In 1994 the FCC began awarding licenses via auction, rather than "best public use" policy
In 1996 a 40-station nationwide ownership cap was erased
"In 2003, the FCC Media Bureau produced a draft report analyzing the impact of deregulation in the radio industry.The report stated that from March 1996 through March 2003, the number of commercial radio stations on the air rose 5.9 percent while the number of station owners fell 35 percent."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fcc
I'd personally like to see Congress require the FCC to break up the commercial FM monopoly and require that a higher percentage of FM frequencies be available for local, noncommercial, nonreligious, HIGH POWER licensees. Many of the commercial stations now are completely automated, so it's not gonna hurt the Clear Channels of the nation to give up some frequencies, particularly if they were given a 2 year period to realign their operations or such.
2007-11-15
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