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2016 Postmortem

Kilgore

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1. It really does come down to ad revenue.

Reply to certainot (Original post)

Thu Dec 1, 2016, 10:46 PM

Dec 2016

We had a great progressive AM radio station in Portland that shut down because they could not make enough in ad revenue to cover costs. But we have two stations full of Rush, Hannity, Savage and the like going strong, and this is progressive Portland Oregon!!

The key is not just boycott for change, but then support the advertizers after the change happens.

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In WIS, MI, and PA, 4 universities could decide the fate of 34 Limbaugh/Trump radio stations. [View all] certainot Dec 2016 OP

It really does come down to ad revenue. Kilgore Dec 2016 #1

rw radio is not really a representation of market demand certainot Dec 2016 #3

I dont beleive you are correct Kilgore Dec 2016 #6

those stations operate to pay for themselves but what they sell is war, certainot Dec 2016 #7

those states are red states now. going with the flow dont expect colleges to resist nt msongs Dec 2016 #2

it' the students, faculty and communities that need to resist certainot Dec 2016 #5

Please shut them down. Less hate radio is a good thing. putitinD Dec 2016 #4