Clear Channel

  • Don't accuse them of being "fair and balanced"

    Radio station refuses anti-Limbaugh ads because ... they're anti-Limbaugh.
    By Tim Grieve October 4, 2007

  • The fate of indie music as we know it

    Just as Uncle Sam has finally cracked down on payola in corporate radio, the government has dealt a blow to Internet radio, the only promising home to music beyond the top 40.
    By Paul F. Roberts March 20, 2007

  • Payola is dead! Now what will we listen to?

    The bizarre, sleazy system of independent radio promotion may finally have bitten the dust. But believe it or not, pop radio may get even worse.
    By Eric Boehlert January 5, 2005

  • Howard Stern unplugged

    With the government escalating its war on radio free speech, the shock jock's days are numbered.
    By Eric Boehlert April 14, 2004

  • Watch your mouth

    In its Thursday ruling against Bono and Howard Stern, the FCC announced that a new day of language policing has dawned.
    By Eric Boehlert March 19, 2004

  • Howard Stern's schwing voters

    The raunchy jockey is mobilizing his army of listeners against Bush -- and they could make a difference in November.
    By Eric Boehlert March 12, 2004

  • The passion of Howard Stern

    The shock jock says radio colossus Clear Channel fired him because he criticized George Bush -- and he's sure as hell not going to go quietly.
    By Eric Boehlert March 4, 2004

  • Right Hook

    Howard Stern declares war on Bush's "religious agenda"; Gary Bauer claims gay sex is deadlier than smoking. Plus: Presidential Prayer Team prays for the CIA to nab Osama.
    By Mark Follman March 3, 2004

  • Clear Channel boss is shocked -- shocked -- to find indecency!

    After years of profiting from some of the most vulgar shows on radio, the broadcast behemoth has suddenly turned puritanical. It couldn't have anything to do with those congressional hearings, could it?
    By Eric Boehlert February 27, 2004

  • Last stop before the media monopoly

    FCC chairman Michael Powell is likely to get media ownership deregulated -- even though public comment is running 97 percent against it.
    By Eric Boehlert May 23, 2003

  • The big blackout

    Surprise, surprise: The TV networks that will benefit from the new FCC rules on media ownership have been keeping their viewers in the dark about the changes.
    By Eric Boehlert May 22, 2003

  • Habla usted Clear Channel?

    If the FCC allows the two biggest Spanish-language media companies in the U.S. to merge, it'll create a media conglomerate that will dwarf all competitors -- and could help GOP-friendly radio titan Clear Channel deliver Hispanic votes for Bush in '04.
    By Eric Boehlert April 24, 2003

  • Is pay-for-play finally finished?

    Congress has the music industry's modern-day payola scandal in its sights. But will that help the dying record biz save itself?
    By Eric Boehlert February 20, 2003

  • Clear Channel's big, stinking deregulation mess

    The sorry state of the radio industry today is sabotaging FCC chairman Michael Powell's plans to let media conglomerates run wild.
    By Eric Boehlert February 19, 2003

  • Salon's Eric Boehlert wins music journalism award

    October 17, 2002

  • Radio killed the radio star

    Consolidation has resulted in 10,000 layoffs, the demise of a beloved trade magazine, and a decline in programming quality. But industry execs are fat and happy.
    By Todd Spencer October 1, 2002

  • The empire strikes back

    As the music industry's "pay-for-play" scandal deepens, the big five record labels try to crush the expanding power of the dreaded indie promoters.
    By Eric Boehlert August 7, 2002

  • Radio's titan hits the skids

    After replacing a high-profile exec, Clear Channel, the 800-pound gorilla of the entertainment industry, suddenly faces a lot of banana peels.
    By Eric Boehlert August 7, 2002

  • Is Clear Channel selling hit singles?

    Insiders suggest that the broadcasting giant gave an obscure singer major airplay to promote its pricey new market-research program.
    By Eric Boehlert June 25, 2002

  • Will Congress tackle pay-for-play?

    Radio-station owners are shocked -- shocked!-- as the music industry's payola scandal widens. Record-label execs aren't buying it (and neither should you).
    By Eric Boehlert June 25, 2002

  • Satellite radio to the rescue

    Corporate dreck dominates the FM airwaves like never before, but hope for music lovers may finally have arrived.
    By Gary Dretzka June 19, 2002

  • Washington tunes in

    Critics accuse Clear Channel of shady radio deals and nasty concert business. Now the government is starting to pay attention.
    By Eric Boehlert March 27, 2002

  • What were they smoking?

    A Texas Clear Channel radio station agreed to host a show on marijuana decriminalization. It's never made it on the air.
    By Daniel Forbes November 26, 2001

  • Is Clear Channel playing a "shell game"?

    Critics of the radio-industry giant charge that it is skirting federal ownership rules with puppet competitors.
    By Eric Boehlert November 20, 2001

  • Suit: Clear Channel is an illegal monopoly

    A tiny Denver concert promoter is taking the most powerful force in the music industry to court.
    By Eric Boehlert August 8, 2001
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