May 24, 2002

Sen. Russ Feingold said, "People

Sen. Russ Feingold said, "People have to pay money to get their music played." Hey, Russ, people also pay money to get their stuff on grocery shelves, and few complain about the lack of diversity of products in supermarkets.

I'll admit most music on radio stinks. What I won't accept is orders from Washington organizing the radio industry. People who don't like commercial radio have plenty of options: non-profit radio; the Internet; satellite radio; CDs; MP3s. Radio giants like Clear Channel will only change when they think it will help the bottom line. If you don't like what's playing, don't listen. It's as simple as that.

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