SJS

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