Surf these sites: ARD Library -- Archives of articles from various sources about redio consolidation from Ameicans for Radio Diversity. Clear Channel Communications -- Website of company merging with AM/FM to form one of the largest radio station ownership groups in the US. Includes releases about the merger. Consolidation and Diversity -- Consumer advocates, media-corporation group heads clash over consolidation''s effect on programming diversity. (From Radio and Records industry publication. July 1998) Hello, I''m your DJ -- How a national media conglomerate makes ''local'' radio. By Dale Smith for the Austin American-Statesman Liberty Tunes into Radio Biz -- News analysis from Cable World about investment of cable giant Liberty Media in Emmis Broadcasting, to participate in consolidationof radio industry. Micro-power Radio News -- News about effort to allow grass-roots low-power radio stations as opportunity for individuals and community organizations to have access to broadcast media. Radio Deal Sends a Powerful Signal -- Chicago Tribune analysis of the immense scale of proposed merger of Clear Channel and AM/FM on radio consolidation. Radio Waves -- Article about the movement to legalize low-power grass roots radio, and broadcast corporations'' effort to stop it. Author says despite broadcasters'' efforts, new competitors for listeners will emerge. By Jesse Walker from Reason Magazine. Sound and Fury -- An in-depth history and commentary criticval of the effects of deregulation and corporation control of radio. Includes proposals for reform. By Dan Kennedy, media columnist for Boston Phoenix.
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