Over the weekend I was officially notified that because myself and my radio partners couldn't afford to pay for airtime, The Extreme Scene was off terrestrial radio. After letting my frustration subside, I decided to write a farewell letter to the station's management, notifying them of their wrongdoing. Consider it a mission statement for the evolution of radio.

"There was a time not too long ago when radio hosts, even on weekends, were paid for their work.  Now radio stations are telling the talent that unless we become salesmen, we cannot have quality programming on stations.

You and your owner are part of the problem, not the solution.  Your station could have had a great show FOR FREE; greed forced your station to lose a show, and us one less station to air our program.

Remember this: The internet will continue to devour radio because programmers and salesmen like yourself believe that selling is the bottom line, not quality programming.  People can go on the internet anytime they want to get quality podcasts for free, and sooner than later they'll be able to listen to the podcasts with extreme ease in their cars, leaving stations like yours and most others in the dust.

You could have kept a great radio show on your station.  Because WE WOULDN'T PAY YOU (amazing to type that) we're no longer on your station.

Good luck adapting to the changing times with a backwards approach to being successful.  Quality programming sells.  It isn't the other way around.  Excuse my bitterness, I'm still having a hard time seeing an industry I love dearly eat itself alive because of management's only focus: The dollar.  

Take care.

Cyrus Saatsaz"

Here's to hoping that at least some members of radio management adhere to this sound advice.

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