From: leterel (leterel_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 2003-05-16 09:50:36
Salon has an article about how Clear Channel is going
after Spanish speaking radio. It's an interesting
article
http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/04/24/univision/index.html
--- John Book <johnbook9_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> --- Bob Davis <earthjuice_at_prodigy.net> wrote:
> > This might just be the best thing yet that I have
> > read concerning Clear Channel!
> > I realize that for some of you this falls into the
> > category known as "white folks binnis".
> > However always keep in mind that Clear Channel is
> > the owner of most of the "so called" Black
> > radio stations in the United Stares....
> > They represent in my mind a "Clear and Present
> > Danger"
>
> Exactly. A few months ago, I was flicking channels
> and came across C-SPAN. It was the proceedings on
> Clear Channel, and it disturbed me because I am a
> fan
> of the true spirit of radio, the stuff that's "left
> of
> the dial" (of course most people don't have dials
> for
> the radio but that's another story). Don Henley
> spoke
> out and said that most new musicians today cannot
> and
> will not get mainstream radio airplay. If you're
> not
> P. Diddy, or if it's not "Hotel California", or not
> Faith Hill, or have a deal with any of the one major
> label that exists (these days, it feels like every
> label is trying to consolidate with each other), you
> are going to have to take the college route. Unless
> you have college money to help get your music on
> every
> college radio station, it's not going to work. If
> you're a "has-been" jazz or soul artist, there's a
> good chance you'll be tossed in the trash. Oh, new
> Marlena Shaw CD for $3.50 at Stevie's Closeout? Why
> not.
>
>
> Anyone who makes music, anyone who is a radio DJ,
> pay
> attention to the proceedings of Clear Channel. The
> fact that they can own billboards and venues in town
> is even more disturbing. You can't escape Ashanti
> if
> she's coming into town, because her face is on every
> Billboard within a ten mile radius of the STARBUCKS
> AMPHITHEATER AND TOFU SHACK.
>
> A lot of artists are just playing along, because
> they
> know they will not (and could not) get paid in any
> other way. It's now part of the system, and the
> system has been ugly for the last 15 years.
>
>
> Kill your radio.
>
> p.e.a.c.e.
> -John Book
> http://www.john-book.com
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