A very interesting piece by Joe Garofoli from today's Chronicle (http://tinyurl.com/yhx8zk):
As the Federal Communications Commission reviews its rules on media ownership, several studies released Monday say the current regulations breed bland music offerings on the radio, an environment where few women and minorities are in positions of power and news coverage that ignores issues people of color care about.
...Instead of using their dominant market share to offer listeners a diverse playlist, large station groups often run the same cookie-cutter offerings of classic rock and talk radio, said DiCola, who is research director of the Future of Music Coalition.
Now it's harder to find jazz, blues, classical and gospel, DiCola said.
"It is 100 percent certain that things have not gotten better since (passage of the Telecommunications Act)," DiCola said.
(...)
Bay Area residents will get a chance to tell FCC commissioners Jonathan Adelstein and Michael Copps how they feel about the current media landscape at a community forum to be held at 5 p.m. Friday at Oakland's Marriott City Center, 1001 Broadway at 10th Street (near the 12th Street BART stop in Oakland). The public comment period will begin at 6:30.
DJ
As the Federal Communications Commission reviews its rules on media ownership, several studies released Monday say the current regulations breed bland music offerings on the radio, an environment where few women and minorities are in positions of power and news coverage that ignores issues people of color care about.
...Instead of using their dominant market share to offer listeners a diverse playlist, large station groups often run the same cookie-cutter offerings of classic rock and talk radio, said DiCola, who is research director of the Future of Music Coalition.
Now it's harder to find jazz, blues, classical and gospel, DiCola said.
"It is 100 percent certain that things have not gotten better since (passage of the Telecommunications Act)," DiCola said.
(...)
Bay Area residents will get a chance to tell FCC commissioners Jonathan Adelstein and Michael Copps how they feel about the current media landscape at a community forum to be held at 5 p.m. Friday at Oakland's Marriott City Center, 1001 Broadway at 10th Street (near the 12th Street BART stop in Oakland). The public comment period will begin at 6:30.
DJ