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kalikshama -> RE: Petition: Clear Channel: Discontinue Rush Limbaugh's radio talk show. (3/6/2012 10:30:17 AM)
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Speaking of Clear Channel:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clear_Channel_Communications#Censorship
...Clear Channel has been criticized for censoring opinions critical of George W. Bush and other Republicans. After Natalie Maines, the singer of the Dixie Chicks, told a London audience "we're ashamed the president of the United States is from Texas", the band's radio airplay dropped precipitously. Clear Channel was accused of orchestrating the radio blacklist by such critics as Paul Krugman.
While a smaller percentage of Clear Channel's AM talk/music stations have been in the progressive talk format (featuring the now-cancelled Air America Radio network) and they have also been a media sponsor of Frameline, the San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival,[47] most (nearly 90 percent) of Clear Channel's radio stations feature right wing content
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Howard_Stern_Show#Departure_from_terrestrial_radio_.282004.E2.80.932005.29
On February 26, 2004, Stern was cancelled on six stations owned by Clear Channel Communications after a caller used the word "n*****" when asking Rick Salomon if he ever had sex with a black person the day before.[79] Following the issue of a $495,000 fine to Clear Channel by the FCC, which cited sexual discussions on a show from 2003, Stern was removed permanently on the six stations.
During the nationwide crackdown on indecent material following the 2004 Super Bowl, Clear Channel launched a "self-policing" effort, and declared that there would be no "indecent" material allowed on the air.[32] This led to the company's dismissal of several of their own employees, including popular and high-profile hosts in a number of cities. Free-speech advocates cried foul. During this same period, Howard Stern was dropped from six Clear Channel owned stations in Florida, California, Pennsylvania, New York and Kentucky.
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