Common Cause: FCC Chairman Powell and Clear Channel

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FCC Chairman Powell Visits Hometown of Clear Channel!

CauseNET for January 23, 2004

Next week, FCC Chairman, Michael Powell will hold his first hearing on how well media outlets fulfill their obligations to the public. In a very smart move, Chairman Powell has the audacity to hold this first hearing in a town where he will be assured strong industry support – San Antonio, Texas, the hometown of Clear Channel! Clear Channel is the corporation that owns more than 1,200 radio stations nationwide and is the poster child for what can go wrong when deregulation allows fewer and fewer companies to own more and more of the media market.

We congratulate Chairman Powell on seeking public opinion on this issue – something he failed to do before changing the FCC ownership rules last June – but Common Cause is concerned, and we must make sure that the public will actually have a chance to express its views.

We need your support to help ensure that citizens' voices are heard! Common Cause is organizing a Texas-wide grassroots campaign – including a media campaign, rallies in Austin and San Antonio, and public forums across the state to alert concerned citizens, like you, about this hearing. We must counter the deep pockets of big business to ensure that the public has access to quality, diversity, and fairness in our news and entertainment programs.

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[sadiesmom]

1. I don't know who to approach about this, but

I have found a mother load of letter writers that are apolitical, Some Democrats, some conservative republicans, some independent, and some out of the country. All these people are furious about Clear Channel and the corruption in the music that they play and the fact that they totally disregard the listener.
Now I would like to present them with some apolitical facts to motivate them all to write their congress people. They do want to see Clear Channel come down, and in general most corporate radio. If I told you who these people were, you would laugh and not take me seriously, but let me just say that they have had PETA and several television programs back down due to their letter writing efforts (we are talking thousands of people here). We are talking about plums ripe for the picking here, they just need a little leadership. If anyone can tell me how to handle this without politicizing several music boards, I would appreciate it.
Currently there is just grousing, but this is several highly active groups. I have started posting links, but they seem to like more direct leadership.

Help.

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2. Chairman Powell = sleeze ball

:thumbsdown: :puke: