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(c) Mylo “Muscle car”.

С нового года пока еще никуда не ездил.
В эти выходные оч. хочу пофотографировать СФ. Это трудно, потому что во-первых, глаз уже замылился, а во-вторых, СФ и так уже защелкали по самое нехочу). Но все же надо постараться. Может, вечерние снимки? Сейчас солнце садится рано… sashamalchik, ау!

Пока что из старенького. Шышкин. Тахо.

http://www.wnbc.com/entertainment/6005104/detail.html

Just three days after starting his new job at Sirius Satellite Radio Inc., shock jock Howard Stern is now able to sell the roughly $200 million in Sirius stock that he received as part of his five-year deal with the company.

On Wednesday, the company made another regulatory filing saying that entities controlled by Stern and his agent, Don Buchwald, would receive the proceeds of the sale of the shares, which could occur at any time. It’s not yet clear when or how much they will sell, and Buchwald did not return a call seeking comment.

Sirius shares fell 38 cents, or 5.8 percent, to close at $6.12 on the Nasdaq Stock Market Wednesday

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Now, this is what I call ‘Siriusly PWNED’

So, as some of you know, channel 104.9 has abruptly switched from rock alternative for 24 and under crowd to … fvcking ‘la RRRRRROMANTICA’.

There is more to it than seems at a first glance. I don’t even know where to begin, but I’ll try to address everything.

Channel 104.9 belongs to a huge, powerful, mind-controlling and indoctrinating Clear Channel corporation. A media conglomerate so big, it’s midn boggling. It has everything from billboards to concert venues. It is truly ‘The Man’ in its worst manifestation.

Clear Channel controls what radio stations play and how they play it. Tom Petty’s ‘The Last DJ’ was not written for no reason. If the radio station sucks, and it belongs to Clear Channel - you know who to blame. DJs have very little control over song rotation and content. Clear Channel censors what’s being aired extremely heavily. Howard Stern was cut off Clear Channel syndicate after FCC’s hefty fine in a flip of a switch. Clear Channel wants no trouble. It wants your money.

Now we come to another reason why 104.9 ceased to exist. In an article in Mercury News Clear Channel spokesman said that CC felt it was necessary to switch format because of the rapidly changing demographics of San Jose. True, but not because CC tries to make hispanic population feel like ‘back home in Mexico’. Hispanics are the only target aduience that can still be swayed by commercials on public radio. Regular polls conducted indicate a steady trend of declining revenues from aired commercials in any other demographic group except hispanics.

As a result, San Jose, with only 29% of hispanic population, has _six_ Clear Channel spanish-speaking stations, all in the top 25. The best performing spanish station eclipses the best performing English-speaking station and holds a whopping 7% of target audience. This translates into major money for commericals aired on these stations.

Now, as for the rock statiosn, they are all gone. It’s official: San Jose does not have a single rock station any more. The only surviving alternative rock channel is based in San Francisco. As for rock stations in general, there’s only a couple left: KFOX and KFOG, Live 105 (alternative) and 107.7 the Bone. None of these belong to Clear Channel.

Channel 104.9 wasn’t the greatest alternative rock station: their selection wasn’t the best, and their rotation was zombifying. But, as I already mentioned, the lion’s portion of the blame lies on Clear Channel’s shoulders.

What does this all mean to San Jose? It means: all the desperate attempts to shed the latino ghetto image and acquire a ‘city of culture’ status have been flushed down the toilet. For years San Jose has been trying to revamp its downtown and introduce some night life. Channel 104.9 was a major broadcaster of San Jose’s cultural news and events. Now with that gone, San Jose is thrown back into ‘ola, amigos’ stereotype.

Would any of the spanish stations air commercials targeted to the 79% of San Jose’s population that is not lation? Not a chance. Would any of that 79% listen to this accordeon and balalaika crap? Yeah, right. All of the spanish stations target the audience who is in the _lowest_ income bracket in San Jose. Guess, what kind of commercials are aired for people who can’t afford to rent a decent apartment, much less anything else? That’s right, ‘Rims rentals’ and ‘Alladding bail bonds’.

Now, finally, I should address the reason for declining sales in the white/asian/other audience. With the latest abundance of XM and Sirius hardware, closure of radio stations with good music and major players like Howard Stern switching to satellite, people are turning off their regular radio as well. Clear Channel only helps convicne people, that they should pay a modest monthly fee for a huge variety of radio channels with no commericals.

Fuck you, Clear Channel.

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