Radio Deregulation

Broadcast Lobby Misinterprets Their Own Industry's Dataâ€¦Again

December 14, 2006

On Wednesday, December 13, FMC released a quantitative, 152-page report of the history of radio consolidation called False Premises, False Promises. In honor of the occasion, the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) attempted to discredit the release of an independent analysis—that is, one not written by the industry or its consultants—of the radio industry by distributing a pre-emptive press release that called our research “questionable” and filled with “dubious data”. This is FMC’s point-by-point rebuttal to the NAB’s specious claims. read more

Op-Ed: The Debate Over Minot Radio

Peter DiCola

Thursday, January 11, 2007

Peter DiCola expanded on his response to Jack Shafer’s Slate.com article in an op-ed on Huffington Post.

In January 2002, Minot, North Dakota, became a symbol of what’s wrong with media consolidation. One night a train derailed, resulting in a chemical spill, and Minot’s emergency-response authorities had difficulty getting their message on the air. Clear Channel, the country’s largest owner of radio stations, owns 6 of the 9 stations in Minot. read more

False Premises, False Promises

A Quantitative History of Ownership Consolidation in the Radio Industry

Peter DiCola, Research Director, Future of Music Coalition

Wednesday, December 13, 2006

On December 13, 2006, FMC publicly released False Premises, False Promises – a report documenting the effects of radio station ownership consolidation on musicians and the public. Data in the report shows that station ownership consolidation at the national and local levels has led to fewer choices in radio programming and harmed the listening public and those working in the music and media industries, including DJs, programmers and musicians.

NAB Response to FMC's Report, False Premises, False Promises

A verbatim post of the press release that the National Association of Broadcasters issued before FMC released its study False Premises, False Promises on December 13, 2006. FMC also penned a response to the NAB. read more

Radio Consolidation Hurts Public, New Data Shows

December 8, 2006

Future of Music Coalition will release a new report, False Premises, False Promises: A Quantitative History of Ownership Consolidation in the Radio Industry, by a teleconference with reporters on December 13, 2006 at 1:00 p.m. EST. Data in the report shows that radio ownership consolidation at the national and local levels has led to fewer choices in radio programming and harmed the listening public and those working in the music and media industries, including DJs, programmers and musicians. read more

Statement of Jenny Toomey Delivered During ?Media Ownership: Radio? Hearings

Witness statement delivered by FMC Executive Director Jenny Toomey during a January 2003 Senate Commerce Committee hearing on media ownership and radio. Jenny referenced the findings of FMC’s recently-released report, “Radio Deregulation: Has It Served Musicians and Citizens?”

Radio Deregulation: Has It Served Citizens and Musicians?

November 18, 2002

Statements submitted by a broad and diverse range of individuals and organizations articulating the negative effects of radio deregulation on their memberships and their support for the FMC radio study, Radio Deregulation: Has It Served Citizens and Musicians? read more

NAB's "Fact Sheet" critiquing FMC's 2002 Radio Deregulation Study

A copy of a “fact sheet” that the National Association of Broadcasters issued on Friday, November 15, 2002 as a premature response to the release of FMC’s research report Radio Deregulation: Has It Served Citizens and Musicians?

FMC Statement Regarding the Release of their Radio Study and NAB's "Fact Sheet"

November 15, 2002

WASHINGTON, DC - The press embargo of our study of radio consolidation was broken today by two newspapers. In response to those news stories the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) has already released a negative assessment of our report. read more

FMC Response to NAB "Fact Sheet"