"norml" wrote in message
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Even when listeners were still hooked by the romance of reception over
long
distances, sponsors had realized that advertising to anyone who lives more
than half a day's drive from the store is useless.

Norm

"RHF" wrotf:

DS,

The NAB is about "The Broadcasting Business" and a Corporation
with a Hundred Local Radio Stations can make more Money; then a
Corporation with a Few High Powered Clear Channel Radio Stations.

Thousands of Local 1KW, 5KW and 10KW AM Radios Stations
serve more People (Radio Listeners) and produce more Local Jobs
and Revenue plus Local Taxes that aggregate into a much larger
National Economy then a Few Clear Channel Big Stations.

The future of Free {Commercial} Broadcasting in the USA
is with IBOC - ? WHY ? - The NAB and the FCC Want It !


I disagree with RHF's part about producing more local jobs. In markets were
Infinity, ClearChannel and Entercom own most every station in the market,
there end up being far fewer jobs than if the stations were all owned by
different companies. In most markets these corporations have one or two
engineers to service all their stations, with only one office staff, and
often air personalities that pull duty at more than one outlet (all of which
are in the same building)