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Title:  The Great Radio Rebellion
Source: Washington Post (D1,D7)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/1998-06/02/099l-060298-idx.html>
Author: Marc Fisher
Issue:  Radio

Description: After Congress decided in 1996 to loosen restrictions on the
number of radio stations anyone could own, the big radio companies
promised that everything would be fine. But that has not been the case and
the listener is the one who has been forced to pay through the loss of
diversified radio stations around the country. Listener rebellions have
occasionally persuaded owners to return to their original formats. But now
thousands of listeners have come together to make their voice heard in a
group called Americans for Radio Diversity. The group, created by Jeremy
Walker, a graphic designer based in Minneapolis, has just released the
first of three planned CDs. The recordings, called "Teleconned: We Want
the Airwaves," protests the deregulation that "turned the playground of
radio stations over to the bullies." The CD features 16 songs by groups
like Ben Fold Five, Ani DiFranco and Nicole Blackman. Profits from the
discs "will go to support independent stations around the country, and
give them a support system to continue broadcasting spirited, irreverent,
unusual radio," says Blackman.

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