"Rich Wood" wrote in message
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| On 5 Jun 2005 18:21:06 GMT, "Mike Terry"
| wrote:

| When I heard that WCBS FM had changed their format, I felt like someone
had
| slapped me in the face. I hadn't listened to the station in a long time,
but
| knowing it existed was like knowing there was a friendly face from the
past
| still out there, smiling at you.

| Let me understand this. You grew up with WCBS-FM but no longer listen
| to it yet you want it to stay around just because you know it's there.

Well, there it is, isn't it? Radio one grows up with, and grows out of.
Although I have to note that one of the reasons why people grow out of a
particular radio station is because the radio station fails to grow
themselves.

| You abandoned them. Even worse, you got older and ceased to be of any
| value to them. That should be the slap in the face. There are many
| things in life that we abandon yet retain fond memories. Is Viacom
| obligated to keep WCBS-FM in perpetuity or just until you kick the
| bucket?

Well, no....but Viacom should have found some creative innovations besides
playing the same 2,000 (or 4,000 or whatever) cuts day after day.

| I'm sure this decision was carefully made by the TV folks running
| Infinity. I'm sure they'll give the format time (2 years) to grow and
| prosper. I'm sure they won't adopt the TV habit of changing
| programming every 6 months.

| Have faith that "iPod on Shuffle" is just the awesomely creative new
| format radio needs.

I think you've made my point, if I can assume that it's your usually droll
wit, and not some hurrah for this new trend, eh?
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