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iain@io.org (Iain Grant) wrote:


>Why won't you understand that what keeps these horrible stations
>on-air, with the exception of CBC, is advertising revenue.
>Advertising revenue in turn is generated by listener demand, listener
>demand is measured by ratings.  Therefore, if listeners demanded and
>would support a station playing All-Elvis music, I guarantee that
>within 3 months CHUM-FM, CHFI and CKFM would all be pumpin' out
>Burnin' Love.      The stations are very much owned by the public, and
>are programmed at the very baisc root level of democracy, if you don't
>want it, you don't listen, if you don't listen, the station switches
>to a format where you do.

You have hiliighted the flaw in your own (and Coren's) reasoning:
Democracy is *not* based on who has or spends the most $.  Democracy
is a representation of all the people, not just the ones who buy pizza
or the ones in the largest "demographic chunk" ie. your elvis
anaology.  I agree wholeheartedly that every station in T.O. would
churn out orchestral static if they could determine that the best
commercial advantage could be gained by doing so.  This advantage
would not necessitate representing the tastes of everyone; rather it
would require the best demographics based on who has $ to spend on
advertizers wares and (think about this a minute) who is most easily
manipulated by advertizing.  So what about the others?

Come on now... do you really believe that the "basic root of
democracy" is how much money can be manipulated out of you by
advertizers? 


>>>Do you honestly believe we need two FM CBC outlets in Toronto ?

>>Yes.

>Okay, how about 8 outlets ?

>1 CBC 94.1 FM for English
>1 CBC 90.3 FM for French
>1 CBC 740 AM for English
>1 CBC Channel 5 TV for English
>1 CBC Channel 25 TV for French
>1 CBC Cable 26 TV for English News (Newsworld)
>1 CBC Cable 54 TV for French News (RDI)
>And a large share in Showcase television.

>Isn't that enought for our 'national' broadcaster without taking yet
>another frequency away from private broadcasting ?

Ok, 8.  How many commercial stations are there on the band playing
exactly the same song right now?  How many stations do we need playing
top 40 trash from the US?  We have a lot more than 8 stations of pizza
commercials.
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