What can a low-power FM station accomplish in a community that commercial radio isn accomplishing?
Community radio believes that part of its mission is to broaden and deepen the listening experience of its audience. If you ask teenagers on the street what kind of music they want they will probably say Britney Spears. But they want to hear Britney Spears because that’s what they’ve heard. That doesn’t mean they wouldn’t appreciate music from Kenya. It’s really a question of what people are exposed to and what their options are. It really is very important for there to be place on the dial that in some ways is less successful, that presents programs that are not going to be as popular – but is a place where you can go when your ear grows past the bubble-pop of our culture. I think those are sort of the green spaces – the common public spaces – that we need to be thinking about as a culture. They have an effect that goes beyond the audience numbers. How did you feel when the FCC released the results of the Mitre Study in July? The Mitre study really vindicated our position. It made it
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