Wow. Soon, all stations in the USA will be owned either by Entercom or
Clear Channel. Kinda sad to see this happening.
On Thu, Feb 2, 2017 at 9:53 AM, Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> This is significant media news. CBS is selling off all of its radio
> assets.
>
> >
> >CBS to Sell Radio Assets to Entercom
> > Shareholders of Entercom will have to agree; the deal, which the
> companies
> >called a merger, will result in a broadcaster with 244 stations but
> require
> >some major-market station divestitures. Here’s what Entercom told
> financial
> >analysts and reporters in their just-ended conference call.
> >READ MORE»©2017 NewBay Media, LLC
> >
>
> http://www.entercom.com/cbs-corporation-and-entercom-
> announce-merger-of-cbs-radio-with-entercom-to-create-
> preeminent-radio-platform
>
> This is the end of an era in American culture.
>
> In addition to this, the Australian Broadcasting Commission has shut
> down its shortwave facilities that serve the outback. Seems they have been
> in a political war with parliament over the expense and are replacing it
> with an FM network with satellite downfeeds.
>
> http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2017/01/18/4605906.
> htm?site=alicesprings
>
> When I was in high school I would get up early so that I could listen
> to the morning shortwave broadcast to North America, which began with the
> call of a Kookaburra. Sometimes I could pick up the regional shortwave
> broadcast from Perth, which often carried the broadcast of horse races.
> Recently I would listen to Radio Australia in the late evenings when the
> propagation was favourable. That's all gone now. Damn!
>
>
>
> Chris
>
> When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
> - Hunter S. Thompson
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