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Main Page The Latest News Books To Read The ARD Library of Radio and Media Related Information KPFA: The NATION Letter/Editorial. Why KPFA is important to radio - published in The Nation AMFM DJ SYSTEM. How a huge conglomerate makes 'local' radio - by Dale Smith for the Austin American-Statesman HIT A BUTTON! Do you have a radio-induced psychosis - by Raymond Edel for the Bergen Record TAKE ...

Hello, Honolulu and Amarillo, my Austin secret is . . . I'm your DJ By Dale Smith Special to the American-Statesman Published: July 22, 1999 The designers who built the radio studios inside 600 Congress Ave. understood the subdued edginess of postmodern, corporate decor. Microphones, soundboards and other equipment rest on wood desks. A colorful painting of a cartoonish DJ spinning tunes hangs ...

Sound and Fury Corporate consolidation has destroyed commercial radio. Here's how it happened -- and how to make it better. by Dan Kennedy It's cold in Rick Anderson's office, on the third floor of a red-brick building just outside Roxbury's Dudley Square. Not see-your-breath, rub-your-hands cold, but cold enough for Anderson to have topped off his casual attire with a heavy flannel shirt. Cold ...

Top Story Of The Week From the July 31, 1998 issue of R&R Can't Find Nothin' On Radio Consumer advocates, group heads clash over consolidation's effect on programming diversity And the survey says... By Matt Spangler R&R Washington Bureau When the radio industry began campaigning for further deregulation a few years back, it argued that listeners would benefit through increased format choices.