Another entry in Salon's media reporting. This time, they are following up on the coverage of radio conglomeration they covered a while back and comparing it to the possibilities with television. It will be interesting how proponents of media conglomeration duck and weave around the radio issue. The most striking feature, I thought was the chart that shows the massive conglomeration in the radio industry. Imagine the same situation with television, but replace Infinity and Clear Channel with AOL Time Warner and Microsoft. Hearings on this go before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation. This was once the land of John McCain, but he has been relegated to ranking member with the Chairmanship going to Ernest "Fritz" Hollings. Hollings's website says a lot about the Telecom Act of '96, but doesn't illuminate at all on the issues with radio since the act passed, nor does it offer any clue as to where he stands on the potential television consolidation. What will also be telling is if any of the television stations give this any time on their political shows.
- posted by levinson @ 6/28/2001 08:44:00 AM