From: JAzz@Guy.com   
      
   Managed Resistance wrote:   
   >   
   > Where are the "radio" related posts in this group?   
   >   
   > There doesn't appear to be any interest in Canadian radio among   
   > newsgroup participants/lurkers.   Is radio a dead medium?   
      
   Radio in Canada is just about as brain dead as Terry Shivo.   
      
   > I would tend to think that radio is definitely on its last leg?   
      
   The radio stations in Canada, their formats, the music they play, the   
   repetion of their play lists, all of that is a reflection of the   
   absolute lack of creativity in the Canadian music industry.   
      
   Radio stations play what the industry wants them to play.  The   
   industry churns out the equivalent of fast-food-music for the masses   
   (ie the 10 to 24 year old demographic).  No classical music stations.   
   No real jazz stations.  Just absolute crap, repeated 5 times a day.   
      
   When you play crap, you attract a crappy demographic that are looking   
   to spend their bubble-gum money to buy more crap.   
      
   When you play hi-brow stuff, you attract a more affluent demographic   
   and you can charge more for your commercial air time (like commercials   
   for Lexus, etc).   
      
   For anyone who pays attention, the radio scene in Canada is abysmal.   
   Maybe Toronto and Vancouver has stations where programmers with more   
   than a couple of brain cells are coming up with original play lists,   
   but outside the REALLY BIG cities there is a radio wasteland in the   
   rest of Canada.   
      
   Can-Con rules don't help.  They insure that the only format that can   
   survive economically in Canada are the ones that play top-40.  That's   
   good for Shania and Avril, but it means no real jazz or classical   
   stations because there aren't enough Canadian jazz or classical   
   "super-stars" to satisfy can-con rules to base a radio station on   
   those formats.   
      
   > Anybody have any experience with Blackburn Group or its family   
   > of companies?   
      
   What do you mean "experience" ?   
      
   How can one have "experience" with a media holding company?  How does   
   one "experience" the Blackburn group?   
      
   Do you eat the Blackburn group?  Do you smoke it?   
      
   What?   
      
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