They want to retain you as a captive cash-cow audience that will take pabulum because there IS no real competition when one corporation owns all five country radio stations, or all three talk stations. Tips on retaining our opportunities to communicate. We have become increasingly concerned about the growing concentration of the media in our country and are pleased that the Commission is taking action to increase opportunities for local communities to use our radio airwaves. One of the fundamental tenets of our democracy is to ensure that diverse interests have opportunities to express themselves at different levels, and that they are not locked out in a monopolistic, globalized fashion. It is as fundamental as free speech.
Radio is perhaps the most qualified of any media outlet to provide community access.
It is a relatively inexpensive medium to produce and is well-suited to cover community issues and local music. Unfortunately, today's radio is the most concentrated and formulaic medium in the country. Providing licenses to low power FM radio stations would create new opportunities for local voices to be heard in their communities. Allowing low power FM radio stations on the air would empower local broadcasters to serve their communities with a variety of new voices and services. Further they would provide an outlet for the diverse, local voices and musicians that are presently priced out of the market.