msg wrote:
Bob Campbell wrote:

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Also, I find it fascinating that so many people here seem to be
cheering the demise of HD. As HD goes, so goes radio. The fact
that HD appears to be failing only reinforces the idea that there is
no interest in radio at all. No one cares about HD because no one
listens to commercial radio any more.

I find this proposition presented in this NG all too often and find it
arrogant and disgusting. Living in a smaller market, filled with folks
decidedly not in the coveted demographic, we for the most part support,
and appreciate our local AM and non-commercial radio stations and tolerate
the ever-changing FM cacophony; there is no crisis of profitability or
viability in our AM market and if it were threatened you can be sure of
a loud protest in halls of government from our citizens.

Michael

Thank-you. Just because giant public companies can't run radio at a
profit, there's no reason to write off the medium. Ma and Pa operations
can make money, if they provide a service.