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correct, and the corporate conservative blandness is driving millions
of people away. people downloaded music in droves for a reason. they
get to hear what they cannot hear on the radio.
pretty soon t.v. is going to get hit really hard. reruns of lousy
shows over and over again, and only what they think you want to watch,
or, what they own.
when i was a kid, believe it or not, in my metro area, and we are in
the top 20, had 5 channels on t.v., and on friday and saturday night,
there were so many choices, that i had to weigh which choice was
better, and cross my fingers.
today, i can get 29 stations on a good night, and just about all of
them are either showing infomercials, which should be illegal, or more
reruns of what i just watched earlier.
and cable and the dish are no better. and they cost to boot.

When I was young (and up to not-so-long ago), even where there were a lot of
stations with the same general format, you could tune around and find a song
you liked better. This was especially true of AM at night. Even the talkers
were more interesting and varied. You had individuals at the great stations
like KSL, KNX, KGO, etc. all with different styles and opinions. Now, you
got Rush and Noory, everywhere on the dial. The only way you can tell what
station you're listening to is to hopefully catch the legal ID at the top of
the hour. Everything is the same, differentiated only slightly by
propogation path differences.