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A related point
Reading this isn't a surprise -- it's been coming for years. In the late 1980s, the FCC weakened the Fairness Doctrine, which required that if you broadcast a controversial point of view on the issue, you were required to present opposing views.
No Fairness Doctrine, IMO, led to Rush Limbaugh and the proliferation of rightist radio talk shows. His followers flocked to radio because they felt their point of view was igged by "mainstream media."
Many radio stations, regardless of format, have also cut out their public affairs programming, which was usually relegated to Sunday morning. KKBT-FM in Los Angeles, which is owned by Radio One, a black-run publicly traded company, still has public affairs.
It's a disservice. But money talks and BS walks.
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