Well, I was going to say the late 90's,.
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From: "T Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
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>    Well, Jeff, I'm sure that's a matter of oppinion, but I'd say that 
> radio
> started to go downhill in the late 1970's and early 80's, when the AM
> broadcast band started being taken over by talk radio stations of various
> kinds. ... Then, as we got into the 1990's, we saw the big conglomorates
> like Clear channel purchasing groups of AM and FM stations, and getting 
> into
> the automated sindicated broadcast mode.
>
> That, to me, was really the end of good locally-run personality-filled 
> radio
> as we knew it!
>
> 73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ
>
>
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> From: "Jeff Kenyon" <[log in to unmask]>
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> Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 9:49 PM
> Subject: Re: slightly off topic, but maybe of interest to some
>
>
>> When did you all notice radio going down hill?  I noticed it around 2000
>> and in 2001 when returning to Detroit only to discover that half or more
>> then half the band was purchased up by Clear Channel and ot other large
>> corportations!