"Brenda Ann" wrote in message
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That was in the 60's (till Don Burden lost the license) when the metro
area had a single county definition and the audience was measured by
Pulse and Hooper, not Arbitron. Boy, you had to go back 5 decades to find
irrelevant data on that one.

First, your math sucks. Five decades ago, I was 3 years old, and could
not have possibly cared less about radio. Next, KISN was #1-3 in the
market during the early to mid 1970's, when Star Broadcasting held the
license, before they started doing what Faux News, Rush Limbaugh and Sean
Hannity do freely and openly nowadays, and lost ALL their licenses.

KISN lost its license over bribing and ex parte contact with a Senator,
along with Burden's Indianapolis and Omaha AMs along with two FMs. While the
final decision was in 1975, the stations had all been on the decline since
the proceedings began some five years earlier; the Indianapolis station had
never received a full 3-year renewal since Burden bought it in 1963 due to
other FCC transgressions. Oh, of course the famous "lack of candor" hastened
the 5-station revocations.

"Star" was Burden, 100%. He had no other shareholders. Like most stations,
KISN was held by a corporation for liability purposes and in this case
Burden was sole owner.

In the "mid 70's" year of 1975, where I have full ratings, KISN was 9th for
the full year average. It was certainly not #1 to #3 anywhere in "The mid
70's" as by 1977 more than half the shares were on FM, and in younger demos,
nearly all the shares.

In any case, Fox News and Limbaugh and Hannity have not even been accused of
bribing and engaging in illegal ex parte discussions with congresspersons...
the reason Burden lost his licenses. From every indication, he was a real
piece of work and a testimony to why consolidation is good for radio.

In any case, what killed the station more than anything else was the
expansion of the metro to areas the signal did not cover.