"RADIO NOWHERE!" Alterman says Dems are trying to do the "Good THING!"

This really is "Radio Nowhere"

We note, happily, that the Senate Commerce Committee advanced the bipartisan Local Community Radio Act (S.1675). Co-sponsored by Sens. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.), this critical legislation could help bring hundreds of local, Low Power FM (LPFM) radio stations to cities and suburbs across the country, here. This reminds us of a story, run on Fox News of all places, that "Clear Channel has sent an edict to its classic rock stations not to play tracks from 'Magic' ... no new songs by Springsteen, even though it's likely many radio listeners already own the album and would like to hear it mixed in with the junk offered on radio." Here. One might say this is political. After all, Magic has been the number one-selling CD for two of the past three weeks, and clearly nobody is selling more tickets on tour. Clear Channel is a yet another right-wing, jingoistic media company, and Bruce has made his and the record's anti-Bush, pro-free speech political message explicit on the tour. Then again, it's more likely our society's typical age discrimination. The Fox piece also notes, "There is no sign at major radio stations of new albums by John Fogerty or Annie Lennox, either. The same stations that should be playing Santana's new singles with Chad Kroeger or Tina Turner are avoiding them, too." Anyway, it's yet another argument against media concentration, as if we needed more ...

http://mediamatters.org/altercation/

Is it because you know that Pelosi won't bring it up or that our Dems with Repug Support will shoot it down? :shrug: