Billionaire Jimmy Pattison has been on a buying spree in my province. He just bought two radio stations in Victoria after purchasing a group further up Vancouver Island. He is one of the few independent media guys out there, but I know he doesn't have the brain trust to take on so many stations. The depth of managers and programmers is just not in the ranks, but what the hell, that can be said for the other media conglomerates too. If you consider accountants, sales people, and administrators good managers of entertainment then yes, they have those. What they don't have after all of these years of neglect are genuine programming managers and on-air personalities.
The song said Video Killed The Radio Star ? but I believe the conglomerates and government killed the radio star. I have never thought this before... but I now truly believe radio is dead.
Red Robinson
May 11
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