[Seattle-editorial] Fwd: Re: Clear Channel Feature

[jonathan lawson]

Great summation! Approve! Approve!!

[btw re. Lance's comment--Heather posted the entire article at 
reclaimthemedia.org, so we can link to that].

Jonathan

>Delivered-To: jonathan at indymedia.org
>From: "Heather Gorgura" <gorgura02 at earthlink.net>
>To: "jonathan lawson" <jonathan at indymedia.org>
>Subject: Re: Clear Channel Feature
>Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2002 16:25:17 -0700
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>
>How's this:
>
>Static on the Airwaves
>Clear Channel's Broadcast Interference
>
>Clear Channel, the largest owner of radio stations in the U.S. with a
>presence in 247 of the nation's 250 largest radio markets, exemplifies the
>consolidation, commercialization and homogenization of US media. Clear
>Channel's expansion means the further atrophy of discourse on the
>increasingly privatized public airwaves, and the erosion of representation
>and diversity.
>
>In the aftermath of September 11th, Clear Channel blacklisted 150 songs at
>their 1200 stations, incuding John Lennon's "Imagine;" a USF professor was
>fired when a torrent of hate mail and death threats inspired by the racist
>rhetoric of a Clear Channel program host flooded the man's institution;
>Clear Channel fired Hip Hop program host Davey D. after he interviewed
>Barbara Lee, the U.S. Representative who cast the lone dissenting vote
>against Congress's decision to grant Bush vast powers in the War on
>Terrorism.
>
>Clear Channel stands accused of anti-trust violations, of illegally
>operating stations through shell companies in order to circumvent existing
>ownership limits, and of withholding airplay from bands who refused to use
>Clear Channel's concert promotion and venues.
>
>  For more information about Clear Channel and how to reclaim the public
>airwaves, see <a href="Eric Boehlert's series of articles at SALON.COM
>http://archive.salon.com/ent/clear_channel/ </a>, and check out <a href=
>"CLEARCHANNELSUCKS.ORG http://clearchannelsucks.org/ </a> and <a href=
>"STOPCLEARCHANNEL.COM http://www.stopclearchannel.com/ </a>.  You can also
>read <a href="US Senator Russ Feingold's statement about his proposed
>legislation http://www.senate.gov/%7Efeingold/releases/02/06/2002613529.html
></a> to address concentration of ownership in radio. Finally, Prometheus
>Radio Project is launcing a national campaign against Clear Channel, which
>you can read about at <a href= "RECLAIMTHE MEDIA.ORG
>http://reclaimthemedia.org/ </a>.