mediageek 4 June 2009 part 2: More with Alec Foege

This is more of my conversation with Alec Foege, discussing Clear Channel Communications and the decline of commercial radio. In this portion we discuss Clear Channel’s political leanings, Rush Limbaugh and the potential for a revival of commercial radio.

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mediageek 1 August 2008: The Nation’s Biggest Pirates Merge

The Sirius/XM satellite radio merger was finally approved by the FCC, providing a bare few gimmies for the public interest after months of lobbying and waiting. But the story behind the last-minute tie-breaking vote has to do with both companies’ history of pirate operations. DIYmedia‘s John Anderson has be tracking the story for years now and fill us in on the details.

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