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

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

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