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Sike-a-delic_Grasshopper (profile) wrote,
on 5-30-2003 at 10:12pm
Subject: Media Deregulation...Do something please!
Hi y'all, the FCC is thinking of changing the rules about media. They're thinking of allowing fewer large companies to own more media outlets including radio, TV, and news media. Ever notice how you hear the same song over and over again on the radio? That's due to media deregulation. If they deregulate it more, it'll only get worse. Media deregulation wouldn't allow as many different viewpoints either. Anti-big business opinions could suffer and be ignored more than they already are. The FCC is voting on this MONDAY, JUNE 2. Please, if you wanna hear some different things on the radio, you can send in a letter at www.unionvoice.org/campaign/fcc
If you want more info, check out
http://www.aflcio.org/issuespolitics/ns05212003.cfm
or just go to a search engine and type in "media deregulation"

So yeah, sorry about the short notice, and sorry if this doesn't interest you at all, but it's real important to me and its my journal, dammit! So have a nice weekend everyone, I love you.
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threshershark

05-30-03 10:38pm

NO!!! We;re turnign into BAD commies!!!!!!!!!!!

I KNOW something's wrong when I've never heard a Ballydowse song on the radio. And hey, I've been telling you about a 'rogue' music palce all this time! *commercially voice* If you want some real, ORIGONAL music, go to www.christianmp3.com and root through corperate America's rejection pile. There may be some lemons, but there' good stuff, too. Like Ballydowse. And I know what you're thinking, 'Christian mP3s= sigh adult contemporary'. Well, not just. There's also techno, all kinds of heavy metal, Alternative, Pop, goth, world, etc etc. Anything style you can think of.

Kelly someday the world's going to be taken over by greed. We can only hold onto faith until Jesus comes back and we'll finnally have a perfect world and governement.

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threshershark

05-30-03 10:38pm

NO!!! We;re turning into BAD commies!!!!!!!!!!!

I KNOW something's wrong when I've never heard a Ballydowse song on the radio. And hey, I've been telling you about a 'rogue' music palce all this time! *commercially voice* If you want some real, ORIGONAL music, go to www.christianmp3.com and root through corperate America's rejection pile. There may be some lemons, but there' good stuff, too. Like Ballydowse. And I know what you're thinking, 'Christian mP3s= sigh adult contemporary'. Well, not just. There's also techno, all kinds of heavy metal, Alternative, Pop, goth, world, etc etc. Anything style you can think of.

Kelly someday the world's going to be taken over by greed. We can only hold onto faith until Jesus comes back and we'll finnally have a perfect world and governement.

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threshershark

Re:, 05-30-03 10:39pm

So good I had to say it twice.

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Angel_Bob

05-30-03 10:47pm

Oh yeah, Kyle, you so did that on purpose.

STOP MEDIA DEREGULATION! STOP THE CAPITALISTIC REIGN OF TERRIOR!

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Sike-a-delic_Grasshopper

05-30-03 10:51pm

Yeah I kno Kyle, but we can make it a little better now. I go looking for underground music all the time, mostly phsychedelia and stoner rock (It sounds bad but its not neccesarily) Some Christian stuff too like Chinese Happy (punk rock) and Madison Greene (Crazy tribal music) So yeah, I don't hear my music on the radio either. A good station is 88.1, independent radio.

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Sike-a-delic_Grasshopper

Re:, 05-30-03 10:52pm

I just contradicted meself and I dont care :-)

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threshershark

Re: Re:, 05-31-03 8:42am

It's alright. I do that all time.

You know what we need to do? Start our own radio station!!! I mean, the ones we have around here suck. Why don't I ever hear Ballydowse on the radio? We don't have a techno or electronica station, or a celtic station, mostly pop stations- not the good kind of pop, either. Our Christian Rock station only has three songs. 96.1 Only plays 'Picture', with commercials in between praising their variety.

So, let's figure out how to do it! We'd best broadcast from either Ben or Jackie or Katie's houses, sense they both live on hills.

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Sike-a-delic_Grasshopper

Re: Re: Re:, 05-31-03 11:10am

That is seriously a great idea! Or, we could be volunteer dj's at 88.1 because they can play whatever they want. Anyway, that would be cool...

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Angel_Bob

Re: Re: Re: Re:, 05-31-03 12:42pm

Agreed!

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threshershark

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:, 05-31-03 8:06pm

We could maybe get a broadcasting set from a hobby shop. So, first of all, are we going to be a conservative station or a liberal station? I'd like to go for a healthy mix. In fact, screw the whole liberal/conservative thing. What's that done for our country but devide us? We're just some good friends playing music we find meaning full. We could have talk shows! And maybe commercials, I really don't see why radio stations have those though. Maybe we could make our own, or joke commercials in between. Oh I gotta go I'll be back.

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threshershark

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:, 05-31-03 8:19pm

http://www.hobbytron.net/comfmpaksub.html

Hoo, wow! Anyone got a spare 2 grand?
I think it would be really cool if we could do this. But I think we'd have to get a liscence to broadcast and actual show.

My dad just informed me that stations cast thousands of dollars to own and operate. Well it depends on area broadcast in. I don't know, it would be VERY cool if we could do this. Yeah, maybe DJing for 88.1 would be a better idea. We coould all do it together, maybe, and split the paycheck! Or bill, whatever.

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Sike-a-delic_Grasshopper

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:, 05-31-03 10:07pm

um Kyle, I hate to break it to ya, but its called VOLUNTEER dj-ing for a reason.

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Sike-a-delic_Grasshopper

05-31-03 10:10pm

Maybe sometime at school we can take over the PA system and blare any music we want all day and be all like "You people will thank me someday!" We'd probly get suspended or something, but hey...

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