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Argon · 02-06-2003, 07:09 PM

Clear Channel Entertainement = Monopoly (Not the board game). The reason I am bitching about these guys, is that they have ruined radio and TV. With time they will infect and dismantle your favorite radio/TV station and choke off any competition.

Here's the facts:

they are the world's leading producer and marketer of live entertainment events, owning 135 concert venues (41 of them are amphitheaters) in the U.S.

they accounted for about 70 percent of concert ticket sales in the U.S. in 2001

they present Broadway shows in 60 North American markets and own or operate 14 theatrical stages in the U.S. and 23 in the UK

they stage over 660 motor sports events

they are the largest operator of radio stations in the U.S., covering all 50 states with 1,225 radio stations in nearly 300 different markets, about 10 percent of the nation's total
(controlling airplay and black-listing musical acts that don't use their concert promotions firm or coercing acts into playing shows for little or no fee by refusing to air their latest songs unless they appear)

they own and operate, with their international partners, more than 250 radio stations in Mexico, Australia, New Zealand and Europe

they are cutting programming staff. In many markets, sister clusters are taking on more work providing digital voice tracking for smaller sister stations. At these smaller clusters, there may be only 1 live person in the complex for 5 to 6 different stations. That means there is a staff ratio of 1:6 where prior to 1996, the ratio was 1:1 for staffing stations.

their radio stations sometimes participate in harrassment, hoaxes (one causing a death), animal torture/mutilation/death, and the destruction of wetland habitats for the sake of comedy

their radio stations are responsibile for such hate-infested programming as Rush Limbaugh and Dr. Laura Schlessinger, two exceedingly right wing syndicated talk show hosts

their radio stations use digital voice tracking and in-market feeds to mislead listeners into thinking that national contests are local because they dub local DJs' voices into interviews with winners

the local radio stations that bring in advertising money from your local businesses funnels the money to Texas and Wall Street

they have been known to control all commercially licensed radio stations in a town and are able to drive up advertising rates

they own 19 television stations

their pending acquisition of the Ackerley Group will add 18 television stations to the division, doubling their number of television stations in 2002

they produce the TV shows "Smallville" and "Arli$$", the TV special "Glory in Black and White: The Story of the 1966 NCAA Champions" (which CBS aired during the NCAA tournament in 2002), and the movie "Hardball"

they produce over 250 hours of network and cable motor sports programming per year

they own 770,000 billboards in the United States and have a presence in 46 U.S. markets, reaching more than half the adults in the U.S.
(ever seen the movie "Brazil"?)

their outdoor products include the Times Square Spectacolor (Clear Channel Spectacolor is the premiere operator of more than 50 outdoor advertising displays in the world famous Times Square area of New York City), shopping malls (more than 350 U.S. shopping malls, delivering a point-of-purchase opportunity where 80% of shoppers make purchase decisions), taxi tops (including the major U.S. taxi markets of New York, Las Vegas, Boston, San Francisco, Washington, Atlanta, and Miami), mobile truck panels, bus and train stations, and airport advertising (reaching 6 of every 10 travelers each day with advertisements seen in 21 U.S. airport facilities)

they operate advertising businesses in 65 countries across Europe, Asia Pacific, Africa, Mexico and South America

their street furniture division has contracts in Northern Ireland and China

they introduced Delta V, a revenue-generating, high-speed Internet accelerator service utilizing broadband digital TV signals in Cincinnati

they own a leading talent management and marketing agency that represents several hundred of the world's elite professional athletes in basketball, baseball, football, hockey, tennis, golf, soccer, figure skating, and the Olympics, delivering management, marketing, and financial consulting services to professional athletes, including Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Tracy McGrady, Jason Giambi, Roger Clemens, John Daly, Greg Norman, Tom Lehman, Andre Agassi, Andy Roddick, Jerry Rice, Donovan McNabb, Timothy Gaebel, and Dan Jansen

they secured ten first round draft picks in the NBA (including Kwame Brown) and three first round picks in the baseball draft in 2001

they also represent top sports and news broadcasters

FAMILY COMPANIES
SFX Entertainment
SFX Sports Group
Premier Radio Networks
Eller Media
SFX Media
Katz Media
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Argon is Offline Senior Member Posts: 437 Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Houston, TX	02-06-2003, 07:09 PM Clear Channel Entertainement = Monopoly (Not the board game). The reason I am bitching about these guys, is that they have ruined radio and TV. With time they will infect and dismantle your favorite radio/TV station and choke off any competition. Here's the facts: they are the world's leading producer and marketer of live entertainment events, owning 135 concert venues (41 of them are amphitheaters) in the U.S. they accounted for about 70 percent of concert ticket sales in the U.S. in 2001 they present Broadway shows in 60 North American markets and own or operate 14 theatrical stages in the U.S. and 23 in the UK they stage over 660 motor sports events they are the largest operator of radio stations in the U.S., covering all 50 states with 1,225 radio stations in nearly 300 different markets, about 10 percent of the nation's total (controlling airplay and black-listing musical acts that don't use their concert promotions firm or coercing acts into playing shows for little or no fee by refusing to air their latest songs unless they appear) they own and operate, with their international partners, more than 250 radio stations in Mexico, Australia, New Zealand and Europe they are cutting programming staff. In many markets, sister clusters are taking on more work providing digital voice tracking for smaller sister stations. At these smaller clusters, there may be only 1 live person in the complex for 5 to 6 different stations. That means there is a staff ratio of 1:6 where prior to 1996, the ratio was 1:1 for staffing stations. their radio stations sometimes participate in harrassment, hoaxes (one causing a death), animal torture/mutilation/death, and the destruction of wetland habitats for the sake of comedy their radio stations are responsibile for such hate-infested programming as Rush Limbaugh and Dr. Laura Schlessinger, two exceedingly right wing syndicated talk show hosts their radio stations use digital voice tracking and in-market feeds to mislead listeners into thinking that national contests are local because they dub local DJs' voices into interviews with winners the local radio stations that bring in advertising money from your local businesses funnels the money to Texas and Wall Street they have been known to control all commercially licensed radio stations in a town and are able to drive up advertising rates they own 19 television stations their pending acquisition of the Ackerley Group will add 18 television stations to the division, doubling their number of television stations in 2002 they produce the TV shows "Smallville" and "Arli$$", the TV special "Glory in Black and White: The Story of the 1966 NCAA Champions" (which CBS aired during the NCAA tournament in 2002), and the movie "Hardball" they produce over 250 hours of network and cable motor sports programming per year they own 770,000 billboards in the United States and have a presence in 46 U.S. markets, reaching more than half the adults in the U.S. (ever seen the movie "Brazil"?) their outdoor products include the Times Square Spectacolor (Clear Channel Spectacolor is the premiere operator of more than 50 outdoor advertising displays in the world famous Times Square area of New York City), shopping malls (more than 350 U.S. shopping malls, delivering a point-of-purchase opportunity where 80% of shoppers make purchase decisions), taxi tops (including the major U.S. taxi markets of New York, Las Vegas, Boston, San Francisco, Washington, Atlanta, and Miami), mobile truck panels, bus and train stations, and airport advertising (reaching 6 of every 10 travelers each day with advertisements seen in 21 U.S. airport facilities) they operate advertising businesses in 65 countries across Europe, Asia Pacific, Africa, Mexico and South America their street furniture division has contracts in Northern Ireland and China they introduced Delta V, a revenue-generating, high-speed Internet accelerator service utilizing broadband digital TV signals in Cincinnati they own a leading talent management and marketing agency that represents several hundred of the world's elite professional athletes in basketball, baseball, football, hockey, tennis, golf, soccer, figure skating, and the Olympics, delivering management, marketing, and financial consulting services to professional athletes, including Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Tracy McGrady, Jason Giambi, Roger Clemens, John Daly, Greg Norman, Tom Lehman, Andre Agassi, Andy Roddick, Jerry Rice, Donovan McNabb, Timothy Gaebel, and Dan Jansen they secured ten first round draft picks in the NBA (including Kwame Brown) and three first round picks in the baseball draft in 2001 they also represent top sports and news broadcasters FAMILY COMPANIES SFX Entertainment SFX Sports Group Premier Radio Networks Eller Media SFX Media Katz Media Adshel