12:52 PM
I don't mind radio stations importing programming from out-of-town; I listen to Harry Shearer's LA-based Le Show and the Boston game show Says You! on WPR all the time. What annoys me about the way Clear Channel is doing business (and if you only click one link in this post, that's the one, folks) is that it's based on deception, with DJs in Tampa trying to pretend that they're sitting in a booth in Boise. Add in a fake DJ recruited to attend local events, 'live' on-air events that aren't, and an overall watering down of available avenues for creativity, and it's just one more thing that pisses me off as the entertainment and media industries continue to optimize themselves for maximum profitability. We'll never see the likes of KBHR again...