"Brenda Ann" wrote:


"David Eduardo" wrote in message
. com...

"RHF" wrote in message
ups.com...
SW,

"In addition, the LW band and the "Tropical" part of the SW band should

be pressed into service for one or two 500,000 watt national coverage
broadcasters - government sponsored (NPR?) "

Americans increasingly will not listen to even local AM-quality radio.
they certainly would not listen to fady, erratic SW.

Glad you have a good grasp on your tiny little world Eduardo.. but a lot of
the rest of us belong to a great big world with a lot of other choices
besides the ones that the NAB wants to cram down our throats. [...]

Brenda Ann,

You've shown yourself to be one of the true voices of sanity on this
newsgroup, and I do respect your viewpoints on various issues.

However, I speak from personal experience when I say that arguing with
Eduardo (and his cheerleading section) is about as effective as
teaching a horse to sing.

We, the radio listening public, are just going to have to wait for the
decline of radio brought on by the likes of Eduardo to get serious
enough that the bean-counters actually notice the downward trend. I
haven't listened to commercial radio in years -- not without trying,
mind you, but it is just boring and bland beyond hope.

Arbitron will never figure it out, too. After the brilliance of
Arbitron was pointed out to me (again and again and again), I finally
got asked to participate in one of their surveys. Well, actually, my
computer was asked. They just picked random phone number digits and
came up with my computer modem line, and weren't actually interested
in talking to the owner of that modem when I contacted them about
participating in the survey. Well, our local water system's data
line was also asked to participate, too.

I hate to admit it, but radio as we've known it is finally dying. The
bean counters won, radio lost.

--
Eric F. Richards,
"It’s easy to fall into the trap of thinking that the purpose of a
business is to make money. But the real purpose of a business is to
create value. While it’s possible to make money in the short run
without creating much value, in the long run it’s unsustainable.
Even criminal organizations have to create value for someone."
- Steve Pavlina, April 10, 2006