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Congress Tunes In
McChesney, Robert W. | May 23, 2005 issue

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Focuses on radio policies in the United States. Criticism of the Telecommunications Act of 1996; Lack of diversity on the radio as Clear Channel Communications bought up more than 1,200 radio stations nationwide; Concentration of mass media ownership; Rise of alternative radio broadcasting, including Sirius and XM satellite radio networks; Competition radio faces from podcasting; Rise of a progressive agenda for radio policy; Report that Senator John McCain has put forward the Local Community Radio Act, which would increase the number of low-power FM station licenses, and the Localism in Broadcasting Reform Act; Discussion of the Fairness and Accountability in Broadcasting Act.

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RADIO broadcasting policy; BROADCASTING policy; MASS media policy; RADIO broadcasting -- United States; ALTERNATIVE radio broadcasting; RADIO networks; FM broadcasting; COMMUNICATION policy; UNITED States
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