I started working in radio in the late 1960s. The old-timers hated automation, not only because it reduced the number of old-timers who were needed, but because it SOUNDS LIKE SHIT. Nowadays you can buy software to do your scheduling, logging, and monitoring the transmitter's behavior all automagically. I know how to do all those things by hand, because I learned them back in the dim mists of prehistory. The MBA types just want to keep their costs down and their profits up, and they don't want the union, and they don't want to have to hire extra people to handle various tasks, and they don't want to bother putting out any kind of quality products as long as the consumers continue to consume weak-flavored beer out of red plastic cups while they munch on fried pork rinds.
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