Re: Boston radio now-- or rather, Clear Channel radio now

["Hakim Madjid" <HMadjid@mindspring.com>]

Yea, and lets not forget that under much the same intense lobbying from the
NAB (and NPR) Congress voted to basically emasculate the FCCs Low-Power FM
initiative.

73, de Hakim (N1ZFF)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Donna Halper" <dlh@donnahalper.com>
To: <boston-radio-interest@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2001 3:56 AM
Subject: Re: Boston radio now-- or rather, Clear Channel radio now


>
> >Mark wrote--
> >That thought had crossed my mind as well, and then I remembered that the
> >dismantling of radio regulation took place largely while we did have a
> >Democratic administration.
>
> Yeah, except (Dan Billings, please don't hate me) this was largely pushed
> by the Republican congress, who have received MILLIONS in donations and
> contributions from the NAB and various companies like Clear
> Channel.  Clinton signed it because congress had enough votes to over-ride
> his veto.  (I am not defending Clinton-- I am just saying it would have
> passed anyway.)  Columbia Journalism Review this past September did an
> article on how many millions in lobbying bucks went into getting the
> Telecom Act passed... sigh...
>