Radio

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  • The myth of interference

    Internet architect David Reed explains how bad science created the broadcast industry.
    By David Weinberger March 12, 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

  • Radio Free Software

    Call them hackers of the last computing frontier: The GNU Radio coders believe that any device with a chip should be able to do, well, anything.
    By Sam Williams December 18, 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

  • 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

  • The battle for indie radio

    After seven years of bitter infighting, the dissidents have retaken control of Pacifica, the venerable left-wing radio network. Now comes the hard part.
    By Jesse Walker June 20, 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

  • Web radio's last stand

    A new ruling involving the Digital Millennium Copyright Act is set to wipe out independent online music stations.
    By Katharine Mieszkowski March 26, 2002

  • "Rebels on the Air" by Jesse Walker

    Before it became an cash machine for station owners, radio was briefly the province of madmen who made it the liveliest medium in America.
    By Douglas Cruickshank February 11, 2002

  • "My Preciousssss!"

    Hear an excerpt from the 1970s BBC Radio dramatization of "The Lord of the Rings" featuring Ian Holm, who plays Bilbo in the movie, as Frodo.
    December 19, 2001

  • Music industry in the pits!

    Record sales are down, no one's seeing concerts, no one's advertising on radio and the stars are revolting!
    By Eric Boehlert December 19, 2001

  • 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

  • A louder voice for Uncle Sam?

    Afraid that the U.S. is losing the public opinion war, officials are considering launching a $500 million broadcasting initiative, including an Arabic-language TV channel.
    By Eric Boehlert November 17, 2001

  • Paul Harvey

    He's been a radio icon since Limbaugh and Stern were in grade school. More than that, he is the finest huckster ever to roam the airwaves.
    By Mike Thomas September 25, 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

  • Rock 'n' radio rumble

    A dust-up involving Clear Channel and a Blink-182 concert in Cincinnati doesn't seem to be an isolated event.
    By Eric Boehlert August 8, 2001

  • More waves in the radio business

    Is corporate behemoth Clear Channel behind the latest shakeup?
    By Eric Boehlert August 6, 2001

  • Payola City

    In the wild world of urban radio, money buys hits -- and nobody asks questions.
    By Eric Boehlert July 24, 2001

  • One big happy channel?

    The Telecommunications Reform Act handed over control of the radio airwaves to a chosen few. Will TV be next?
    By Eric Boehlert June 28, 2001

  • Slim Shady takes a hit from the FCC

    Citing new indecency guidelines, the commission fines a radio station for playing Eminem.
    By Eric Boehlert June 13, 2001

  • Tough company

    Clear Channel is as big as NBC or Gannett. Chances are it owns a half-dozen radio stations in your town. And it's fighting employee suits alleging everything from broken contracts to sexual harassment.
    By Eric Boehlert May 30, 2001
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