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Originally Posted by Americano
Doing what's best for the public is not the priority in any private entity business plan I'm familiar with and the same holds true for any political group, especially at local levels. The 'good old boys' club always holds power in any local setting and their political labels are interchangeable depending on who holds the majority. That filters all the way down to de facto party control over local advertisers who support radio stations. Just carrying a syndicated program not blessed by the powers that be is enough to lose substantial advertising revenue or an exclusive emergency broadcasting right. Nothing new; just a reaffirmation of power.
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Living in a hurricane-prone area, I want the station with the strongest signal to broadcast warnings, regardless of the political makeup of that station. I don't want partisan politics to endanger me over something so petty. The fact that this station agreed to focus on Broward County is also a major factor to consider. During Katrina, WWL-radio, the official station and the only one on the air for awhile, focused heavily on New Orleans so news within my town was scarce. After a few days of no information, our Parish President commandeered a station within my parish but it was much weaker than WWL. With my family scattered from Texas to Florida, they couldn't pick up the local news but were able to pick up WWL at night and get a general idea of what was happening.
That the Democrats in Broward County want to change to a weaker station means one of two things, either they have shit for brains or they just don't care what's best for their community.