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Thursday, October 10, 2002

Democracy Of The Air
If you think business consolidation is good for what ails the economy, if you think diversity and a multitude of voices are no good, if you think programming six or seven TV or radio stations from a “centralcast” location is the way to go, if you believe wholesale staff reductions can add to the bottom line, if you want to live in a city where there is one owner of every media outlet including your ISP, just wait until the FCC finishes modifying the rules that allow companies to own more and more radio and TV stations. This Venus Flytrap of the airwaves will be blooming in the spring.

Newsflash
The FCC has just today approved a new digital method of transmission for radio. Commonly known as IBOC (In Band On Channel) this "new" technology effectively doubles the number of channels available to station owners. Now you can listen to twice as much bland programming and twice as many insane morning drive DJs on the radio.

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