I think you are dead nuts on. It is totally a control issue. The media companies and RIAA totally control commercial radio. Having been in the industry for many years, the stations are completely controlled by the labels. Prime commercial radio is losing numbers by the thousands to iPods, XM, internet radio, and other media outlets that are not controlled by the labels. Those wonderful outlets that feed the "long tail" of the marketing world that most of us exist in. How many of you actually listen to commercial broadcast radio when you are not in your car? How much did you listen to it 15 - 20 years ago. It is a shrinking segment, this price increase is nothing more that the labels making an extremely poor attempt at snuffing out something that they cannot control.
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I think you are dead nuts on. It is totally a control issue. The media companies and RIAA totally control commercial radio. Having been in the industry for many years, the stations are completely controlled by the labels. Prime commercial radio is losing numbers by the thousands to iPods, XM, internet radio, and other media outlets that are not controlled by the labels. Those wonderful outlets that feed the "long tail" of the marketing world that most of us exist in. How many of you actually listen to commercial broadcast radio when you are not in your car? How much did you listen to it 15 - 20 years ago. It is a shrinking segment, this price increase is nothing more that the labels making an extremely poor attempt at snuffing out something that they cannot control.
Having been to UW several times, Madison and UW is, and always will be one of my favorite places. It just went up a few notches. Go MADTOWN!!!!!