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- From: lewine@mirage.rtp.dg.com (Eric Lewine)
- Subject: Re: Howard on Boston Radio
- Message-ID: <1993Jan7.182932.549@dg-rtp.dg.com>
- Sender: lewine@mirage (Eric Lewine)
- Date: Thu, 7 Jan 93 18:29:32 GMT
- References: <1993Jan6.211024.3521@webo.dg.com> <1993Jan6.233731.3023@cs.ucf.edu>
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- In article <1993Jan6.233731.3023@cs.ucf.edu>, duggan@apopka.cs.ucf.edu (Richard Duggan) writes:
- |> In article <1993Jan6.211024.3521@webo.dg.com> greg@puck.webo.dg.com writes:
- |> >Does anyone know if the agreement if final between INFINITY and
- |> >the FCC in regards to their new stations in Atlanta and Boston
- |> >broadcasting the Stern Show, this is in regard to the provision
- |> >that the FCC imposed that INFINITY could only purchase these stations
- |> >if they did not broadcast the Howard Stern Radio Show, thanks,
- |>
- |> From what I read in the Atlanta Journal, the president of
- |> Infinity wrote a letter to the previous owner of
- |> Z-93 (now the Infinity station in Atlanta) stating that
- |> the Stern show would not be broadcast on that station.
- |> I have no idea if there are any time restrictions on his
- |> promise (hope not :-( ).
- |>
- |> -rick
- |>
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- I really don't know much about this situation but it sounds kind of
- illegal or at least unethical for a government agency to dictate a
- broadcasting company's format.
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- Eric Lewine
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