I never understood the business model for radio

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Posted by airtime (A) on April 13, 2017 at 07:48:19

In Reply to: RE: This is fascinating. posted by jdiamantis on April 12, 2017 at 20:29:42:

AM/FM is pretty much a local medium. I never understood why a national company would take over a station, preprogram it to any station USA and add commercials to the point of "why am I even listening".

I used to listen to AM radio when it was "local". And the same with FM. They had stations on Long Island that had what you would call today, a cult following. Big FM bought them all, put on the same top 40 on all the stations and guess what. No one was listening.

The stations lost their uniqueness and individuality, aka the reason a person would tune in an listen to them.

This is a true story. I couldn't stand listening to the same Billy Joel songs over and over again in my car. Added a CDP and satellite radio. A few years later, for kicks I turned on the FM and what are the friggin odds that the SAME exact Billy Joel song was playing.

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Topic - This is fascinating. - Michael Samra 15:39:49 04/12/17 (13)

RE: This is fascinating. - LowRedMoon 14:38:22 04/13/17 (0)

RE: This is fascinating. - jdiamantis 20:29:42 04/12/17 (10)

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RE: I never understood the business model for radio - bean 08:11:12 04/13/17 (2)

RE: I never understood the business model for radio - fredtr 11:12:42 04/13/17 (1)

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RE: This is fascinating. - Michael Samra 21:28:55 04/12/17 (5)

RE: This is fascinating. - Al Nico 14:34:35 04/14/17 (4)

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RE: This is fascinating. - Michael Samra 17:24:11 04/15/17 (2)

RE: This is fascinating. - sony6060 17:33:37 04/15/17 (1)

RE: This is fascinating. - Michael Samra 18:14:32 04/15/17 (0)

RE: This is fascinating. - Al Nico 19:11:46 04/12/17 (0)

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