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| Where'd our LOCAL PROGRAMMING on AM RADIO GO?
If you listen to local AM Radio
station 1700AM you have noticed what is, at the very least, some very ODD
PROGRAMMING...especially when you look at all the reasons they stated in their
request to have the FCC to put out a much stronger signal. Here is what we here at the "Voice of
Reason" know so far:
1. All the programs the station had that had ANY
KIND OF AUDIENCE have been ripped off the air, and now are only available via
online streaming of these shows.
2. The owners of the station have ODDLY and
EGREGIOUSLY taken a local AM Signal and decided to dedicate it over solely to
Indian Language programming from Radio India for the next 12 months...one has
to wonder if this in the best interest of OUR COMMUNITY, or were the owners
given a deal TO SWEET TO SAY NO TO by Radio Indie?
3. We are not sure the FCC knows about this odd
change that runs contrary to the expansion of their license from this writers
perspective, but we will be filing an inquiry with several state and federal
agency on this matter.
The station press release
says, “We look forward to serving our
current audience and future listeners with great local, general interest and
niche-specific programming.” Would love
to hear them explain how Indian Language programming and music from Radio Indie
is consider GREAT LOCAL programming...STAY TUNED!
In the meantime, we are
investigating this, and look for this to be a topic on "Voice of
Reason" in the VERY NEAR FUTURE! AS
an aside...for those who do not know it, Rockland World Radio is starting its
fourteenth year of broadcasting, is the most experienced truly local Internet
Broadcast station in our area...something all of our Rockland County
advertisers should remember when planning their advertising budgets...go where
the listeners are, and go with the experienced local Radio Station to get
results.
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