What ^^ and ^^^ said.

It's hilarious how proud the right is of its pundits.

6/27/2007 11:19:41 PM

yeah, i dont get the conservative fanboys and their talking shouting head pundits.

the fan dedication is like NASCAR, except instead of having a favorite race car driver, they have their favorite shrill, frothy, blood vessel-popping political windbags.

i mean, i can appreciate Franken's wit -- in small doses -- but I'd be damned if i'm going to listen to him or any other pundit, day in and day out. (actually i never listened to that show even once) I dont watch or listen to any one person's opinion on a regular basis. the closest i come is to reading various syndicated columnists in the local papers, and that's just because they're always laying around.

but even then, its only once or twice a week at most, and i skip a lot since i dont subscribe. and hell, i even read Bill O'Reilly's column since its carried by the conservative suburban daily where I happen to work.

i dont subscribe to any blogs or read any of them with any regularity. I just hit the various local/national/international news sites and try to cover a broad yet reasonable perspective. most people i know are the same way.

Maybe hooksawburyboy ... even though he claims to not be a republican ... can tell me why he has such a perpetual hardon for the likes of Rush, O'Reilly, Hanity, et. al...

6/28/2007 1:14:29 AM

No no, he plays "devil's advocate" sometimes when he knows he doesn't have a leg to stand on but wants to run his mouth anyways.

6/28/2007 1:20:28 AM

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAA, joe_shithead!!! You lose--again!

6/28/2007 1:22:23 AM

damn. i clicked that image thinking it was going to be a video or something. but it's... nothing.

nothing at all, from hooksawburyboy once again.

am i surprised? no.

disappointed? perhaps a little bit.

6/28/2007 1:57:44 AM

Don't feel too bad. Disappointment always follows when I see a thread last posted in by hooksaw.

6/28/2007 1:59:21 AM

6/28/2007 2:12:26 AM

so when the thread's author shits all over his own thread at the top of page 2...

i think thats a pretty solid [FAIL]

obligatory

6/28/2007 2:15:17 AM

WTF?

6/28/2007 2:46:32 AM

GTFO!

6/28/2007 2:58:32 AM

if they don't like it, they should change the channel

6/28/2007 11:37:07 AM

I think the case is legally sound, and even morally by fairness standards. However that being sad, today's culture of calling people names and shouting down logically sound arguements are the norm.

Should the public airwaves show political fairness? Yes. Will it happen? No.

6/28/2007 8:22:47 PM

Quote :

"now, your stats you post, apparently you dont understand how it works. if you include network and cable news, you have about 4% of the viewing population that watches Fox News. the rest watch Network News or other Cable News channels. since FNC is the only news channel produced by retards for retards, of course it makes sense that all the retards (about 4-5% of the viewing population) flock to their one and only channel."

Oh, i get it now. FNC has more viewers, but they are all retarded, so they don't count, right? and you wonder why people listen to conservative radio...

6/28/2007 9:00:59 PM

Looks like many politicians on both sides are going to be hoppin' mad at talk-radio after the failed attempt to ram that amnesty bill through.

From my understanding, the president can replace just one conservative FCC member with a liberal, and they can bring back the fairness doctrine with a wave of the bureaucratic pen. It would take Congress to reverse the FCC.

Funny how it's just talk radio that requires fairness. The main-stream liberal TV, magazine and newspaper media must already be fair.

6/28/2007 10:00:59 PM

remember, it's only "unfair" if you don't agree with it

6/28/2007 11:00:26 PM

the problem is not particular opinions or bias.

the problem is mass ownership of local media by a single corporate conglomerate.

6/28/2007 11:19:58 PM

you've said that like 18 times, man. we get the point that monopolistic tendencies in the media, at best, don't help things. That still doesn't change the fact that gov't intervention would make things even worse (especially given that that would kind of force even more of a monopolistic effect, making everyone effectively put out the same product)

6/29/2007 12:59:38 AM

Quote :

"the problem is mass ownership of local media by a single corporate conglomerate"

If you can provide me with one example of a single corp. conglomerate that owns all of the media outlets in a city, I would be pretty astonished.

Clearly, it just can't be done. Media firms can get large market shares, but not monopolies. There are simply too many alternatives today for information.

The FCC should abolish ownership rules and let the free market work. Nervous socialists will still have anti-trust laws to fall back on if Disney takes over the media world.

6/29/2007 1:25:23 AM

And broadcasting has changed so much since 1949. I cannot believe the liberals--and a few so-called conservatives--that are trying to bring this monster back to life.

But the House voted today to deny funding for the Fairness Doctrine. So, I hope this bullshit would-be revival goes away.

6/29/2007 2:12:19 AM

Quote :

"If you can provide me with one example of a single corp. conglomerate that owns all of the media outlets ... "

note, i didnt say that one conglomerate owns ALL media outlets in a market. i said "mass ownership of local media by one conglomerate"

but here is just one example for you. Clear Channel Communications, based in San Antonio TX, owns the following media stations:

Radio
 Alabama
  Birmingham 
    WENN-FM 
    WERC-AM 
    WMJJ-FM 
    WDXB-FM 
    WQEN-FM 
  Gadsden 
    WAAX-AM 
    WGMZ-FM 
  Huntsville 
    WBHP-AM 
    WDRM-FM 
    WHOS-AM 
    WTAK-FM 
    WWXQ-FM 
    WXQW-FM 
  Mobile 
    WDWG-FM 
    WKSJ-AM 
    WMXC-FM 
    WNTM-AM 
    WRKH-FM 
  Montgomery 
    WMCZ-FM 
    WQLD-FM 
    WZHT-FM 
  Tuscaloosa 
    WACT-AM 
    WRTR-FM 
    WTXT-FM 
    WZBQ-FM 
 Alaska
  Anchorage 
    KASH-FM 
    KBFX-FM 
    KENI-AM 
    KGOT-FM 
    KTZN-AM 
    KYMG-FM 
  Fairbanks 
    KAKQ-FM 
    KIAK-AM 
    KIAK-FM 
    KKED-FM 
 Arizona
  Chinle 
    KFXR-FM 
  Phoenix 
    KESZ-FM 
    KMXP-FM 
    KNIX-FM 
    KZZP-FM 
    KFYI-AM 
    KGME-FM 
    KOY-AM 
    KYOT-FM 
  Tuba City 
    KAXB-FM
  Tucson 
    KCEE-AM 
    KNST-AM 
    KRQQ-FM 
    KWFM-FM 
  Yuma 
    KBLU-AM 
    KTTI-FM 
    KYJT-FM 
 Arkansas
  Little Rock 
    KDDK-FM 
    KMJX-FM 
    KOLL-FM 
    KQAR-FM 
    KSSN-FM 
  Fayetteville 
    KEZA-FM 
    KJEM-FM 
    KKIX-FM 
    KMXF-FM 
  Ft. Smith 
    KMAG-FM 
    KWHN-AM 
    KZBB-FM 
    KKBD-FM 
 California
  Anaheim 
    KEZY-AM 
  Chico 
    KEWE-AM 
    KHHZ-FM 
    KHSL-FM 
    KMXI-FM 
    KPAY-AM
  Ellwood 
    KSPE-FM 
  Lancaster 
    KAVL-AM/FM 
    KAVS-FM 
    KYHT-FM 
  Los Angeles 
    KACD-FM 
    KAVL-AM 
    KAVS-FM 
    KIIS-FM 
    KXTA-AM 
    KOST-FM 
    KFI-AM 
    KYSR-FM 
    KBIG-FM 
    KCMG-FM 
    KLAC-AM 
  Monterey 
    KDON-AM/FM 
    KOCN-FM 
    KRQC-FM 
    KTOM-AM/FM 
  Sacramento
    KFBK-AM
    KGBY-FM
    KHYL-FM
    KSTE-AM
  San Bernardino 
    KCKC-AM 
  San Diego 
    KGB-FM 
    KHTS-FM 
    KIOZ-FM 
    KJQY-FM 
    KMSX-FM 
    KOGO-AM 
    KPOP-AM 
    XHRM-FM 
    XTRA-AM 
  San Francisco 
    KABL-AM 
    KIOI-FM 
    KISQ-FM 
    KKSF-FM 
    KMEL-FM 
    KNEW-AM 
    KYLD-FM 
  San Jose 
    KCNL-FM 
    KFJO-FM 
    KLDZ-FM 
    KSJO-FM 
    KUFX-FM 
  San Luis Obispo 
    KVEC-AM
  Santa Barbara 
    KIST-FM 
    KSBL-FM 
    KTMS-AM 
    KTYD-FM 
    KXXT-AM
  Thousand Oaks 
    KLYF-AM 
  Victorville 
    KATJ-FM 
    KZXY-AM 
    KIXA-FM 
    KROY-AM 
    KIXW-AM
  Walnut Creek 
    KFJO-FM 
  Yermo 
    KYHT-FM 
 Colorado
  Colorado Springs 
    KKLI-FM
    KMOM-FM
    KVUU-FM
  Denver 
    KBCO-FM 
    KBPI-FM 
    KHIH-FM 
    KHOW-AM 
    KOA-AM 
    KRFZ-FM 
    KTCL-FM 
    KTLK-AM 
  Fort Collins 
    KCOL-AM 
    KGLL-FM 
    KIIX-AM 
    KPAW-FM 
Connecticut
  Hartford
    WPOP-AM 
    WKSS-FM 
    WWYZ-FM 
    WPHH-FM 
    WHCN-FM 
  New Haven 
    WAVZ-AM 
    WELI-AM 
    WKCI-FM 
    Delaware
  Wilmington 
    WDOV-AM 
    WDSD-FM 
    WJBR-AM 
    WILM-AM
    WRDX-FM
 Florida
  Daytona Beach 
    WGNE-FM
  Florida Keys 
    WAIL-FM 
    WCTH-FM 
    WEOW-FM 
    WFKZ-FM 
    WKEZ-AM/FM 
    WKWF-AM 
  Ft. Myers/Naples 
    WCKT-FM 
    WOLZ-FM 
    WQNU-FM 
    WOST-FM 
  Jacksonville 
    WFSJ-FM 
    WJBT-FM 
    WJGR-AM 
    WNZS-AM 
    WPLA-FM 
    WQIK-FM 
    WROO-FM 
    WSOL-FM 
    WZNZ-AM 
  Melbourne 
    WBVD-FM 
    WLRQ-FM 
    WMMB-AM 
    WMMV-AM
  Miami/Ft. Lauderdale 
    WBGG-FM 
    WHYI-FM 
    WINZ-AM 
    WIOD-AM 
    WLVE-FM 
    WMGE-FM 
    WZTA-FM 
  Orlando 
    WJRR-FM 
    WMGF-FM 
    WQTM-AM 
    WSHE-FM 
    WTKS-FM 
    WWNZ-AM 
  Panama City 
    WDIZ-AM 
    WFSY-FM 
    WPAP-FM 
    WPBH-FM 
    WPPT-FM 
  Pensacola 
    WTKX-FM 
  Rock Punta Gorda 
    WCCF-AM 
    WCVU-FM 
    WIKX-FM 
    WKII-AM 
  Sarasota 
    WAMR-AM 
    WCTQ-FM 
    WDDV-FM 
    WSPB-AM 
    WSRZ-FM 
    WYNF-FM 
  Tallahassee 
    WTLY-FM 
    WNLS-AM 
    WOKL-FM 
    WTNT-FM 
    WXSR FM 
  Tampa/St. Petersburg 
    WMTX-FM 
    WDAE-AM 
    WFLA-AM 
    WFLZ-FM 
    WHNZ-AM 
    WSSR-FM 
    WTBT-FM 
    WXTB-FM 
  West Palm Beach 
    WBZT AM 
    WIRA-AM 
    WJNO AM 
    WJNX-AM 
    WKGR FM 
    WLDI-FM 
    WOLL-FM 
    WWLV-FM 
 Georgia
  Atlanta 
    WCOH-AM 
    WGSE-AM 
    WGST-AM/FM 
    WKLS-FM 
    WMAX-FM 
    WMKJ-FM 
    WPCH-FM 
  Helen 
    WHEL-FM 
  Hogansville 
    WMXY-AM 
    WZLG-FM
 Hawaii
  Honolulu 
    KSSK AM/FM 
    KDNN FM 
    KIKI FM 
    KUCD FM 
    KHVH AM 
    KHBZ AM 
 Idaho
  Boise 
    KARO-FM 
    KCIX-FM 
    KFXD-AM 
    KIDO-AM 
    KLTB-FM 
    KXLT-FM 
  Idaho Falls 
    KID-AM/FM 
  Pocatello 
    KLLP-FM 
    KPKY-FM 
    KWIK-AM 
  Twin Falls 
    KEZJ-FM 
    KLIX-AM/FM 
 Illinois
  Carbondale 
    WDDD-FM 
    WFRX-AM 
    WVZA-FM 
  Chicago 
    WGCI-AM 
    WGCI-FM 
    WKSC-FM 
    WLIT-FM 
    WNUA-FM 
    WVAZ-FM
 Indiana
  Indianapolis 
    WFBQ-FM 
    WNDE-AM 
    WRZX-FM 
 Iowa
  Burlington 
    KBUR-AM 
    KGRS-FM 
  Cedar Rapids 
    WMT-AM/FM 
  Davenport 
    KUUL-FM 
    KMXG-FM 
    KCQQ-FM 
    WLLR-AM/FM 
    WOC-AM
  Des Moines 
    WHO-AM 
    KKDM-FM 
    KLYF-FM 
    KMXD-FM 
    KCCQ-FM 
    KASI-AM 
  Fort Dodge 
    KKEZ-FM 
    KWMT-AM 
  Fort Madison 
    KBKB-AM/FM 
  Iowa City 
    KKRQ-FM 
    KXIC-AM 
 Kentucky
  Lexington 
    WBUL-FM 
    WKQQ-FM 
    WLAP-AM 
    WLKT-FM 
    WMXL-FM 
    WTKT-AM 
  Louisville 
    WHAS-AM 
    WAMZ-FM 
    WQMF-FM 
    WTFX-FM 
    WWKY-AM 
    WKJK- AM 
    WYBL-FM 
    WZTR-FM 
  Midway 
    WBTF-FM 
 Louisiana
  New Orleans 
    KFXN-FM 
    WRNO-FM 
    WODT-FM & AM 
    WQUE-FM 
    WNOE-FM 
    WYLD-AM 
  Shreveport 
    KEEL-AM 
    KITT-FM 
    KRUF-FM 
    KVKI-FM 
    KWKH-AM 
 Maine
  Bangor 
    WGUY-FM 
    WVOM-FM 
    WBYA-FM 
    WBFB-FM 
    WKSQ-FM 
    WLKE-FM
 Maryland
  Baltimore 
    WCAO-AM 
    WOCT-FM 
    WPOC-FM 
  Ocean City 
    WLVW-FM 
    WQHQ-FM 
    WTGM-AM 
    WAWR-AM 
    WSBY-FM 
    WJDY-AM 
    WWFG-FM 
    WLBW-FM 
    WOSC-FM 
 Massachusetts
  Boston 
    WJMN-FM 
    WKOX-AM 
    WXKS-AM 
    WXKS-FM
  Worcester 
    WSRS-FM 
    WTAG-AM 
  Springfield 
    WHYN-AM/FM 
    WNNZ-AM 
    WPKX-FM
 Michigan
  Ann Arbor 
    WIQB-FM 
    WQKL-FM 
    WTKA-AM 
    WYBN-AM 
  Detroit 
    WDFN-AM 
    WJLB-FM 
    WKQI-FM 
    WLLC-FM 
    WMXD-FM 
    WNIC-FM 
    WXDX-AM 
  Grand Rapids 
    WBCT-AM 
    WCUZ-FM 
    WOOD-AM/FM 
    WTKG-AM 
    WVTI-FM 
    WSNX-FM 
 Minnesota
  Twin Cities 
    KDWB-FM 
    KEEY-FM 
    KFAN-AM 
    KFXN-AM 
    KQQL-FM 
    KTCZ-FM 
    WLOL-FM
 Mississippi
  Jackson 
    WJMI-FM 
    WKXI-AM/FM 
    WOAD-AM 
    WYJS-FM 
 Missouri
  St. Louis 
    KATZ-AM/FM 
    KLOU-FM 
    KMJM-FM 
    KSD-FM 
    KSLZ-FM 
 Nebraska
  Lincoln
    KIBZ-FM 
    KLMY-FM 
    KTGL-FM 
    KZKX-FM 
  Omaha 
    KFAB-AM 
    KGOR-FM 
    KHUS-FM 
    KQBW-FM 
    KXKT-FM 
 Nevada
  Las Vegas 
    KFMS-FM 
    KQOL-FM 
    KSNE-FM 
    KWNR-FM 
 New Hampshire
  Lebanon
    WGXL-FM 
    WMXR-FM 
    WXKK-FM 
    WXXK-FM 
    WVRR-FM 
    WTSL-AM 
  Manchester
    WGIR-AM/FM 
  Portsmouth
    WERZ-FM 
    WGIN-AM 
    WGIP-AM 
    WHEB-FM 
    WMYF-AM 
    WQSO-FM 
    WUBB-FM 
 New Mexico
  Albuquerque 
    KZRR-FM 
    KPEK-FM 
    KTEG-FM 
    KLSK-FM 
    KSYU-FM 
  Farmington 
    KAZX-FM 
    KCQL-AM 
    KDAG-FM
    KKFG-FM
    KTRA-FM
  Gallup 
    KGLX-FM 
    KFMQ-FM 
  Las Vegas, NM 
    KBAC-FM 
    Thoreau 
    KXTC-FM 
    White Rock 
    KSFQ-FM 
 New York
  Albany 
    WGY-AM 
    WHRL-FM 
    WKKF-FM 
    WOFX-AM 
    WPYX-FM 
    WRVE-FM 
    WTRY-FM
  Binghamton 
    WBBI-FM 
    WENE-AM 
    WINR-AM 
    WKGB-FM 
    WMRV-FM 
    WMXW-FM 
  Nassau/Suffolk 
    WALK -AM/FM
  New York City 
    WAXQ-FM 
    WHTZ-FM 
    WKTU-FM 
    WLTW-FM 
    WTGM-FM 
  Poughkeepsie 
    WRWD-FM 
    WBWZ-FM 
    WBPM-FM 
    WGHQ-AM 
  Rochester 
    WHAM-AM 
    WHTK-AM 
    WKGS-FM 
    WLCL-FM 
    WMAX-FM 
    WNVE-FM 
    WVOR-FM 
  Syracuse 
    WBBS-FM 
    WHEN-AM 
    WSRY-AM 
    WHHT-FM 
    WYYY-FM 
  Utica 
    WADR-AM 
    WOUR-FM 
    WRFM-FM 
    WRNY-AM 
    WSKS-FM 
    WUTQ-AM
 North Carolina
  Greensboro 
    WSJS-AM 
    WSML-AM 
    WTQR-FM 
    WXRA-FM 
  Raleigh 
    WRSN-FM 
    WRDU-FM 
    WRVA-FM 
    WDUR-AM/FM 
 North Dakota
    Bismarck 
    KFYR-AM 
    KYYY-FM 
  Dickinson 
    KLTC-AM 
    KCAD-FM 
    KZRX-FM
  Fargo 
    KFGO - AM/FM 
    WDAY-FM 
    KVOX-AM 
    KULW-FM 
    KRVI-FM 
  Minot 
    KIZZ-FM 
    KZPR-FM 
    KRRZ-FM
...

6/29/2007 2:27:00 AM

... continue

Radio (still)
 Ohio
  Akron 
    WKDD-FM 
    WTOU-AM 
  Chillicothe 
    WBEX-AM 
    WCHI-AM 
    WFCB-FM 
    WKKJ-FM 
  Cincinnati 
    WCKY-AM 
    WEBN-FM 
    WKFS-FM 
    WKRC-AM 
    WLW-AM 
    WOFX-FM 
    WSAI-AM 
    WVMX-FM 
  Cleveland 
    WGAR-FM 
    WMJI-FM 
    WMMS-FM 
    WMVX-FM 
    WTAM-AM 
  Clyde 
    WMJK-FM 
  Columbus 
    WCOL-FM 
    WFII-AM 
    WNCI-FM 
    WTVN-AM 
    WZAZ-FM 
  Dayton 
    WBTT-FM 
    WLQT-FM 
    WMMX-FM 
    WONE-AM 
    WTUE-FM 
    WXEG-FM 
  Defiance 
    WDFM-FM 
    WZOM-FM 
    WONW-AM 
  Findlay 
    WCKY-FM 
    WIMJ-FM 
    WQTL-FM 
  Lima 
    WBUK-FM 
    WIMA-AM 
    WIMT-FM 
    WMLX-FM 
  Lorain 
    WZLE-FM 
  Mansfield 
    WYHT-FM 
    WSWR-FM 
    WMAN-AM
  Marion 
    WDIF-FM 
    WMRN-AM/FM 
  Napoleon 
    WNDH-FM 
  Sandusky 
    WMJK-FM 
    WLEC-AM 
    WCPZ-FM 
  Springfield 
    WIZE-AM 
  Tiffin 
    WCKY-FM 
    WTTF-AM 
  Toledo 
    WCWA-AM 
    WIOT-FM 
    WRVF-FM 
    WSPD-AM 
    WVKS-FM 
  Washington Court House 
    WCHO-AM 
    WCHO-FM 
  Youngstown 
    WBTJ-FM 
    WKBN-AM 
    WNCD-FM 
    WNIO-AM 
 Oklahoma
  Guymon 
    KGYN-AM 
  Oklahoma City 
    KBEC-AM 
    KJYO-FM 
    KQSR-FM 
    KTOK-AM 
    KTST-FM 
    KXXY-FM 
    WKY-AM 
  Tulsa 
    KAKC-AM 
    KMOD-FM 
    KMRX-FM 
    KOAS-FM 
    KQLL-AM 
    KIZS-FM 
 Oregon
  Albany 
    KLOO-AM 
    KRKT-AM 
  Corvallis 
    KEJO-AM 
    KFLY-FM 
    KLOO-AM/FM 
  Medford 
    KKJJ-FM 
    KLDZ-FM 
    KMED-AM 
    KRWQ-FM 
    KZZE-FM 
  Portland 
    KTLK-AM 
    KEX-AM 
    KKCW-FM 
    KKRZ-FM 
    KRVO-FM
 Pennsylvania
  Allentown 
    WAEM-AM/FM 
    WKAP-AM 
    WZZO-FM 
  Harrisburg 
    WHP-AM 
    WKBO-AM 
    WRBT-FM 
    WRVV-FM 
    WWKL-AM 
  Johnstown 
    WMTZ-FM 
    WNTJ-AM 
  Lancaster/Harrisburg 
    WLAN-AM/FM 
  New Castle 
    WBZY-AM 
    WKST-AM 
    WKST-FM 
  Philadelphia 
    WDAS-AM 
    WDAS-FM 
    WIOQ-FM 
    WJJZ-FM 
    WLCE-FM 
    WUSL-FM 
  Pittsburgh 
    WBGG-AM 
    WDVE-FM 
    WKST-FM 
    WPGB-FM 
    WWSW-FM 
    WXDX-FM
  Reading 
    WRAW-AM 
    WRFY-FM 
    WREX-FM 
  Williamsport 
    WKSB-FM 
    WMYL-FM 
    WRAK-AM 
    WRKK-AM 
 Rhode Island
  Providence 
    WWBB-FM 
    WWRX-FM 
 South Carolina
  Charleston 
    WALC-FM 
    WEZL-FM 
    WRFQ-FM 
    WSCC-AM 
    WXYL-FM 
  Columbia 
    WCOS-AM/FM 
    WLTY-FM 
    WNOK-FM 
    WSCQ-FM 
    WVOC-AM
  Greenville 
    WBZT-FM 
    WESC-FM 
    WLFJ-AM 
    WGVL-AM 
    WMYI-FM 
    WSSL-FM 
 South Dakota
  Aberdeen 
    KKAA-AM 
    KQAA-FM 
    KSDN-AM/FM 
    KBFO-FM
 Tennessee
  Chattanooga 
    WUSY-FM 
    WUUS-AM 
    WRXR-FM 
    WLOV-FM 
    WKXJ-FM
  Cookeville 
    WGIC-FM 
    WGSQ-FM 
    WHUB-AM 
    WPTN-AM 
  Memphis 
    KJMS-FM 
    KWAM-AM 
    WDIA-AM 
    WEGR-FM 
    WHRK-FM 
    WOTO-FM 
    WREC-AM 
    WYLT-FM 
  Nashville 
    WLAC-AM 
    WNRQ-FM 
    WRVW-FM 
    WSIX-FM 
    WZTO-FM
  St. Joseph 
    WJOR-FM
 Texas
  Austin 
    KHFI-FM 
    KPEZ-FM 
  Beaumont 
    KIOC-FM 
    KKMY-FM 
    KYKR-FM 
    KLVI-AM
  Dallas 
    KDMX-FM 
    KEGL-FM
  El Paso 
    KHEY-AM/FM 
    KPRR-FM 
    KTSM-AM/FM 
    XHEPR-FM 
  Houston 
    JAMZ 
    KBXX-FM 
    KHMX-FM 
    KKTL-FM 
    KLOL-FM 
    KPRC-AM 
    KTBZ-FM 
  McAllen 
    KTEX-FM 
    KBFM-FM 
  San Antonio 
    KAJA-FM 
    KQXT-FM 
    KSJL-FM 
    KTKR-AM 
    KXXM-FM 
    WOAI-AM
  Waco
    KBGO-FM 
    KBRQ-FM 
    KWTX-AM/FM 
    WACO-FM
  Wichita Falls 
    KNIN-FM 
    KWFS-AM/FM 
    KTLT-FM
 Utah
  Salt Lake City 
    KALL-AM 
    KKAT-FM 
    KNRS-AM 
    KODJ-FM 
    KURR-FM 
    KWLW-AM 
    KZHT-FM 
 Vermont
  Burlington 
    WCPV-FM 
    WEAV-AM 
    WEZF-FM 
    WKVT-FM 
    WXZO-FM
  Randolph 
    WCVR-FM 
    WSYB-AM 
    WWWT-AM 
    WZRT-FM
  Virginia
  Charlottesville 
    WCYK-FM 
    WVAO-FM 
    WUMX-FM 
    Norfolk 
    WJCD-FM 
    WOWI-FM 
    WSVY-AM/FM
  Richmond 
    WBTJ-FM 
    WRNL-AM 
    WRVA-AM 
    WRVQ-FM 
    WRXL-FM 
    WTVR-FM 
 Washington
  Centralia 
    KELA-AM 
    KMNT-FM
  Seattle 
    KFNK-FM 
    KHHO-AM 
    KJR-AM/FM 
    KUBE-FM
  Spokane
    KAQQ-AM 
    KCDA-FM 
    KISC-FM 
    KIXZ-FM 
    KKZX-FM 
    KQNT-AM 
  Vancouver 
    KKLQ-FM
 Washington D.C.
    WASH-FM 
    WBIG-FM 
    WIHT-FM 
    WMZQ-FM 
    WTEM-AM 
    WTNT-AM 
    WWDC-FM 
    WWRC-AM
 West Virgina
  Huntington 
    WAMX-FM 
    WBKS-FM 
    WBVB-FM 
    WHRD-AM 
    WIRO-AM 
    WKEE-FM 
    WTCR-AM/FM 
    WVHU-AM
  Wheeling 
    WBBD-AM 
    WEEL-FM 
    WEGW-FM 
    WKWK-FM 
    WOVK-FM 
    WVKF-FM 
    WWVA-AM
 Wisconsin
  Eau Claire 
    WMEQ-AM/FM 
    WBIZ-AM/FM 
    WQRB-FM 
    WATQ-FM 
    WISM-FM
  Madison 
    WMAD-FM 
    WCJZ-FM 
    WIBA-AM/FM 
    WZEE-FM 
    WTSO-AM 
  Milwaukee 
    WKKV-FM 
    WMIL-FM 
    WOKY-AM 
    WRIT-FM 
 Wyoming
  Casper 
    KRVK-FM 
    KTRS-FM 
    KWYY-FM 
    KMGW-FM 
    KTWO-AM 
    KKTL-AM 
  Cheyenne 
    KGAB-AM 
    KIGN-FM 
    KMUS-FM 
    KOLZ-FM 

Television
    WXXA -TV FOX ALBANY , NY
    KGET -TV NBC BAKERSFIELD , CA
    KVOS -TV IND BELLINGHAM , WA
    WIVT -TV ABC BINGHAMTON , NY
    WKRC -TV CBS CINCINNATI , OH
    WETM -TV NBC ELMIRA , NY
    KMTR -TV NBC EUGENE , OR
    KMTX -TV NBC EUGENE , OR
    KMTZ -TV NBC EUGENE , OR
    KVIQ -TV CBS EUREKA , CA
    KTVF -TV NBC FAIRBANKS , AK
    KGPE -TV CBS FRESNO , CA
    WHP - TV CBS HARRISBURG , PA
    WLYH -TV UPN HARRISBURG , PA
    WJKT -TV UPN JACKSON , TN
    WAWS -TV FOX JACKSONVILLE , FL
    WTEV -TV CBS JACKSONVILLE , FL
    KASN -TV UPN LITTLE ROCK , AR
    KLRT -TV FOX LITTLE ROCK , AR
    WLMT -TV UPN MEMPHIS , TN
    WPTY -TV ABC MEMPHIS , TN
    WJTC -TV UPN MOBILE , AL
    WPMI -TV NBC MOBILE , AL
    KCBA -TV FOX MONTEREY/SALINAS , CA
    KION -TV CBS MONTEREY/SALINAS , CA
    WOKR -TV ABC ROCHESTER , NY
    KTVX -TV ABC SALT LAKE CITY , UT
    WOAI -TV NBC SAN ANTONIO , TX
    KPXL -TV PAX SAN ANTONIO , TX
    KCOY -TV CBS SANTA MARIA , CA
    KFTY -TV IND SANTA ROSA , CA
    WIXT -TV ABC SYRACUSE , NY
    KOKI -TV FOX TULSA , OK
    KTFO -TV UPN TULSA , OK
    WUTR -TV ABC UTICA , NY
    WWTI -TV ABC WATERTOWN , NY
    KAAS -TV FOX WICHITA , KS
    KSAS -TV FOX WICHITA , KS
    KSCC -TV UPN WICHITA , KS

Other
    Adshel Eller Media Company - Outdoor Advertising 
    Clear Channel Internet Group 
    Katz Media Group 
    Clear Channel Entertainment 
    Premiere Radio Network 
    New Music Network 
    SFX Sports Group
    Inside Radio/M Street Corporation

6/29/2007 2:32:27 AM

Hmm. . .joe_shithead stumbled upon strong medicine.

6/29/2007 3:10:36 AM

i would've banned the dixie chicks from my radio station solely because their music is garbage

6/29/2007 9:28:26 AM

Quote :

" didnt say that one conglomerate owns ALL media outlets in a market. i said "mass ownership of local media by one conglomerate""

So we agree that no conglomerate has a media monopoly. Your problem is that one company owns "too many" stations in one market.

But the key is that they don't own all the stations. They still have to compete.

In the Raleigh radio market you have the following ownership

Commercial Broadcasters:
Entercom: 6 stations
Clear Channel: 5 stations
Capital: 2 stations
Radio One: 5 stations
Curtis Media: 15 stations
St. Augustine College: 1 station

NonCommercial Broadcasters:
WCPE
UNC
Duke
NCCU
Shaw
NCSU

Each company uses a variety of formats that listeners want to hear. Curtis Media, because of it's size is able to do niche formats such as all-spanish and black gospel.

There are more choices from more sources in media today than ever before. TOns more radio statons than in the past. And about 40% of listeners of Internet radio accessed stations from outside their local market.

There is no evidence that smaller ownership always leads to better standards or content.

In the 1970s, on a typical weekday evening, the three networks were watched by about 56% of all households with televisions. By 2003, on a typical evening those networks had a combined 20%
rating.

And if we are worried about content monopoly, the second largest common broadcasting network in the country with over 700 stations is the gov't's NPR.

6/29/2007 10:23:23 AM

NAB Applauds House Action Banning Fairness Doctrine Funding

Quote :

"WASHINGTON, DC - By a vote of 309-115, the U.S. House of Representatives today adopted an amendment offered by Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN) to the Financial Services and General Government Bill. The amendment bars the FCC from using federal funds to reinstate the so-called 'Fairness Doctrine.' This regulation stemmed from the 1940s, and required broadcasters to air contrasting viewpoints on controversial issues of public importance. It was eliminated in 1987 after the FCC found it had a 'chilling effect' on free speech. In a letter sent to every House office this morning, NAB [National Association of Broadcasters] Executive Vice President of Government Relations Doug Wiley urged lawmakers to oppose reinstatement of the so-called Fairness Doctrine. 'Bringing back the Fairness Doctrine is unnecessary, unwarranted, and unconstitutional,' wrote Wiley. Commenting on today’s House action, NAB Executive Vice President Dennis Wharton said, 'Complementing the absolute explosion in alternative media outlets since the Fairness Doctrine was eliminated, broadcast viewers and listeners today enjoy a rich diversity of viewpoints from all sides of the political spectrum. We salute House members who today stood with our nation’s Founding Fathers and embraced a robust press that is free and unfettered from government interference.'"

http://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=41082

6/29/2007 12:46:14 PM