CSN, Christian LPFM Empire threatens to Self Destruct. But don't hold your breath.
[ Anderson continues ] ....Parrish, however, is driven by faith - "called upon by God," Schulman writes, to evangelize - and as a result wears moral blinders. If an unjust law works in his favor, the more the better, apparently. ....now, the self-professed "translator king" is reaping the spoils: he is a one-man Clear Channel in terms of the number of FM station licenses that may ultimately come under his control. Much harm but no foul equals clear conscience, because the end justifies the means."
CSN totters : [ full story ]Where will this go ? Well, Clark Parrish is now flush with cash and assets: In all likelihood CSN will soldier on under a new banner - whether under his or under one of the many emergent broadcasting powerhouses of the Christian right..... Meanwhile: Now, great translator invasion has placed thousands of low power-FM "translator" ( repeater station ) licenses in the hands of Radio Assist Ministries and a closely related entity, Egdewater Broadcasting. Sales of nearly 4,000 translator licenses acquired by these two nonprofit entities using - apparently - specially created computer application filing software has generated hundreds of thousands of dollars in profit and enabled a sudden profusion of Christian broadcasting networks to spring up nationally - powered by ganged up translator stations fed by local full power FM stations fed - in turn - by satellite. These stations have - in turn - threatened to supplant local community run lower power FM stations ( see also : Maynard Needs a Boost, by John Garfunkel, on Civilities.net and ON THE RADIO: Corporate bigfoot CSN tunes out community stations ( Boston Phoenix ), by Mike Miliard ) and encroach on part of the FM spectrum known by many as the home of Public Broadcasting which, by a number of accounts, has long been in the crosshairs of Christian right broadcasters [ see: Religious stations put squeeze on NPR( NYT ) and NPR losing stations to religious broadcaster: American Family Association uses FCC loophole in airwave grab, ( Working For Change / Tome Paine.com ), by Laura Flanders $13 million sale of D.C. station raises fears in public radio ( Current, 2002) By Jacqueline Conciatore] Background / related stories :
A Higher Frequency: How the rise of Salem Communications' radio empire reveals the evangelical master plan ( Mother Jones, January 2006 Issue ), By Adam Piore
Religious broadcasters are squeezing community radio right off the FM dial. ( Alternet ), Connect the Dots ( the Gadflayer ), by Sara Posner
Air Jesus, by Max Blumenthal
Stations Of The Cross: How evangelical Christians are creating an alternative universe of faith-based news ( Columbia Journalism Review, May/June 2005 Issue ) By Mariah Blake
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