I get how the major consolidators want to dilute local radio in favor of a cheaper national platform.
And how they see hundreds of their radio stations serving as cheap price point delivery vehicles for major advertisers like Home Depot and Wal-Mart.
I get it, but I don't like it.
It's shortsighted and eventually destructive to the radio industry.
But what I don't get is the mean gene that the three leading unemployers in the radio industry possess.
Take Cumulus.
Please.
So terminator Gary Pizzati arrives at a sales meeting in Fayetteville, NC Wednesday morning. You may remember Pizzati who,&hellip
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