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Cajun wrote:

> No. You're mentality is a perfect example of what's wrong with America.
> Since you are apparently new here, I'll explain to you the way things are
> supposed to work:
>
> If you don't like the way people are doing something, go do it your own way.
> Start your own radio station or something. If people like it, it'll catch

Here is what doesn't work (allow yourself to be marginalized off the radio.
Then bit by bit we (the Big 5) will take away:
micro-broadcasting (through the NAB), pirate radio (through the FCC) and
any net radio (RIAA, and or no licensing agreements to play music by the Big 5
which
own about 83% of the worlds music business.)
Radio airwaves are not built for corporations any more than roads are built for
commercial
trucks. They, the airwaves are licensed, on strict requirements to serve the
community.
These corporations haven't done that and deserve to loose their licenses

(Strictly personal, I've been a DJ at KNON, I've got MP3's on my site, and I am
the editor
of the zine Musea since I started it in '92. I've tried everything you can
think of, as has
every other musician that doesn't fit the corporate format. I promise you the
best
music and musicians is outside of radio
These corporations love it when you leave them
alone. I beleive that its time to refuse to support them any longer .



>
>
> Here's the way you DON'T do it:
> Legisilate your way into a private entity and force it to change itself,
> thereby slowly destroying that very entity.
> gbfmif <gbfmif@texoma.net> wrote in message
> news:3B71FDD1.B12ABB4E@texoma.net...
> There has been lots of entertaining and interesting reply to the Join the
> Dallas Boycott of Radio thread. Many point of view, valid positions taken on
> all sides.
> As a simple question, would you support a requirement that any commercial
> station must play a local artist or a presently "unknown" artist, whose
> music falls within their format, at least every 20th song?

No - that's just the mess you mentioned above.  What I would say would be
stop the payola. It's legal but it means that every song on average ,costs
$1,000 to
get airplay.
IF radio played music on quality or even popularity , that would be fine.
But I can't compete on payola.
http://www.salon.com  then search payola for a complete story on the practice.

Now the boycott info
   * * *
It is time to stand up for local musicians and end the real boycott
the radio boycott of local music.

Do it because you support local music
Do it because you hate local radio
Do it because you don't wear wingtips
Do it because it'll be fun to stir things up for the first time in 20 years
Do this or anything you think would help or work better.

Thanks for adding your thoughts and keeping the thread moving,

to others reading this:
Please, for the sake of local musicians, don't drop out - instead
Support local musicians, and oppose the media/art monopolies by refusing

to by  products
advertised on local radio until local radio plays local music . Give
your comments and keep
this thread/boycott going, thanks

Tom Hendricks, editor of the zine Musea and Hunkasaurus of Hunkasaurus and
His

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http://musea.digitalchainsaw.com