Okay Tosh, that's like saying it's time Americans got a new president, isn't
it... And a lot of Americans did try.
But rules for radio and media are set by the FCC, and the tone of their
decision making is typically set by the administration. This is an
administration that believes that corporations are good, monopolies are not
really a big deal, and any kind of government intervention in such matters
amount to some kind of pinko communism. Most Americans appear to believe this.
So Clear Channel is probably what a lot of Americans deserve. It's framed as
free speech, God forbid the government interfere with Clear Channel's right
to free speech on radio waves it bought. The USA no longer has any notion of
public good, except for freeways so we can drive our SUV's. There is no
counter-philosophy in existence anymore which might challenge such thinking, or
if there is, nobody reads about it because you won't see it in the corporate
controlled newspaper.
I'm taking a class with other adults on democracy right now, and almost all
people believe that democracy and capitalism are identical. Any vaguely
socialist idea must have something to do with gulags.
However, when given the chance we do put lots of crazy stuff on the air waves.
Community based radio IS the equivelant of the national radio that European
countries have, that's why you here NPR (National Public Radio) news on the
exact same stations that play techno or other types of adventurous programs.
Not that NPR is so great, but that's just my opinion. You just can't compare
the way Europe treats media to the way America is. Americans would never pay
for a national radio that broadcast music most people probably hate.
Americans don't want to find ANY kind of art via government means.
Just remember, America is Europe's great utopian experiment! Good work guys...
;)
Hey at least we invented house and techno and jazz and rock and roll right?!
~David
-- Original Message -
Subject: Re: (313) Radio Fries - Don't Tread On Me
Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2005 12:38:40 +0100
From: Tosh Cooey [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Robert Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED]
You're all far too bloody defensive. If you would defend your right to a free
and open media marketplace as strong as you defend against a perceived slight
against Matt's efforts then this would never be a problem. As John Osselaer
previously said:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The set is from Switch Studios which I guess is a radio station in Brussels,
--- That's national radio for ya. Studio Brussel is the youth channel of
the
national radio. Switch runs every Friday and Saturday, I believe from 8pm till
the early morning hours. We've had quality dance shows on national radio from
the early nineties on (Teknoville) ...
John
National radio. One more time, national radio, which means that the entire
country is exposed. Granted it's a small country, probably the same size as
the
Chicago market that Matt services, but it's the idea.
National radio is more mainstream than community radio is all that I
said.
I NEVER slighted community radio. If you have proof of a counter-example
then I'll concede.
Damn...
Anyway, then Matt got all defensive and made comments like this:
It's time people took community radio seriously as an alternative to the
ClearChannel near-monopoly of programming.
I disagree, I think it's time people took seriously the idea of PREVENTING or
BREAKING-UP the ClearChannel near-monopoly of programming.
And everyone who suggests well we have community radio and the internet blah
blah is being disingenuous, because that is a position of RETREAT, and the
englobulators will not stop and let you have community radio and internet radio
all to yourselves, they HAVE to grow otherwise their share price stagnates and
they can no longer raise money from the markets, so they WILL GROW into your
nice little world, or close your little world down.
Anyway, Matt, don't be so defensive, what you're doing is great, and you know
it's appreciated, just by proof of the amount of support you get. Nothing
would
make me happier than for you to become syndicated and available across the
country, nationaly, but until then you're a niche within a niche, just like I
am.
Tosh
--
McIntosh Cooey - Twelve Hundred Group LLC - http://www.1200group.com/
Robert Taylor wrote:
I know lots of people over in the UK who listen to the show on the net and
not all of them are 'heads' - I play the show in the office/library - my
colleagues who usually listen to Audioslave and U2 appreciate it and visitors
to the library ask what's playing so regularly that maybe I should get a 'now
playing' sign to put on the hatch!
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Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 2:14 AM To: 313 Cc: Tosh Cooey;
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