“Clear Channel owns all the major radio stations and venues. Most musicians aren't aware that a few people control so much of what we hear.” PeopleMusicClearMajorsMusicianRadioStationsVenuesRadio Stations Author:Susan Tedeschi
“If some day they take the radio station away from us, if they close down our newspaper, if they don’t let us speak, if they kill all the priests and the bishop too, and you are left, a people without priests, each one of you must be God’s microphone, each one of you must be a messenger, a prophet. The church will always exist as long as there is one baptized person. And that one baptized person who is left in the world is responsible before the world for holding aloft the banner of the Lord’s truth and of his divine justice.” PeopleIfsWorldPersonsLongLeftSpeakChurchJusticeLordDivineResponsibleRadioNewspapersProphetPriestsStationsBishopsMessengersBannerMicrophonesRadio StationsBaptizedDivine Justice Author:Oscar Romero
“I used to listen to country and western and blues, John Lee Hooker, spirituals, the Bluegrass Boys, and Eddie Arnold. There was a radio station that come on everyday with country, spirituals, and the blues.” CountryUsedBoysWesternEverydayRadioStationsRadio StationsBluegrass Author:Otis Rush
“I wanted to see if you could put a prototype radio station on the Internet so you wouldnt have to invest $50 million or $100 million or $150 million to buy a transmitter and a frequency.” IfsWantedMillionsInternetRadioStationsFrequencyRadio StationsPrototype Author:Tom Leykis
“I would go to radio stations and they were supposed to be interviewing me and playing my record and they would say, We're playing too many women right now, we can't play your record.” PlayRecordsRight NowRadioSupposed To BeStationsRadio StationsWomen Right Author:Kristin Hersh
“Christ is still in Christmas, and for one brief season the secular world broadcasts the message of Christ over every radio station and television channel in the land. Never does the church get as much free air time as during the Christmas season.” WorldDoeStillsChristChurchAirLandTelevisionMessagesSeasonsRadioChristmasStationsSecularRadio StationsChristmas Season Author:R. C. Sproul
“But these days, I get a lot more attention and airplay from the Adult Contemporary and country radio stations, and I feel comfortable saying I'm a part of that.” FeelsCountryAttentionComfortableAdultsRadioContemporaryThese DaysStationsRadio Stations Author:Juice Newton
“I'm still heard on 1,500 radio stations across North America every day, about 220 million people a day in 150 countries.” PeopleStillsCountryAmericaMillionsHeardRadioStationsNorth AmericaRadio Stations Author:James Dobson
“So at 16 I got a job at the local radio station. And I was working after school and weekends. I did the news; I did everything. I did - played records.” SchoolJobsRecordsNewsRadioLocalsStationsWeekendRadio StationsAfter School Author:Dick Van Dyke
“I went to night school and summer school, I made that whole year up and I actually graduated on time. Also, I got a part-time job at the radio station.” YearsMadeWholeSchoolJobsNightSummerRadioStationsRadio StationsPart TimeNight TimeWhole YearPart Time JobsSummer School Author:Angie Martinez
“Because you have things like 'American Idol' and you've got radio stations that play music made entirely by computers, it's easy to forget there are bands with actual people playing actual instruments that rock.” PeopleMadePlayEasyForgetRocksBandComputerInstrumentsRadioStationsIdolsRadio StationsAmerican Idol Author:Dave Grohl
“My songs is hard stuff which politicians don't want on them radio station because they still want people to live in ignorancy.” PeopleWantStillsHardSongStuffPoliticianRadioStationsRadio Stations Author:Peter Tosh
“This is a business built on promotion. We've been giving music away to radio stations for 30 years.” GivingYearsBuiltRadioStationsPromotionRadio Stations Author:Hilary Rosen
“By the time I actually recorded Bitter Tears I carried a heavy load of sadness and outrage; I felt every word of those songs... I expected there to be trouble with that album, and there was.... when it was released, many radio stations wouldn't play it.... The very idea of unconventional or even original ideas ending up on "country" radio in the late 1990s is absurd.” IdeasCountryPlaySongFeltTroubleSadnessMediaTearsLateOriginalsRadioAlbumsHeavyExpectedAbsurdBitterStationsLoadOutrageOriginal IdeasUnconventionalRadio StationsHeavy Loads Author:Johnny Cash
“And in an era where radio stations that are inclined to play Styx music are your classic rock stations and the stations that play current music look at us as dinosaurs - the only way we could reach people with our new music, generally, is to perform live.” PeopleWayLooksPlayMusicRocksRadioCurrentsErasClassicStationsDinosaursNew MusicRadio StationsClassic RockStyx Author:James Young
“I'm confused that there is a lack of faith in listening to and deciding what is a great song and instead going for these formulaic, bad songs over and over again. But that's what happened when people from beverage companies bought record labels and radio stations as opposed to people who love music owning record labels.” PeopleLoveAgeSongCompanyRecordsHappenedListeningRadioLabelsConfusedStationsMusic LoveRadio StationsRecord LabelsBeveragesLack Of FaithI'm Confused Author:Patty Griffin
“There is danger in the concentration of control in the television and radio networks, especially in the large television and radio stations; danger in the concentration of ownership in the press...and danger in the increasing concentration of selection by book publishers and reviewers and by the producers of radio and television programs.” BookDangerTelevisionProgramPressesCongressRadioProducersConcentrationStationsOwnershipPublishersSelectionReviewersRadio StationsTelevision And Radio Author:Eugene McCarthy
“And I was shocked, To see the mistakes of each generation, Will just fade like a radio station, If you drive out of range...” IfsMistakeGenerationsRadioRangeStationsFadesShockedRadio Stations Author:Ani DiFranco
“I never sent promotional copies to Christian radio stations in my life. It's not what I'm interested in.” ChristianRadioStationsCopiesRadio Stations Author:Larry Norman
“When the first record came out, I'd go down to radio stations pretty much every day to get the record played, and I would walk in and they'd tell us how much they loved the record, but they weren't sure how much they could play it because they were already playing a girl.” FirstsPlayGirlWalksRecordsRadioStationsRadio Stations Author:Pat Benatar
“People don't listen to one radio station. On iTunes you can mix different worlds and bring country and pop and folk and live music together with a mass audience. I could have sung 'Easy' in a country way but I just sang it how I sing. I think it's a really nice blend.” PeopleThinkingWorldWayDifferentCountryTogetherEasyAudienceNiceMassFolksRadioPopsStationsReally NiceDifferent WorldsRadio StationsItunesLive Music Author:Natasha Bedingfield
“I wanted to be the perfect artist. I'd do three hours of media interviews a day, going to every radio station I could squeeze in. I'd sign autographs after the show until everybody left.” ShowsWantedArtistThreeLeftHoursPerfectMediaRadioInterviewsStationsAutographsRadio Stations Author:Clint Black
“If you operate a TV or radio station, you have to have a license. It has nothing to do with fundamental freedom. It has to do with protection of the average citizen against abuses.” IfsTvsCitizensAbuseFundamentalsAverageRadioProtectionStationsLicenseRadio Stations Author:Robert Cailliau
“Every town in America had at least one, two, or maybe three radio stations that played rock 24 hours a day. In England, we had a rock specialist on for two hours a week.” TwoAmericaThreeHoursWeekRocksEnglandTownsRadioStationsSpecialistsRadio Stations Author:Joe Elliott
“The Sixties were different in an isolated place. We got two television channels if the wind was blowing in the right direction. The radio stations went off at sundown. Then you picked up Chicago and heard the teenage music you really yearned for.” IfsTwoDifferentHeardTelevisionWindRadioStationsChicagoIsolatedSixtyTeenageRight DirectionRadio StationsIsolated Places Author:Charles Frazier
“One reason I do the live shows - and the monthly speeches at public radio stations - is to remind myself that people hear the show, that it has an audience, that it exists in the world. It's so easy to forget that.” PeopleWorldReasonShowsEasyForgetAudienceSpeechRadioStationsRadio StationsPublic Radio Author:Ira Glass
“Where I grew up, we had the three TV networks, maybe two radio stations, no cable TV. We still had a long-distance party line in our neighborhood, so you could listen to all your neighbors' phone calls. We had a very small public library, and the nearest bookstore was an hour away.” LongStillsTwoThreeHoursLinesPartyTvsGrewGrew UpDistanceLibraryPhonesRadioNeighborNeighborhoodStationsCablesPhone CallsBookstoresLong DistancePublic LibraryRadio StationsCable Tv Author:Marc Andreessen
“I grew up on a farm, and we didn't have cable and only limited radio stations, so I wasn't inundated with culture the way people in other parts of the country were. But I was really interested in it.” PeopleWayCountryCultureGrewGrew UpRadioStationsFarmsCablesRadio Stations Author:Chuck Klosterman