Funny thing though — if two stations were too many, the free market would dictate it and one or both would have to shut down. Apparently, there are plenty of listeners and advertisers.
But it is not about the free market and all about controlling “the message.” So, what they are saying is screw you talk radio listener, we know what is best for you and we are going to control what you listen to.
Yet whenever a lib talk station drops the format for ANY reason (switch to another format, station sold, goes off the air because the land under the transmitter is worth more than they can bill over the next seven years...) it immediately becomes part of a GIANT CONSPIRACY THEORY!