Research / Information

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Rap on Rap: MTV and BET Music Video Analysis
STUDYBET-MTVRAPONRAP.pdf
Black Radio Today A 2005 Arbitron study on Black Radio and listeners Black_Radio_Today_05.pdf
Children and Media Research Advancement Act H.R. 4124 – legislation textHR4124.pdf
Do Local Owners Deliver More Localism? 2004 FCC buried report showing media consolidation is harmful to local news reportingFCCCoverup.pdf
Fairness and Accountability in Broadcasting Act H.R. 501 legislation textfairnessdoctrine.pdf
History & Analysis of FCC’s Response to Radio Hoaxes A study by Justin Levine, JD of Loyola Law School of Los AngelesRadio_Station_Hoaxes.pdf
How Kids and Tweens Use Radio An Arbitron study that studies the youngest listeners/consumerschildrensradio_wi00.pdf
Industry Ears Fact Sheet This fact sheet was distributed at the Senate Decency Hearing in November 2005 IE_Fast_Facts.pdf
New York State Payola Investigation CBS Radio payola Investigation documents
cbs_spitzer_exhibits.pdf
cbs_aod.pdf
Public File Guidelines A document helpful when going to review a radio or television station’s public file Comm.PublicFile.pdf
Popular Radio Executive Quotes A brief list of Emmis, Clear Channel and Radio One Executive quotes about Hip Hop and payola Popular_Executive_Quotes.pdf
Out of the Picture: Minority & Female TV Station Ownership Free Press Analysis & Effect of FCC Policy out_of_the_picture.pdf
New York State Payola Investigation Warner Bros Records Payola Investigation document WarnerNYAG.pdf