STOP T RADIO
Dear Citizens:The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) on October 10th started broadcasting continuous radio advertisements and music at South Station, North Station and Airport Station w... continue reading »
"When I visited Boston, it was for the ARTS, let's keep the ARTS for goodness sakes!"
"And if there is to be music, how much nicer to have real people playing it - and making a bit of cash as well"
"really, really awful. Is no one allowed to have any peace and quiet any more?????"
"people need individualism, contact with the local talent, knowledge of their culture in a real way. piping music is propagandistic, impersonal, and without inspiration, it shows nothing personal, and is devoid of a subculture, it is mass manipulation, pre"
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"I support this letter and would like to add two things: that there is no place for commercial, corporate messages, in the form of mass-marketed music and advertising in a state-funded, public space; and secondly, we do not need more unecessary and unwante"
"Aside from aggressively displacing street performers, streaming radio all day long would increase energy consumption, which would take away from the energy saved by having a public transportation system in the first place."
"that no good Deval Patrick"
"This is an outrage. Why would we want to give up listening to the talented musicians who play live for us as we wait for the T, to listen to corporate sales pitches. What kind of a world do you want to live in!!! Stop the insanity now."
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"I value having time to read when I take the T. Piped in radio and ads will be a distraction."
"T radio is a very very bad idea on so many levels. Instead of violating the public's rights to privacy, the T should invest in service improvements and/or fare reduction strategies. This is such a stupid management tactic - its offensive to me as a custom"
"we don't need any more bombardment of advertisements, but we definitely need to be more supportive of arts and musicians."
"Please, let's continue to foster and listen to local music; don't expand noise pollution to sell things we don't need, especially please leave kids alone!"