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Originally posted by Moni:
Amen and Bravo!
If only the underground music scene could actually surface...corporate profiteering would get washed out of the picture.
I was listening to ZROCK the day (and minute) it got pulled off the air (LOL an Awwww all in one breath 
)...Alice in Chains was old news in my library by the time they made corporate airplay and my son had Greenday CD's a full year before the local radio stations had even heard of them.
I haven't found any underground connections since I have been in Texas, but if I do, I'll keep you all tuned in to what's going on and where the real varieties in your tastes can be found. 
Maybe we can find something on the net?!
Moni, I firmly believe that TV could be a wonderful thing! It is an excellent medium for all kinds of educational, informational, inspirational ideas - that never see the light of day! Radio tends to be better, simply because it is not beyond the realms of possibility for individuals or small groups of people to start a radio station and make their own shows - so there is more room for innovation, even if they few and far between.
The problem with TV is that the costs mean advertising is usually necessary - and if you are too controversial, or fail to go for the lowest common denominatior to win the ratings war, you don't get the advertising revenue because companies either won't spend the money advertising on your channel, or they don't want their product associated with you. I have to say that some of the best TV in the UK is on BBC - which is funded by the government through license fees (everyone has to pay £100 a year for a TV license) - and BBC documentaries, dramas, and comedy series have a good reputation the world over - simply because they are free of the concerns of the major advertisers. However, state TV may not always be the way to go, the BBC has to be careful not to be too controversial since it has a reputation to uphold and is a public service which could, in theory, have a negative impact on the state or the government of the day - or could go the other way and be seen to be propaganda. Although the BBC errs on both counts occassionally, it is the best of a bad bunch!!