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CC's latest debacle...discuss

Besides Pd's and APD's I noticed many Morning Air Personalities being axed. I guess CC has some sort of blanket morning show or syndicated replacement.

Or go with a 'Most Music in the Morning' style programming.
 
RadioStarOne said:
Now is not a great time to be in radio! Thanks Mr. Clinton!
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How is it Bill Clinton's fault, radiostarnone? It was CC's republican owners who abused the privilege, trashed hundreds of stations and eliminated thousands of jobs.
 
At least the talented PM-drive deejay of KHYL, Don Sainte-Johnn, is still there.
 
Earthradio Lives said:
Bill Clinton signed the Telecommunications Act of 1996, which begat Clear Channel.
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Not true. Clear Channel has been in business since 1972.

The truth about the TCA of 1996 is it began as part of Newt Gingrich's Contract With America in 1992. They had so much success deregulating the airline industry, they felt it was time for broadcasting. It was one of the issues that helped usher in a Republican landslide in 1994. However, this was an issue that both Democrats and Republicans favored, for different reasons. When the final vote came in, the Senate voted 81 to 19 in favor, while the House voted 414 to 16. Had Clinton veto'd the bill, it most likely would have been overridden. Dick Morris wrote about it in his book.
 
Earthradio Lives said:
Bill Clinton signed the Telecommunications Act of 1996, which begat Clear Channel.
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While that was certainly a big part of the problem, you can go back to 1984 for the roots of the disease, so to speak. More info here:

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/2007/R3206.pdf

When the ownership limits jumped to 12 AM and 12 FM stations we saw the prices for broadcast properties jump significantly. I couldn't find any clean tabulation of station sale prices online, but I remember it went way up in the 1980's. I also remember that radio started to get boring then, as everybody needed to pay down a note.

Dave B.
 
DaveBayArea said:
I couldn't find any clean tabulation of station sale prices online, but I remember it went way up in the 1980's. I also remember that radio started to get boring then, as everybody needed to pay down a note.
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I don't understand the connection. The bigger factor might be that music became mushier in the mid-80s, with hair bands and arena rock. All that led to the counter culture revolution from grunge as the decade ended.
 
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