Lack of Springsteen Airplay Provokes Boycott of Clear Channel in Philadelphia

"It takes a lot to get the blood boiling after seven years of the Cheney/Bush administration, but Clear Channel -- that war-and-Bush lovin' media monopoly that dominates many markets around the nation and six here in Philly -- has got me more worked up than anything in recent weeks. If you care about what's been going in on this counrty -- and happen to love Bruce Springsteen, as I do -- then this should ensure that you never listen to Clear Channel ever again"

http://www.attytood.com/2007/10/avoid_1045_other_clear_channel_1.html

Clear Channel Blacklists Springsteen?

"A couple weeks ago the new album was #1 on the Billboard album chart. Kid Rock's new album knocked it down a peg and this week, Springsteen disposed on Kid Rock and is back at #1. The album is already gold and headed right towards platinum and he's got a great shot to win a Grammy for Best Album of the Year. Magic's reviews virtually everywhere are over the top and the intro to his latest interview in Rolling Stone refers to the album's subject matter as "weighty stuff like the direction of our democracy and party stuff that recalls the days when sparks first flew on E Street more than three decades ago."

Republican radio network Clear Channel, a monopoly in many cities and a dominant player in most of the rest, isn't interested."

http://www.alternet.org/blogs/video/66595/