Edited sentence: Clear Channel has pioneered the practice of "voice tracking," which allows someone to pre-record radio broadcasts, pretending to be in a location they are not..  This has enabled Clear Channel to discharge many, many employees, to "cut costs," a slang term to try to recover for overpaying for thousands of stations and not managing them properly.Many place the blame for the ruination of radio in the hands of Clear Channel.Since the Telecommunications Act of 1934 was amended in 1996, Voice Tracking has resulted in a loss of over 40% of all on-air radio jobs.The Clear Channel mass firings usually happen right around Christmas