Exactly. In Boston Clear Channel bought WFNX FM 101.7 a longrunning alternative rock station. Yes, moonbat radio but it could have interesting music, local band interviews etc.
CC gets it and redubs it the Harbor, rock with a tight playlist and no DJs. As I said on radio messageboards it's boring, it's predictable, and it will make them money. They found a computer that can spit out money.
On the AM side they had Talk 1200: 2 local hosts plus Rush, Hannity, etc. Now they lay off the local hosts, move Rush to a more powerful station, etc, and put on all comedy bits. No employees (other than some bits from an employee at one of their FMs), no vacation time, no labor costs, just load the computer.
This WAS conservative talk till this past Monday
(meanwhile WFNX has been replaced by the jockless wfnx.com, jockless for now at least, and the Boston Globe launched RadioBostonDotCom with 4 of the old WFNX jocks)
They’d have a damn hard time remaking ‘American Graffiti’ in 2012. Would Curt go to the radio station and sneak a look at the computer doing its airshift? Would the computer offer him a melting Popsicle? Would the kids be able to communicate face-to-face, one-on-one without a smartphone in hand? Would the vandalism of a police cruiser bring shocked looks from the cops or a SWAT team armed to the teeth? Would Toad & Candy have a musical backdrop for their backseat antics or would they be interrupted by compressed, overloud JOHN SMITH NISSAN & HONDA’S SATURDAY SUPERSALE commercials?