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The sorry state of the radio industry today is sabotaging FCC chairman Michael Powell's plans to let media conglomerates run wild.
Clear Channel Communications, the radio and concert conglomerate so many people love to hate, has a new batch of disgruntled critics to deal with. ...
By Eric Boehlert
Wednesday, February 19, 2003
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Clear Channel is as big as NBC or Gannett. Chances are it owns a half-dozen radio stations in your town. And it's fighting employee suits alleging everything from broken contracts to sexual harassment.
Last fall Clear Channel closed on its $24 billion purchase of AMFM Inc. ... Present and former Clear Channel employees stress it hasn't always ...
By Eric Boehlert
Wednesday, May 30, 2001
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A dust-up involving Clear Channel and a Blink-182 concert in Cincinnati doesn't seem to be an isolated event.
Clear Channel also threatened to pull its $50,000 advertising account from WAQZ. ... Clear Channel controls roughly 60 percent of rock listening in America today. ...
By Eric Boehlert
Wednesday, August 8, 2001
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Dirty tricks and crappy programming: Welcome to the world of Clear Channel, the biggest station owner in America.
( He and other top Clear Channel executives declined to be interviewed for this story. ... Earlier this year Clear Channel sent out letters to non-Clear Channel stations that used ...
By Eric Boehlert
Monday, April 30, 2001
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After replacing a high-profile exec, Clear Channel, the 800-pound gorilla of the entertainment industry, suddenly faces a lot of banana peels.
After replacing a high-profile exec, Clear Channel, the 800-pound gorilla of the ... During the 1990s, Clear Channel "was the best performing stock on the New York ...
By Eric Boehlert
Wednesday, August 7, 2002
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Radio-station owners are shocked -- shocked!-- as the music industry's payola scandal widens. Record-label execs aren't buying it (and neither should you).
Clear Channel executives declined to be interviewed for this story. ... All Clear Channel station managers, says the source, were told not to renew any ...
By Eric Boehlert
Tuesday, June 25, 2002
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The shock jock says radio colossus Clear Channel fired him because he criticized George Bush -- and he's sure as hell not going to go quietly.
The shock jock says radio colossus Clear Channel fired him because he criticized George ... Then I find out that Clear Channel is such a big contributor to ...
By Eric Boehlert
Thursday, March 4, 2004
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The merger of America's largest concert promoter with its largest radio station owner will mean Pringles, payola and more Top 40 from coast to coast.
Clear Channel, which announced its purchase of SFX for $3.2 billion in stock in ... In March, Clear Channel announced its intention to purchase a rival radio chain, ...
By Mark Schapiro
Tuesday, July 25, 2000
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Why does radio suck? Because most stations play only the songs the record companies pay them to. And things are going to get worse.
Clear Channel stations not already using Tri State exclusively are likely to ... Clear Channel CEO Randy Michaels recently told the Los Angeles Times that the ...
By Eric Boehlert
Wednesday, March 14, 2001
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Consolidation has resulted in 10,000 layoffs, the demise of a beloved trade magazine, and a decline in programming quality. But industry execs are fat and happy.
For Clear Channel, there was at least one possible business motive beyond simple ... When Clear Channel bought concert promoter and venue operator SFX Entertainment, ...
By Todd Spencer
Tuesday, October 1, 2002
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The Fox titan squares off against the radio king and the mud begins to fly (with a little help from Matt Drudge).
Clear Channel, the largest radio station owner in the country, owns Premiere ... And there's no love lost between [Viacom] and Clear Channel, between Westwood One and Premiere. ...
By Eric Boehlert
Tuesday, May 14, 2002
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Are Clear Channel executives just now tuning into the nation's most popular shock jock? ... Clear Channel apparently got a nudge from a proposed $755,000 fine from the FCC, the ...
By Geraldine Sealey
Friday, February 27, 2004
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In its Thursday ruling against Bono and Howard Stern, the FCC announced that a new day of language policing has dawned.
Clear Channel denies Stern's politics had anything to do with its decision to pull his show. ... Last week the FCC fined Clear Channel $247,500 for a bit that aired on WWDC in ...
By Eric Boehlert
Friday, March 19, 2004
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Readers weigh in on Clear Channel's crucifixion of Howard Stern, and the rising battle against Bush over same-sex marriage.
Readers weigh in on Clear Channel's crucifixion of Howard Stern, and ... Clear Channel is doing this for economic reasons, some say -- but Howard has just as many ...
Friday, March 5, 2004
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The Telecommunications Reform Act handed over control of the radio airwaves to a chosen few. Will TV be next?
But Clear Channel and Infinity are also raking in the cash. ... ( One 25-year radio veteran, and current Clear Channel station executive, estimates the Telecom Act has ...
By Eric Boehlert
Thursday, June 28, 2001
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Howard Stern declares war on Bush's "religious agenda"; Gary Bauer claims gay sex is deadlier than smoking. Plus: Presidential Prayer Team prays for the CIA to nab Osama.
Clear Channel, owned by big-time Bush backer Lowry Mays, announced it was canning Stern ... "We applaud Clear Channel for taking such swift action, and we now ...
By Mark Follman
Wednesday, March 3, 2004
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Can a hot new single from Destiny's Child help Columbia Records crack the indie promoters' control of pop radio?
Clear Channel countered with a counteroffer that totaled $8 million. ... It's now doubtful McGathy will win Clear Channel's entire rock roster, but rather just a ...
By Eric Boehlert
Tuesday, June 5, 2001
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With the government escalating its war on radio free speech, the shock jock's days are numbered.
In its ruling against Clear Channel last week, the FCC also took the ... In its initial defense of Stern, Clear Channel lawyers noted, "Several times in the past, ...
By Eric Boehlert
Wednesday, April 14, 2004
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By pandering to anti-Arab hysteria, NBC, Fox News, Media General and Clear Channel radio disgraced themselves -- and ruined an innocent professor's life.
The Clear Channel stations, especially 970 AM [WFLA] led the charge ... Clear Channel is the largest owner of radio stations in America, with approximately 1,200 ...
By Eric Boehlert
Saturday, January 19, 2002
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'Clear Channel Outdoor markets are operated locally,' Tony Alwin, ... Clear Channel Outdoor Orlando said they could not respond to requests for comment this ...
By Mark Follman
Friday, December 3, 2004
