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So much of that regionalism was wiped out in the 90s. I saw from inside the radio side of things where jobs became less stable. People needed the versatility to move from format to format as stations changed owners from local owners to corporate. Same held true for local TV stations too. Neutral accents allowed you to DJ country or rock stations, you also move from doing the TV weather in Tempe to doing weather in Atlanta to move to a major market. A huuuge Fuck You goes out to Clear Channel for that change. Corporate vampire fuckers the lot of them.
There has always been a New England plummy bias to broadcasting anyway. But the real regionalism died in the 90s.
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Aroogah
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and while i'm moaning the gradual increase in numbers of ted talks / moth radio hour / radiolab type programmes with the annoying american presenters and their identical plummy overly happy accents. could we at least get a bit of diversity some southern drawl, some minnesotan, the odd texan.