Post by nomanzero on Feb 19, 2006 21:33:01 GMT -5
From NoManZero land:
1st) Our album is coming out absolutely MINT! Working with producer Jeff
Moleski who has mixed/engineered studio recordings (Smashing Pumpkins, Hole
is really a dream come true. But we need to get our album on the radio and
this corruption scandal is making it more difficult. Please read on below on
what you can do to reclaim the airwaves for the people and not just the
biggest corporations with the fattest wallets!
Oh yeah, NoManZero had a BLAST this past Saturday at Chasers in Bristol. Big thanks to all that were there! Now on to the radio payola stuff:
"Primetime" about corruption in the radio business. Here's another great
political issue that relates directly to your bands getting on the air!
Bust Big Radio Payola
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 23:57:22 GMT
Greetings,
Ever wonder why commercial radio has become a mind-numbing
repetition of the same songs by Jessica Simpson and Celine Dion?
It's not just you. Corporate radio in every town has become a
wasteland. And in many cases, it's a crime.
An investigation airing tonight on ABC News "Primetime" exposes
illegal payola across the radio dial. Radio conglomerates that
control hundreds of local stations are taking bribes to
endlessly spin major label acts, keeping independent artists off
the air.
FCC Commissioner Jonathan Adlestein calls big radio payola
potentially the most widespread and flagrant violation of FCC
rules in the history of American broadcasting." But the FCC's
Republican leadership remains reluctant to crack down against
the corporate radio giants that have sold off our airwaves.
Tell the FCC to Bust Corporate Radio Payola:
action.freepress.net/ct/JpNgYi61eqQV/
This new age of payola is the product of consolidated radio
ownership. Several of the largest radio conglomerates in America
including Clear Channel, Viacom/CBS radio and Cumulus -- are
among those now under subpoena in a criminal investigation by
the New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer.
Spitzer has exposed a shadowy network of promoters hired by the
recording industry to launder hundreds of millions in cash and
who agree to spin corporate acts nationwide.
They thought the FCC was asleep, and they shot someone in front
of the policeman," Adelstein tells ABC News. "The policeman is
obligated to act when evidence is so clear."
Tell the FCC to Stop the Abuse of Our Airwaves:
action.freepress.net/ct/JpNgYi61eqQV/
The airwaves belong to the public -- not the media companies
with the fattest wallets. Any broadcaster in violation of payola
statutes could face severe FCC sanctions and even the loss of
heir broadcast licenses.
But the FCC won't act unless they feel pressure from you. Please
take action today.
Onward,
Timothy Karr
Campaign Director
Free Press
> > action.freepress.net/ct/D7NgYi61eqRq/
1st) Our album is coming out absolutely MINT! Working with producer Jeff
Moleski who has mixed/engineered studio recordings (Smashing Pumpkins, Hole
is really a dream come true. But we need to get our album on the radio and
this corruption scandal is making it more difficult. Please read on below on
what you can do to reclaim the airwaves for the people and not just the
biggest corporations with the fattest wallets!
Oh yeah, NoManZero had a BLAST this past Saturday at Chasers in Bristol. Big thanks to all that were there! Now on to the radio payola stuff:
"Primetime" about corruption in the radio business. Here's another great
political issue that relates directly to your bands getting on the air!
Bust Big Radio Payola
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 23:57:22 GMT
Greetings,
Ever wonder why commercial radio has become a mind-numbing
repetition of the same songs by Jessica Simpson and Celine Dion?
It's not just you. Corporate radio in every town has become a
wasteland. And in many cases, it's a crime.
An investigation airing tonight on ABC News "Primetime" exposes
illegal payola across the radio dial. Radio conglomerates that
control hundreds of local stations are taking bribes to
endlessly spin major label acts, keeping independent artists off
the air.
FCC Commissioner Jonathan Adlestein calls big radio payola
potentially the most widespread and flagrant violation of FCC
rules in the history of American broadcasting." But the FCC's
Republican leadership remains reluctant to crack down against
the corporate radio giants that have sold off our airwaves.
Tell the FCC to Bust Corporate Radio Payola:
action.freepress.net/ct/JpNgYi61eqQV/
This new age of payola is the product of consolidated radio
ownership. Several of the largest radio conglomerates in America
including Clear Channel, Viacom/CBS radio and Cumulus -- are
among those now under subpoena in a criminal investigation by
the New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer.
Spitzer has exposed a shadowy network of promoters hired by the
recording industry to launder hundreds of millions in cash and
who agree to spin corporate acts nationwide.
They thought the FCC was asleep, and they shot someone in front
of the policeman," Adelstein tells ABC News. "The policeman is
obligated to act when evidence is so clear."
Tell the FCC to Stop the Abuse of Our Airwaves:
action.freepress.net/ct/JpNgYi61eqQV/
The airwaves belong to the public -- not the media companies
with the fattest wallets. Any broadcaster in violation of payola
statutes could face severe FCC sanctions and even the loss of
heir broadcast licenses.
But the FCC won't act unless they feel pressure from you. Please
take action today.
Onward,
Timothy Karr
Campaign Director
Free Press
> > action.freepress.net/ct/D7NgYi61eqRq/