They screened the movie this week at the Glenwood . . . Notice all of the local footage and a few faces Kansas City media people might recognize.
The movie website: FMFilm.com
A bit of an extended teaser tagline:
"The internet didn't kill radio, commercial radio is killing itself. Ever wonder why über-corporations like Clear Channel can take over local radio stations, fire your favorite deejay and ignore the local music movements? How can they make money when fewer and fewer people listen? Private Equity firms such as Bain Capital have destroyed radio and made handsome profits along the way."
Here's the trailer on Youtube:
Corporate FM Trailer, Bain Capital, Clear Channel and the Downfall of Radio
It's nice to see the anti-corporate sentiment running deep in Kansas City and this local movie is a great example of cowtown media people moving past the corporate structure.
As a music-lover this is important to me. In the 90's under Clinton and the Republican controlled Congress everything was deregulated and you see the results today. Wall Street is destroying the country just so a select few can extremely wealthy. This isn't a political statement. Our grandparents weren't idiots. After enduring the Great Depression they figured out that greedy Wall Street bastards would choose making themselves more money than their grandkids grandkids could spend than the general well-being of thier fellow Americans. All of these laws were reversed in the 90's and you see the results today. I consider what has gon on in D.C. and Wall Street nothing less than financial treason and people should die for it. Starting with Blankfein. Of course laws would have to be reinstated too. As for why radio sucks so bad, it too is because of deregulation. It used to be a law one company could own up to seven radio stations. Now a couple of corporations own most stations and we have the shit we have now. Every city is almost identical. No more stations like 105.9 the Lazer out of Lawrence. Just cookie-cutter crap. I like AC/DC but Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap has been ruined for me because to this day it is on local radio five times a day. Tons of songs are like this for me. I'm 42 and if you are a few years younger than me it might surprise you to know that radio used to be good. Song selection wasn't made at a corporate level somewhere at company headquarters across the country. The DJ picked the songs so you got a lot more variety. It sucks to pay for satellite radio but it is so worth it if you are a huge music fan.
ReplyDeleteAnd let's not forget to blame the car and Henry Ford for killing the buggy whip industry.
ReplyDelete: 10:05, great analogy bit incorrectly applied. Corporate Radio has not advanced then industry. It has stifled and stopped it cold. Simply look at the audience and revenue numbers.
ReplyDeleteBefore you completely destroy corporate America, it's important to remind yourselves that a you likely never, ever got a job from a poor man. In other words, corporate America feeds us, provides us with clothes, and probably defends us with taxes paid indirectly to support our military. This communistic bullshit that's permeating the media these days, comes directly from Nobama and his regime. It has to change, come November.
ReplyDeleteThe number of jobs created by corporate America is NONE. Corporations consolidate small businesses and lay off tons of people in this process. Alice 102, like many corporate-owned radio stations, has 1 DJ. They should have 7 on staff to do the job right, as they used to before they were owned by big business. It is the entrepreneur, not the corporation that builds jobs in this country and don't you forget it.
ReplyDelete1:45, by paying taxes, do you mean the higher sales taxes I pay because corporations got a tax increment financing program aka corporate welfare / handout? Do you mean the millions of walmart employees on food stamps or medicare while walmart makes billions in profits for the rich? By "clothe america" do you mean with the out sources low rent chinese poison shit that corporate america dumps on society, killing the american textile industry which had been important in this country since prior to the declaration of independence?
ReplyDeleteLet me know if that's the corporate america you're talking about. Remember, Ayn Rand wrote fiction books, not how to manuals.