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AM Stations, Clear Channel, FCC, iHeart Media, Media, Radio, Radio Stations, Talk Radio

AM “Revitalization” Destroying AM Radio

by Darryl Parks • March 2, 2016 • 7 Comments

Bob Pittman, the head of iHeart Media, said this when announcing the company’s name change from Clear Channel Media + Entertainment. I can’t imagine former Clear Channel CEO Randy Michaels ever saying something like this. Ouch. It’s going on three years since the Federal Communication Commission (F.C.C.) announced plans for “AM Revitalization.” Then, late last year, the…

AM Stations, AM/FM, Business, FM Stations, Media, Money, Politics, Radio, Radio Stations

Hypocrisy in Radio’s Battle Over Performance Royalties

by Darryl Parks • May 30, 2014 • 2 Comments

Historically, record companies, its labels and performers have had a pretty good deal with radio. Radio gives the labels free advertising for their songs, while the labels give radio the tunes to play free of charge, excluded music licensing fees that pay composers. A quid pro quo as they say in Latin. Or as they…