An Op-Ed Article By The Publisher Of The Broadcasting Trade Magazine “Radio, Incorporated”, By The Name Of Deborah Parenti; Regarding The Differences Between The CBS Television Programs “WKRP In Cincinnati” And It’s Sequel “The New WKRP In Cincinnati” (Both Of Which Were Based On WQXI-AM In Atlanta), And The Axiomatical Broadcasting Industry.
For a time, WQXI-AM; the inspiration for the Television Shows “WKRP In Cincinnati” And It’s Sequel “The New WKRP In Cincinnati”, were owned by Esquire, Incorporated (the namesake and publisher of the Magazine “Esquire”), and more recently; WQXI-AM and its FM offspring WSTR-FM (nee WQXI-FM) were both owned and operated by Jefferson-Pilot, and subsequently; by Lincoln Financial, after Jefferson-Pilot was absorbed into Lincoln Financial, but before Lincoln Financial decided to exit the Broadcasting Industry, and sell all of their Radio and Television Stations beginning in 2006, and ending in 2014; with WQXI-AM, and WSTR-FM (nee WQXI-FM) being the very last broadcasting properties to be owned and operated by Lincoln Financial.
The Fact That Young, Radical People Do Not Want To Own And Drive Their Own Automobiles; Does Not Sit Well With Yours Truly, The Owner Of This Very Blog.
The concept of personal mobility should never ever change, and evolve with times that radical people of younger generations continue to bring forth for all the wrong reasons.
How Happy I Am That Wendy Paulson, The President Of The Minnesota Broadcasters Association; Is A Proponent Of Keeping AM/Mediumwave Radio In Existence A While Longer:
Two Ford Light-Duty (the F-600, F-700, L-600, and C-600 are Medium-Duty models; and the L-800, L-8000, C-800, W-Series, and the CLT-Series are each Heavy-Duty models) 3-Quarter-Ton Pickup Trucks in the 1980-1997 bodystyle, both with Center-Band Two-Tone paint schemes; located in the Detroit suburb of Sterling Heights, Michigan: