Friday, May 20, 2011

Lawn Chair Quarterback: "Ernie 94.1"

Number one rule to live by if you have a radio station: Don't name your station Journey 94.1. Because if you do, somebody in your coverage area will inevitably call it Ernie 94.1, for 'Sesame Street' is a hilarious new world just itching to be linked with your station somehow.

But the Cumulus syndicate has done just that.

And for what? The latest incarnation of this signal is going to be just as much of an underperformer as all the other lifeforms it's taken since about 1994.

Who's surprised? Probably nobody. Congress won't repeal the fascist 1996 Telecommunications Act, and no state has opted out of this law yet, so miserable radio continues to be foisted upon the listening public. Or at least upon all 4 people who still listen to radio.

Our latest 'LCQ' explores the current state of this wasted signal:



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