Spinning tunes or just spinning tires?
Mar. 3rd, 2013 11:06 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jcollie719A few days ago, I read about a radio company with stations in Wyoming and South Dakota. The company has been fined repeatedly by the FCC for various violations, including using unlicensed studio-transmitter links and not keeping their public files up to date. Only two or three of the company's 11 stations are actually on the air.
According to an article, the company CEO hasn't put any effort into the stations. The ones currently running have skeleton crews since the FCC has stated it is highly unlikely their licenses will be renewed. The CEO has also threatened to sue the FCC over the fines levied. Current and former employees had told the CEO about problems with one of the now-silent AM stations years ago. The CEO allegedly shrugged it off, saying "no one listens to AM anymore."
I see attitudes like this from so-called radio "professionals" and think "...and I can't find a weekday radio job." The licenses for the Wyoming stations expire in October. Maybe by then I can buy them at a garage sale for a buck apiece ;)
According to an article, the company CEO hasn't put any effort into the stations. The ones currently running have skeleton crews since the FCC has stated it is highly unlikely their licenses will be renewed. The CEO has also threatened to sue the FCC over the fines levied. Current and former employees had told the CEO about problems with one of the now-silent AM stations years ago. The CEO allegedly shrugged it off, saying "no one listens to AM anymore."
I see attitudes like this from so-called radio "professionals" and think "...and I can't find a weekday radio job." The licenses for the Wyoming stations expire in October. Maybe by then I can buy them at a garage sale for a buck apiece ;)
