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June 1st 08, 08:00 PM
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D Peter Maus wrote: dxAce wrote: D Peter Maus wrote: dxAce wrote: D Peter Maus wrote: dxAce wrote: David Eduardo wrote: "D Peter Maus" wrote in message ... dxAce wrote: He doesn't get it, Steve. Consider that there are a number of things that are not like things at home. One is that the listener him/herself is different. They're committed. They're focussed. They're trained. They've volunteered to serve. They're politically active at the most basic level. They're less concerned about the fluff that dominates the evening news than they are defending the fundamental freedoms that permit the behaviours that lead to the fluff that dominates the evening news. That takes them off most squares of the psychographic grid. Hometown demography doesn't apply. They're a different type of people with listening tastes and habits that reflect a different type of lifestyle. Another consideration is that there are dramatically fewer choices for listening in theatre. Unlike you and me, who have a dial full of selections, troops in theatre have a fraction of the offerings. They listen, as you say, for fresh truths from home. Not for the latest George Michael release. And politically, they tend to a more conservative path. Rush is big with military, as a whole, regardless of demography. Programming AFN is not like programming WKSC. As past part of a comittee to get two AFRTS stations in Puerto Rico closed (they were) I find that statement disingenuous. Why did you want them closed? Wouldn't they let you pretend that you owned them? There's a lot of anti-military in this country. I live about 5 minutes from Great Lakes. It's shameful the way men and women in uniform are treated in public, here. I was behind a woman at Wal-Mart in Waukegan about 3 months ago. She was clearly stocking up, and was burning up some serious time in the checkout line. The guy behind me was grousing about it. I noticed her ID on a lanyard around her neck. And asked if she was Navy. She affirmed she was, and I thanked her for her service. You should have heard the noise. From others in line. From others in adjacent lines. The cashier had the good sense to be quiet, but was clearly disamused. The pride with which Gleason asserts his part in getting two AFRTS stations closed only underscores the assertion sometime back that the only thing we've ever heard him renounce is his citizenship. Amen to that. We've a ships reunion next year at or near Great Lakes, so perhaps I'll get down that way. Do. I certainly hope to do so. Been 30 years or more since I saw a lot of those guys. That's going to be an emotional weekend. You bet! But it'll be a fun weekend. |
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