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Clear Channel implements new zero-tolerance policy for deejays By Claudia Grisales AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF Thursday, February 26, 2004 Radio broadcasters say they plan to clean up their acts, responding to the growing public outcry over indecent content, the threat of heavy fines from regulators and tough talk in Congress. Clear Channel Communications Inc., the nation's largest station owner, said Wednesday that it has implemented a new zero-tolerance policy that could mean suspensions or firings for DJs who cross the line with X-rated talk on the air. Clear Channel owns more than 1,200 stations nationwide, including six in Austin. Indianapolis-based Emmis Communications...

I don't know about the rest of you, but I feel like giving CBS a hard time about their halftime show. Actually, I feel like giving CBS a hard time in general, but in this case there is just cause. ;) Chairman of the FCC, Michael K. Powell: mpowell@fcc.govFCC: fccinfo@ffc.gov 1-888-225-5322 (1-888-CALL FCC) Voice: toll-free 1-888-835-5322 (1-888-TELL FCC) TTY: toll-free (202) 418-2555 TTY: toll (202) 418-0710 FAX (202) 418-2830 FAX on Demand Federal Communications Commission 445 12th Street, SW Washington, DC 20554 You can also annoy CBS at www.cbs.com (scroll down to the bottom of the page and click "Feedback")....

SEATTLE - So, it's not just me. Read Joel Connelly's column in Friday's Seattle P-I. Read Ellen Goodman's column in the Seattle Times Friday. Or, just give my friend Mikey a call. Mikey stopped me yesterday to comment on how viciously strident conservative broadcasters have become. How Limbaugh, Hanity [SIC]and O'Reilly, for example, figure that if we don't support President Bush in EVERY instance, on EVERY issue, at ALL times, then we are un-American. That's it's not enough to merely mistrust liberals or moderates, we must disdain them, or we are un-American. That if we don't let right-wing anally-conservative broadcasters...

If it's allowed to stand, an FCC ruling will feed media merger mania BY BILL CLINTON "It's your money," says President Bush when he promotes tax cuts. I disagree with his tax policy but admire his spin. The same argument applies with greater force to whether big media conglomerates should be allowed to control more television and radio stations: "It's your airwaves." The American people own the bandwidth that broadcast media companies use to deliver programs to our TV and radio sets. Because the space on that bandwidth is limited, the Federal Communications Commission regulates who has access to our...

Media consolidation and the free marketJonah Goldberg (archive) June 4, 2003 | Print | SendIt's funny: I've been reading articles in The New York Times, The Washington Post and the major newsweeklies about how the FCC's decision to relax some media ownership rules -primarily the part allowing companies to own TV stations and newspapers in the same market -will hurt American journalism by making it "too corporate." What's funny about this is that the corporations that own these publications are generally in favor of the FCC's decision but don't even have enough influence with their employees to make them stop...