“Historically, Black radio … fulfilled all functions Black people needed … but now it’s time to take a serious look and right the wrong of the mess we call Black radio today,” says Dr. Todd Steven Burroughs, a lecturer in the Communication Studies Department at Morgan State University. Burroughs is demanding that the Federal Communications Commission investigate and intervene in the matter, saying “Black communities once again have been given symbolism instead of substance” and, that “back in the day, African-American DJs not only provided the community with the latest news and information, they played records of Black artists that served as the soundtracks of Black empowerment.”
Although constituting 13 percent of the total population, African Americans own just 2 percent of all commercial broadcast licenses in America. But, Blacks need to coalesce around the idea that economic and political empowerment among us cannot be achieved without access and control over the mass media resources that impact us and the world.
via Where Did Black Radio Go?.
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Good point, maybe you could back it up a little with an essay or longer argument.
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Other t than not pointing out the 1996 telecomunications act, that was lobbied to the us congress as a gateway path for women and minority entry into media ownership, that turned out to a flood gate opening for big business to over value stations and cause a monopoly, what else needs to be said? I mean it froze women and minorities out owning media companies and those that were left sold out because they couldn’t compete money wise, maybe this tidbit could shed more light for you, not essay form just right to the chase form, the fcc the goverment agency entrusted to oversee media broadcast owner’s have over the last 30 plus years instead of policing them, the same culture they were entrusted to police for the public’s benefit are now today’s fcc and there is an old saying police can’t police . Police!
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