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...going to annoy people,” says Martel, adding with a hint of feistiness, “I liked that.” She got what she wished for. Pedro L. Fernandez, Ring Talk’s editor and self-proclaimed “undisputed King of the airwaves?? says Martel’s first piece was “a breath of fresh air” among the “all-male crew in a sexist sport.” Martel is no novelty act, however, and Fernandez was struck...
...Clear Channel, the nation’s largest radio company, has been making millions off of Stern’s antics for years. Unfortunately for Stern, after Janet Jackson’s bare breast shocked the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) into enforcing a new code of decency on the airwaves??clearly a priority for the country right now—Hogan discovered Stern’s curious style and decided the show wasn’t appropriate for radio. Citing its desire to protect Americans from indecency, Clear Channel has removed Stern from six radio markets...
...local ownership. Classical music, for instance, went off the air in Miami after the then-current classical FM station was bought out by the Cox conglomerate, which changed the station’s format to techno music. After a year-and-a-half, classical is back on the Miami airwaves??to the pleasure of many devoted listeners—on an locally owned AM channel. Should the new channel be bought out, however, classical music might again disappear from the city—this time forever...
...dramatic contrast from only a decade ago, virtually all Harvard students have personal computers. A good old-fashioned radio, on the other hand, is becoming difficult to find. Undergraduates use the Internet far more often than they listen to the airwaves??illustrating the damage that will be done to nonprofit student radio stations because of a recent decision to charge royalties for songs broadcast over the Internet...
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