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I feel like I have to speak up here. I have been in TV broadcasting for more than 35years. I am sure you understand that TV stations and radio stations derive almost all their income from sale of commercial time. The big buyers of commercial time of the past (car dealerships for example) are not buying so much. No one is. Those who have the money to spend appear to be the ones that offend you (me too sometimes) the most. TV stations until very recently, got no revenue from the cable companies who re-broadcast the signal. There is still a constant fight over how much satellites and cable must pay TV for the rights. The station I work for spent a HUGE amount of money to upgrade to digital signal because the feds told them they HAD TO. No bailout there. Also spent big bucks telling viewers about the move to digital, helping viewers make the move etc. Had to JUNK the old equipment regardless of how new it was.
I dont want to sound like whinning, but as a business, I expect TV will sell the commercials to them as has the money to buy them.
I should add that the cable and satellite channels have to sell ads too to survive. Those that do not are charging a per subscriber fee to the carrier. Who then charges YOU for it.
Use your mute button...................