On Jul 12, 2:22*am, "David Eduardo" wrote:
"Brenda Ann" wrote in message

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"David Eduardo" wrote in message
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The station, without knowing it, failed because it was a Class IV on 1340
in a very sparsely populated county... where even today, a C2 FM only
puts a decent signal over 60,000 persons. And that county, unlike in the
50's, is now invaded by many usable FMs from other nearby locations...
yet it had a monopoly when it went on in 1950.

1) *KAPA was a damn fine station, with great local flavor and a good
community presence. I listened to it while I lived there most of the time,
even though KOL in Seattle put in a very good signal to the south, and
continued to listen when I lived in Astoria, because the signal they put
in there was quite good, and they had a better program than the (then) two
locals and a semi-local (KVAS, KAST and KSWB).

The problem is that, given a station with good programming that is
entertaining, listeners abandon "community presence" and "local flavor"
instantly just as they abandoned the local hamburger joint when McDonalds
openened.


that is changing fast. in my metro area, even during this brutal
recession, i am seeing old time restaurants opening again. i just ate
at one, nice service, good food, and the place was packed.


Lots of really good local AMs have been swept away by big FM signals coming
on the air in the 70's and 80's. The smart ones bought FMs, too. The others
failed and go through new owners every few years.


that happens in any business. it does not mean that we like
mediocrity, and corporate blandness.


2) To quote a certain shill person "nobody listens to radio outside the
64dBu city contours" and "stations don't care about anyone outside their
own city contours... they do not count in the ratings." *I know there was
other BS in there somewhere..

The minute that little market was penetrated by numerous FMs it was over for
the Class IV no matter what you think of its programming.


you are citing a different problem than what we are discussing. then
you say they went under not because of the programming, but because
f.m. became popular right? you cannot have this both ways.


And analysis of millions of listener weeks of recorded listening over nearly
a decade shows that there is very little listening outside the 64 dbu of FMs
at work or at home, and much of that is because the radios of the last few
decades can't pick up much of anything less than that with acceptable
quality. When I see nearly no exceptions that would validate your
contention, I must conclude that you are imagining things.

hmmmm, are you telling me that the f.m. band, cannot play a large
wide selection of music, is there something wrong with the spectrum,
it can only broadcast corporate chosen bland conservative playlists?