"Steve" wrote in message
...

You are being obtuse. We are talking about MW and FM broadcast stations
and
such, not point to point communications devices.

If that's what you're talking about, you should choose your words more
carefully.

You are, as I said, being obtuse. And ingenuous.

Then they are aware that radio broadcasting is a business, whether for
profit or not, with the possible exception of state run facilities, which
are a totally different animal.

Nope. They are aware of that, too.

Many state broadcasters are run for political gain or to provide employment
for supporters. They are many times not run in a businesslike manner.

Local stations in their local service areas are not being drowned by
interference in the US.

Yes, they are. You obviously don't spend much time listening to the
radio.

Cite, please, a few examples, of US stations being interferred with in their
local interference free countours.

Actually, my opinions and actions are based almost totally on listener
input.

Garbage in, garbage out....

You had better decide. Either listener input is good or bad, but it can not
be both.

When you have talked with about 10,000 listeners a year, get back to me on
this.

I'll get back to you when I see some evidence of your actually having
listened to the radio once or twice.

I listen all day and most of the night.

People like you don't, and perhaps can't, look beyond the blinders you
wear. Five years from now you'll probably still be a luddite, but
others will read your posts and feel embarrassed for you.

I am not interested in programming something I like. I am interested in
finding out what listeners like, and having our team of about 70 programmers
use listener guidance to create radio that appeals to large groups of
listeners. Talking to listeners is hardly embarrassing; talking as if you
knew what you were saying when you don't is.