FCC member rips colleagues over consolidation

[desdemona]

FCC member rips colleagues over consolidation

Posted by raoulduke1 on May 4, 2004 at 10:25 AM

WASHINGTON (Hollywood Reporter) - Democratic FCC commissioner Michael Copps on Monday blasted his agency for its role in the "Clear Channelization" of American radio, charging that the Republican-controlled panel has shortchanged the public by giving the go-ahead to further media consolidation.

"We are skirting dangerously close to taking the public interest out of the public airwaves," Copps said at the Future of Music Coalition's policy summit, a conference of musicians, record industry executives, lawmakers and civil liberties activists.

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http://www.boycott-riaa.com/article/11901

Edited May 5, 2004 by desdemona

[DudeAsInCool]

Good for Mr. Copps - thank you.

[Redneck4sure]

I HATE monopolies. Clear Channel is one of them. I search my radio dial to find stations that are not part of that chain.

[DudeAsInCool]

I HATE monopolies. Clear Channel is one of them. I search my radio dial to find stations that are not part of that chain.

Me too, Redneck. Whatdoyasay we get that posse together and go clean up Dodge! :duck hunt: :shootin: :duck hunt: :shootin:

[Bombardier]

"Clear Channelization" of American radio

lol. That is cool term for it. :D

Pretty accurate if you ask me.

It's great that Mr. Copps sees this. It will hopefully help eventually bring more of the "consumer" back into consumer radio. ;)

[Redneck4sure]

DudeAsInCool, let's go. We can go in my suburban. It will hold more ammo. :angry:

[DudeAsInCool]

Lock'n and load'n - lets get the f*ckers!

[Redneck4sure]

We can kill em all and tell God that they just died.