SocraticGadfly: News radio sells out

December 13, 2005

News radio sells out

A Madison, Wis., radio station, is selling corporate radio rights to its newsroom.

First, I’m soooo shocked (NOT) that this is a ClearChannel station. My shock is made somewhat real that a station in Madison, a theoretical bastion of progressivism, is doing this.

Second, if this is simply the first station to implement a corporate-wide policy, just how fast will people run away from this in terms of listenership? We can only hope.

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