At present Satellex Radio provides only music stations. However, many

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At present Satellex Radio provides only music stations. However, many Satellex subscribers listen to talk radio stations as well, and they would prefer that Satellex offered talk radio as well. Moreover, subscribers to radio services that provide talk radio usually subscribe for longer periods of time than those who subscribe to music-only services. Therefore, if Satellex added talk radio stations, its profits would increase.

The argument is vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that it gives reason to believe that it is likely that

(A) Satellexís large subscriber base would appeal to talk radio hosts, making it easy for Satellex to hire quality talent for its talk radio stations.

(B) most talk radio hosts broadcast on advertiser-supported radio stations that listeners can access without paying a subscription fee.

(C) Satellexís costs would rise by adding several talk-radio stations, while many of the listeners who want talk radio are already Satellex subscribers.

(D) talk radio listeners generally spend more time on a single radio station than do listeners to music radio.

(E) if Satellex added talk radio stations, many of Satellexís music radio hosts would switch to talk-radio stations, making the music stations less appealing.

Bunuel · Accepted Answer

OFFICIAL EXPLANATION

C

The phrase "vulnerable to criticism" tells us we're looking at a weaken question. The argument claims that Satellex would make their present subscribers happier, and perhaps keep them for longer periods of time, if they added talk radio stations.

Choice (A) suggests it would be easy to attract talk radio hosts, which isn't really relevant, but might slightly strengthen the argument. (B) is also off-topic; you could make an argument that, because talk radio is usually free, people wouldn't pay for it, but that requires a lot of thinking beyond the scope of the passage. (C) addresses the issue of "profits" by pointing out that adding talk radio stations would increase costs, and perhaps not increase revenues very much.

Choice (D) is an irrelevant comparison; we don't know that it matters how long listeners spend on any given station. (E) suggests that Satellex's music station quality would go down if talk radio were added, but that may not have a direct impact on profits, which is what we're concerned with. Choice (C) is correct.

sparshdhamija · Answer

is it c? I think it is C because subscribers won't increase and there wouldn't be any increase in profits rather the costs of Sattelex would increase

BlackHawk2478 · Answer

(B) is Correct 
 Most talk radio hosts broadcast on advertiser-supported radio stations that listeners can access without paying a subscription fee.
Correct Answer. If listeners can access talk radio for free, they won't pay Satellex Radio for 
the proposed talk radio stations and the profits of Satellex radio will not increase.

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sharmisthamona2 · Answer

C because in B it seems that even if some offer free talk showsstill satellix may gain new subs .
But C makes it unlikely
Source is not given but it is Jeff Sackmans book

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winterschool · Answer

At present Satellex Radio provides only music stations. However, many Satellex subscribers listen to talk radio stations as well, and they would prefer that Satellex offered talk radio as well. Moreover, subscribers to radio services that provide talk radio usually subscribe for longer periods of time than those who subscribe to music-only services. Therefore, if Satellex added talk radio stations, its profits would increase.

The argument is vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that it gives reason to believe that it is likely that

(A) Satellexís large subscriber base would appeal to talk radio hosts, making it easy for Satellex to hire quality talent for its talk radio stations.  Incorrect

support argument

(B) most talk radio hosts broadcast on advertiser-supported radio stations that listeners can access without paying a subscription fee.  Incorrect

new info and irrelevant

(C)  Satellexís costs would rise by adding several talk-radio stations, while many of the listeners who want talk radio are already Satellex subscribers.   Correct

it shows Satellexís costs rise, at the same time many talk radio listener already subscribe Satellexís; so revenues from talk radio listener will not be hight, so Satellexís cant increase its profit

(D) talk radio listeners generally spend more time on a single radio station than do listeners to music radio.  Irrelevant

(E) if Satellex added talk radio stations, many of Satellexís music radio hosts would switch to talk-radio stations, making the music stations less appealing.  Incorrect

it weakens argument but it is not related with costs and profits

I think answer is C

mlakshmi84 · Answer

We need to weaken conclusion :-"Satellex added talk radio stations, its profits would increase" by attacking the keyword "profits".
Option (C) - only affects the profits. Hence it is correct answer

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ZIX · Answer

C:
 
However, it is also given that: subscribers to radio services that provide talk radio usually subscribe for longer periods of time. So it follows that even though many potential customers are already subscribed, they may continue their subscriptions for longer periods, and help build a loyal customer base. Instead of them switching off their subscription after shorter period

E:
 
This seems obviously more weakening because this would directly attack their core business.

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