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 | | Just because WFLA is a whore and that its co-owned Tampa Tribune defends WFLA-TV is not an indictment against all cross-ownership situations; it doesn't mean the A.H. Belo Company, that owns the Dallas paper and WFAA-TV, is a whore. |
 | | But, naturally, being the curmudgeon blogger than I am and the radio industry veteran that I am (and I am writing this on Veteran's Day--I'm also a Veteran of the Korean War and went to Columbia on the GI Bill), I can't help but comment on Jack's prescription for the radio industry's health. |
 | | Many AM stations, especially talk and all-news stations, run a full load of 18 minutes of commercials in an hour, which, in this era of 30-second spots, means a possibility of 36 commercial units in an hour. |
| charleswarner.blogspot.com /2003_11_01_charleswarner_archive.html (283 words) |
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