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Started by Bruce Girard
Tue, 02 Jun 1998 00:00
Washington Post: The Great Radio Rebellion
Author: Bruce Girard
Date: Tue, 02 Jun 1998 00:00
Date: Tue, 02 Jun 1998 00:00
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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. ********* ------- Bruce Girard Boa, Comunica.Org bgirard@comunica.org http://www.comunica.org Tel: +593-2-450398 - Fax en Canada: +1-514-221-2009 Casilla Postal 17-08-8372, Quito, Ecuador
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