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Since I moved here in 1989 to cover the provincial legislature for ATV/ASN/CTV, I've watched the slow decline of the local media - with the occasional bright spot.



- The ATV NB newsroom in Moncton was closed and operations moved to Halifax

- The ATV Press Gallery bureau cut in half

- Commercial radio consolidated and news staff reduced by 80 per cent

- CBC Radio local air time reduced

- The Northside News is published - then sold to the dominant newspaper chain in the province

- Here! is published - then sold to the dominant newspaper chain in the province

- Gleaner goes to mornings - shedding fresh news and sports coverage while dramatically increasing typos and errors

- fredFM goes on air - shakes things up a bit - then like everyone else, jacks up their ad rates

- Rogers TV does some community coverage - but their resources are slender

So in the past 15-plus years, we have a bigger population, less coverage and higher ad rates.

Is justFRED going to cure all that? Probably not. But with your help, we think we can improve the situation.

Cheers,
George

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