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wrote in message ... David Eduardo wrote: Fortunately, the US realized what places like Mexico had known all along: the market will provide amply for news needs and specialized news and information stations will be created naturally. Mexico has, in general, more and better news and information stations than the US does, and none was ever forced to do news and information programming. Mexican stations were (are?) still forced to run that dreadful Sunday night program, though (didn't it sound like someone was talking over a barrel?) La Hora Nacional still is a must carry. However, we are talking about an hour that typically has a 3.0 rating for persons using radio, so it is not important. Mexico City has more news and talk stations than NY, LA and Chicago combined. |
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I don't see why people go to so much trouble to broadcast illegally
when it is possible to broadcast legally & cover large areas, of course it is only with the AM band this is possible but you can get near FM sound quality with the right audio equipment. We have customers that cover small cities legally with multiple transmitters. |
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Fred-
Doesn't sound like you're speaking of Awstin stations. Having lived here off and on for 19 years, I can't picture any one here crafting a listenable newscast. I listen to the 5,000 ounce chimpanzee every morning, and the newscasts are about on par with a college radio station. Growing up in the NY market the newscasts on WABC were good and paced well. But that was a long time ago. When the music died in the early 80's I stopped listening. When I played radio in the early 70's the news was a joke. They tried to be serious, but the main goal in the control room was still to crack the newsguy. George Csahanin Awstin, TX "fredtv" wrote in message ... Public service should be part of what the station does every day. The typical Public service programs hidden away on Sunday morning do the public no good. Remember when top 40 stations had talented and clever news people who actually crafted listenable newscasts? They were fun on slow news days and credible when the public need arose. Public service was also part of the format-- not a block of shows hidden on the schedule. Fred Cantu Austin, TX |
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I used to travel a lot - fortunately no longer do so - but would listen to a
news report of a current event on a given subject in Japan - then next day hear the US version on that same subject - then next day hear the BBC or European view - was very hard to tell we were talking about the same event - the skew was extreme from each source concerning that same event - what was true? well - not sure - and current extrapolation to today approach concerning US HomeLand Security news etc etc etc in US news compared to the rest of the world view of news - well - guess I will be investigated as a non US patriot for this post - whatever likable PC correct news is one thing - reality (whatever that is) is another - I would prefer reality or at least objective facts minus the politics and skew of political agendas Do you have a windmill I can tilt at????? Low rates - guaranteed success - dragons extra! David Eduardo wrote: "fredtv" wrote in message ... Public service should be part of what the station does every day. The typical Public service programs hidden away on Sunday morning do the public no good. Remember when top 40 stations had talented and clever news people who actually crafted listenable newscasts? They were fun on slow news days and credible when the public need arose. Public service was also part of the format-- not a block of shows hidden on the schedule. Yes, I remember that from the 50's and 60's. Every time one of the newscasts came on, I would go to the other local Top 40 station until the news came on on that station, when I would go back. All my friends did the same thing. Fortunately, the US realized what places like Mexico had known all along: the market will provide amply for news needs and specialized news and information stations will be created naturally. Mexico has, in general, more and better news and information stations than the US does, and none was ever forced to do news and information programming. |
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