[BC] Possible XM/Sirus merger?

[Craig Bowman]

I have a country station and I did not get the memo from the 
"government" not to play the Dixie Chicks.  I do not play their new 
music for three reasons. 
1. the bloom is off the rose for them.
2. It is not that good, there are three or more female country bands who 
have picked up where the chicks left off and are doing a better job.
3. They need to know when to keep their mouth shut.  Not about Bush 
necessarily but to insult Toby Keith fans (who happens to be WAY more 
popular than the chicks ever were) is suicide and I do not want my 
listeners to think I support the chicks insulting view of them.

If anyone chooses to listen to a different station because they do not 
hear their new music on my station they are free to do so.  I am not 
sure where they will go though because nobody is playing their stuff.  
They are free to say whatever they wish and I am free to program 
whatever I want on my radio station and the public is free to listen to 
whatever they choose.  That, in a nutshell, is my point.

jeff at rfproof.com wrote:
> ... and record banning does not go on now?? How about the Dixie Chicks??
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> Want to view Al Jazeera English on cable in the US?? Nope! 'Free speech'? Not even here ...
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> Jeff.Johnson at rfproof.com,CSRE
> RFPROOF.COM
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> And the entertainment would get better with more conflict? Do you not remember when top 40 stations went out of their way to create a similar conflict to get ratings? You have forgotten bogus record bannings?
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> R (Robert Meuser)
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