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Hits increased commercials on radio

Web posted January 6, 2000

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Editor, The Chronicle

I know that our local radio stations are rapidly approaching their goal of 30 minutes of commercials every half hour, and that they are improving my car mileage by upping the decibels on the auto dealers' blasts (I've been trying to figure how to turn the speakers around to help with braking), but just now I noticed a new gimmick.

One of our ``fantastic'' outlets ran two full-length commercials at the same time. A listener couldn't hear what either advertiser was selling, but I'm sure that did not prevent the station from billing the client in full. What a great idea! How long before a competing station runs three ads simultaneously?

Greed my lips.

Kris Kristensen, Martinez