Cooperstown.Net wrote:

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What makes Satellite radio hometown? Well, when NAB does its annual brag
about how many artists and songs terrestrial radio introduced, its tally
includes about 12,000 signals that any given listener cannot receive. It is
satellite that brings these niche formats to every community in the contiguous
states.

Which, by definition, makes it NOT HOMETOWN. *EVERY COMMUNITY* in the lower 48,
right? My original point was that if I'm in Apple Valley, there are a bunch of
LOCAL radio stations; a half-dozen owned and operated by Clear Channel, and
another (about) ten or so owned by independents. Infinity is up here, but their
only outlet simulcasts a country station down the hill, so they don't count,
nor does the smaller broadcaster using 92.7 to simulcast their signal on 92.7
out of Ventura County, a few hours away.

Someone programming for a nationwide audience is NOT programming specifically
for my neck of the woods and thus is NOT providing hometown programming.

XM is developing digital fountain technology and will be as locally
differentiated as regulators permit it to be.

Very cool. But they're NOT hometown. "hometown" generally means "originating
locally" as well as "serving the local market."

I love listening to Alice Cooper, but he's not local... he's syndicated out of
Phoenix (IIRC). Same can be said for Bob and Tom, who are on the station that
Cooper is on, in the mornings. I love Bob and Tom too. But they're not
providing hometown content.

I can tune to 92.7 and hear about traffic coming from Los Angeles up through
the Valley on Interstate 405 in the afternoon, if I want to, but I'd rather
tune to one of the CC stations and hear local traffic reports...

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