Want to get a feel for how radio people think? Read Sean Ross’s tribute (here) to a now-legendary country station, KPLX Dallas. Sean’s a fine writer, formerly with Billboard, and he’s a radio fan-journalist in the top tier — one of two or three. He now works for one of the major radio biz research companies. You have to be an radio insider to get his references, and that’s his audience — radio guys. Trust me: this article captures all the stuff radio pros value. But the most telling feature of this Web page is the endless string of comments by, mostly, the people Sean’s written about, and, inevitably, the clash of electronic egos. Radio people love their legends, and their history. Don’t try to break into this narrative with news that the Internet is slowly but surely eating their meticulously prepared lunch. The assumption that they’re still in control of the music and its fans will die hard.
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