[78-L] AM Radio (and the music) is now dead

[Kristjan Saag]

Michael Biel wrote:
>>> It is worth noting that none of the NYC independent stations you
>>> mentioned were "formatted" stations playing only one type of music for
>>> the entire day.  That type of specialization programming only came in
>>> the 1950s.  EVERY station had a something-for-everybody format prior to
>>> that.

I wrote:
>> So what happened? Was it the Roosevelt era that came to an end or what?
>> Meanwhile, back in the jungle (Europe) public service stations continued
>> their "something-for-everybody"-format and no one complained, except the
>> advertisers.
>> Poor fellas, how many millions didn't the idea of public service steal
>> from
>> Procter & Gamble, Coca Cola and...Volvo?

Al Simmons wrote:
> Uhh.the end of the Roosevelt era had no bearing on radio programming or
> consolidation. Au contraire!
---
Au contraire? Means it had? Or had it in another way? Or radio programming 
had bearing on the end of the Roosevelt era?
A hypothesis would have been that the end of the Roosevelt era also meant an 
ideological switch: from the idea that governmental policies should 
guarantee citizens not only economic security but also offer possibilities 
to enjoy intellectual, cultural and recreational experiences - to a more 
laissez-faire form of capitalism. This switch took place in many European 
countries in the 1980's and 1990's and resulted in precisely the same 
development in mass media that took place in the US in the 1950's.
Kristjan