What do you think of these guys - do you support their concerts? What most people don't realize is there are some big people on their roster - one of them includes Paul Oakenfold...



Radio's big bully
A complete guide to Salon's reporting on Clear Channel, the most powerful -- and some would say pernicious -- force in the music industry.

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For the past few months, Salon reporter Eric Boehlert has been tracking the story of Clear Channel Communications, the little-noticed media giant that has quietly taken over the country's radio and concert industries.

The company owns nearly 1,200 radio stations and effectively controls the rock radio market. It also owns SFX Entertainment, the nation's dominant concert-venue owner and touring promoter.

In the stories below, Boehlert has detailed the corporation's evolution under the aegis of Randy Michaels, the one-time shock jock who has turned the industry upside down with rampant cost-cutting and a good-ol'-boy approach to management.

And in "Pay for Play" Boehlert details the new payola -- the complex arrangements under which the world's major record companies pay for virtually every rock song broadcast on commercial radio.

Finally, there is a link to the Clear Channel Web site, on which you can easily find the stations the company operates in your town.

http://www.salon.com/ent/clear_channel/

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I hate them. I wrote a paper for my intro journalism class and It had a quote from the President of Clearchannel that said. Clearchannel isn't in the business of providing well reasearched news and music programming, we're simply in the business of selling our advertiser's product to a large market. I hate them.

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Originally posted by Zild I hate them. I wrote a paper for my intro journalism class and It had a quote from the President of Clearchannel that said. Clearchannel isn't in the business of providing well reasearched news and music programming, we're simply in the business of selling our advertiser's product to a large market. I hate them.

nice on him - azz. My buddy was telling me too that: "These right wing warmongering demons just announced Fox News as their News service for all radio stations." so icky

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Eww Fox News is like state supported propaganda. Fear factory machine of overconsumption.

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It's just one of those days where you want to bend over everyone you know and kiss their ass goodbye with a big sideways boot.

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Originally posted by Zild Eww Fox News is like state supported propaganda. Fear factory machine of overconsumption.

ya think - ick

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Originally posted by Zild I hate them. I wrote a paper for my intro journalism class and It had a quote from the President of Clearchannel that said. Clearchannel isn't in the business of providing well reasearched news and music programming, we're simply in the business of selling our advertiser's product to a large market. I hate them.

Hogan lives in Texas. Why don't you go have a heart-to-heart with him if you care about the issue so much.

We know where he lives. How could I not know almost every channel I can pick up on the radio is owned by Clear Channel.

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Kill the women. Eat the children.
It's just one of those days where you want to bend over everyone you know and kiss their ass goodbye with a big sideways boot.

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We? Do you have a team?

I dont like it.

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Originally posted by Shakka We? Do you have a team?

dont you?

I sure as hell have a team.

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Kill the women. Eat the children.
It's just one of those days where you want to bend over everyone you know and kiss their ass goodbye with a big sideways boot.

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Not sure what you lot are on about but I can't find any stations near me whatsoever!