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| From | Jocelyn Geboy <smussyolay@yahoo.com> |
| Subject | Re: Clear Channel does it again |
| Date | Fri, 27 Feb 2004 00:04:09 -0800 (PST) |
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--- garymaher@juno.com wrote:
> On Thu, 26 Feb 2004 20:00:13 -0500
> audities-owner@smoe.org writes:
> > And why is this a government issue?
>
> It's a government issue because of the doctrine of
> scarcity. The theory
> is that because there are limited radio frequencies,
> the government can
> regulate them more heavily than, say, newspapers or
> magazines.
>
> The government used to limit the number of stations
> any one entity could
> own, to prevent mass consolidation and protect
> outlets for minority
> viewpoints and other less-mass-marketed content.
> The government has now
> all but eliminated those limits, and with them has
> perished a significant
> portion of the country's local programming and
> non-cookie-cutter radio.
>
> g
>
~~~~~~~~~~~yeah. USED to. on the chicago tv station
that was doing a story here, they said, 'clear
channel, who owns SEVEN stations in chicago,' and i
was: DAMN. it's that bad. there was a day when it
was...what? one? two? and one tv station? and not a
newspaper, too?
grrrrrrrr.
jocelyn. who needs your help. it's coming in a
separate post.
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