Radio Troubles

In case you don't know, radio's in a bit of trouble around America. Ya got yer mergers. Ya got yer consolidations. Ya got yer corporate ownership. And, ya got yer lack of balanced voices.

Dear Rush Limbaugh, Why Are You Hell-Bent On Protecting A Radio Market That Limits Free Speech?

In June 2007, the Center for American Progress and Free Press released a report titled “The Structural Imbalance of Political Talk Radio.” It found that, of the radio stations owned by the five top commercial station owners, 91 percent of the total weekday talk radio programming on those stations was conservative. Only 9 percent was [...]

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