In a message dated 11/3/2007 8:12:08 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
After all, it wouldn't be so challenging (and rewarding) to seek out signs of life in music and culture had Clear Channel not _developed the machinery_ (http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/6432174/inside_clear_channel) necessary to sterilize and neuter the radio landscape. It wasn't the first corporation to try, but Clear Channel has succeeded more wildly than anyone could have anticipated. "We're not in the business of providing news and information,"We're not in the business of providing news and infoFortune in 2003. "We're not in the business of providing well-researched music. We're simply in the business of selling our customers products." Shudder... John Ward's column "One Man's Opinion" in this week's Coaster is titled "Radio Days." He recalls the Golden Age of Murrow, Severeid and others, and end with this: "'Radio used to be a dream,' and so it was. Television, once hailed as an electronic miracle of immense promise, could have improved on that dream, but greed and poor taste have made it more like a nightmare." ============================================= Tuesday: Villapiano, Napolitani, Pirnat,... (http://www.njvoterinfo.org/) ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com
