FCC ruling blocks 3 Maine stations pending sale to Clear ChannelCommunications

[Dan Billings]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brian Vita" <brian_vita@cssinc.com>
To: "Dan Billings" <billings@suscom-maine.net>; "Boston Radio"
<boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>
Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2003 11:59 AM
Subject: Re: FCC ruling blocks 3 Maine stations pending sale to Clear
ChannelCommunications


> Does any feel that this is Clear Channel's way of "throwing a bone" to the
> FCC.

No.  I think that CC's dominance of the Bangor and Augusta markets is just
so extreme that they knew that they were unlikely to win a fight with the
FCC on this.

-- Dan Billings, Bowdoinham, Maine