From Taylor on Radio-Info today:

"A survivalist mentality"?

"It's like many radio management people are trying to hang on, until
they can get out."
I've written before about this dangerous mindset - where even some
very senior guys are thinking in their heads "just give me two more
good years, and I'm out, and to heck with the future." Now out of
nowhere, I get this strong letter from Mike Buxser, the VP/Market
Manager at West Virginia Radio Corporation in Charleston. Mike says
"after attending the NAB in Charlotte, I'm really concerned about the
future of our business, and it's not because of external forces. It's
the internal forces. The demise of radio is preached much more by
radio people than by others. After listening to several doom-and-
gloomers at the convention I thought, what's with these people?
There's an almost survivalist mentality, like they are circling the
wagons and trying to hang on until they can get out." Mike says he
experienced that vibe at a previous job situation, and was even
thinking about whether he wanted to stay in the business. Now he says
"we need leaders in this industry who want to be in it and are meeting
the new challenges with an eye to today and the future. Vision,
enthusiasm and pride are keys to our future. Frankly, I didn't
experience a lot of that in Charlotte. It dawned on me that, in the
words of the old Pogo comic strip, 'We have met the enemy, and he is
us.'"

Radio is dying, buddy - HD Radio isn't going to save it, just destroy
it faster!