Mancow not the answer.In the Sept. 19 article "Turn On, Tune In," I am absolutely dumbfounded dumb·found also dum·found tr.v. dumb·found·ed, dumb·found·ing, dumb·founds To fill with astonishment and perplexity; confound. See Synonyms at surprise. by the comments of the radio division heads and their thinking. I understand that they are scared because Howard Stem, their golden cash cow Cash Cow 1. One of the four categories (quadrants) in the BCG growth-share matrix that represents the division within a company that has a large market share within a mature industry. 2. , is leaving for satellite radio and they are about to lose 99.9 percent of their listeners and advertisers. But to think you can fill Stem's shoes with sports talk, mixed with music and some random babbling babbling Neurology Quasi-random vocalizations in infants that precede language acquisition. See Lalling stage. , is beyond me. The powers that be need to step back and take a hard look at what Stern is doing. He is not talking sports or playing random music. If this is the platform the radio executives are going to follow, then they better have excellent severance packages. Bringing in Vic "The Brick" Jacobs or Mancow or some other radio figures, they are setting themselves up for failure. Phillip E. Maxwell Rancho Cucamonga Rancho Cucamonga (răn`chō k  'kəmäng`gə), city (1990 pop. 101,409), San Bernardino co., S Calif.
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