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Clear Channel Communications Inc.

  • Blogs

    February 28, 2012

    Whitney Houston 'Crack Ho' Remark: Should Angry White Men Like 'John & Ken' Be Allowed to Have A Radio Station to Themselves in L.A?

    Conservative talk radio hosts John & Ken are back on the air this week following a week-and-a-half suspension for calling the late Whitney Houston a "crack ho." A group of African Americans in broadcasting met with the duo yesterday and seem cool with the outcome, but in a statement the coalition s ... More >>

  • News

    June 16, 2011

    American Radio Network Under Attack

    Conservative talk radio hosts John & Ken are back on the air this week following a week-and-a-half suspension for calling the late Whitney Houston a "crack ho." A group of African Americans in broadcasting met with the duo yesterday and seem cool with the outcome, but in a statement the coalition s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2010

    'Grim Sleeper' Girls Go Big On 86 Digital Billboards Across Los Angeles

    PHOTO BY TED SOQUIThe LAPD released 180 photos from the collection of serial killer Lonnie Franklin Jr. yesterday​Clear Channel Outdoor may not care about erecting massive flashy ads-on-poles without a permit -- and will do anything in its power to keep the Weekly from finding out about it -- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2010

    Daktronic's Futuristic 18-Foot Video Displays Will Convert L.A.'s Westfield Topanga Mall Into 'Digital Spectacular Network'

    DaktronicsYou'll never have to shop alone again​No one ever claimed we built the Los Angeles mall-topia on rock 'n' roll (except maybe Hot Topic). But here to erase all remaining illusions of quaint grunge in our sprawling "city" is the self-proclaimed global leader in massive outdoor LED disp ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 29, 2010

    Carmen Trutanich, L.A. City Attorney, Wins Billboard Crackdown Ruling From U.S. Judge Audrey Collins: They Ain't Free Speech

    Don't stand here during a quake​Reason to cheer the departure of Los Angeles City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo: Carmen Trutanich, his replacement, won another courtroom victory against the 11,000 billboards slathered all over sad-sack L.A -- up to 4,000 of them illegally installed without an eart ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2010

    The Tower of Torta: ampm's Secret Menu

    Willy BlackmoreAdvertising ampm's Secret Menu​ We're used to finding our Mexican food in less-than-normal places: sold out of grocery carts, cooked in fly-by-night outdoor kitchens, served out of bicycle-mounted freezers. But the lexicon of this cuisine--tamales, huaraches, sopes, paletas, ra ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 30, 2009

    Judge Throws Out City's Digital Billboard Settlement

    A Los Angeles Superior Court judge ruled today that the city's billboard settlement agreement that allowed 840 digital billboards citywide is invalid. Superior Court Judge Terry Green ruled that the settlement agreement between the city and billboard giants Clear Channel and CBS Outdoor was inval ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2009

    Andrew Adelman Rape Scandal and Incompetence at City Hall

    The shocking investigation of Andrew Adelman, a powerful Los Angeles City Hall department head, will also put a spotlight on how this unpleasant and abusive bureaucrat was allowed for years to run one of the most-criticized municipal departments in Southern California, all while being protected by t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2009

    Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

    Mayor Meets With Other Clinton Today Antonio Villaraigosa and former President Bill Clinton will make a joint City Hall announcement about replacing the city's current street lights with  energy efficient LEDs. L.A. TimesClear Channel Future Murky for AV The Antelope Valley might see a reductio ... More >>

  • News

    January 29, 2009

    Is Tokyo the Future for Los Angeles?

    A new "ban" would allow 20 areas citywide thick with billboards

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2009

    How Energy Conscious is Los Angeles? Not Very!

    Here is a mind-boggling conflict that seems strangely at odds to the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power's effort to creat a green, energy-conscious city. On the one hand, the DWP is pushing homeowners to go green -- even suggesting that homeowners use low wattage bulbs instead of incandescent ... More >>

  • News

    January 1, 2009

    Billboards Gone Wild, L.A. City Council Defiled

    Citizens take matters into their own hands

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2008

    Can a Billboard Catch a Serial Killer?

    Clear Channel and L.A. City Councilman Bernard Parks joined forces December 18 a second time to post a billboard in South Los Angeles that offers a $500,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the Grim Sleeper, a serial killer who has been victimizing African American wome ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2008

    Will L.A. Finally Zero in on Forest of Illegal Billboards?

    Almost seven long years after the Los Angeles City Council vowed to find the exact locations and determine the physical condition of the city's virtually unregulated forest of legal and illegal 10,000 billboards, the city's Building and Safety Department says they will begin the long-awaited program ... More >>

  • News

    November 20, 2008

    Digital Billboards Become a Bohemian Blasphemy

    Silver Lake, Hollywood, the Valley and Westside take on City Hall's anti-green transformation of LA

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2008

    Bizarre Election Triangulation: Grim Sleeper, Clear Channel and Bernard Parks

    Category: Desperate election moves. Check out the new deal between former Police Chief Bernard Parks, now an L.A. City Councilman, and Clear Channel, whose bad neighbor approach to doing business has helped plaster L.A. with illegal billboards (Clear Channel denies this). Clear Channel forced LA Wee ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 10, 2008

    KCET Investigates Billboard Blight in Los Angeles

    Billboard blight was the subject of a segment on "SoCal Connected" on KCET last night. "Billboard Confidential" looked at LA's billboard boondoggle and the reasons why LA is "ground zero" for a $7 billion dollar billboard industry. The show - the result of a two-month investigation - was a recap ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 30, 2008

    Planning Commission Votes to Tighten Sign District Laws

    Last week, the City's planning commission voted on a proposal that would tighten up the city's "specialty billboard district" laws. The plan to revamp the sign district ordinance came about after concerns that the city was frivolously granting too many sign districts to billboard companies. The pl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 24, 2008

    State Considers Advertising on Amber Alerts

    The Schwarzenegger administration is considering advertisements on freeway signs used for Amber Alerts and other emergencies. The advertisements would be posted on 674 electronic roadside message boards according to the LA Times. The funds raised – estimated at millions - would go towards the fin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2008

    Los Angeles City Committee Will Consider Motion to Rewrite Billboard Ordinance

    The City’s Planning and Land Use Management (PLUM) Committee will consider a motion today that would address and fix the colossal problems that have been raised in court cases challenging the city's sign ordinance. The motion, introduced by Los Angeles city councilmember Jack Weiss on July 29, ca ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 29, 2008

    Clear Channel Drops Bid for Digital Billboard

    Anti-billboard activists are breathing a sigh of relief. Yesterday, Clear Channel decided to withdraw its application to install a hyper-bright electronic billboard on Ventura Boulevard in Encino. Clear Channel's attorney sent a letter to city planners withdrawing its application for a 14 foot by 4 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 7, 2008

    New Foe Against Digital Billboards?

    Anti-billboard activists are breathing a sigh of relief. Yesterday, Clear Channel decided to withdraw its application to install a hyper-bright electronic billboard on Ventura Boulevard in Encino. Clear Channel's attorney sent a letter to city planners withdrawing its application for a 14 foot by 4 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2008

    “Supergraphics” Company Continues Attack Against Los Angeles’ Billboard Ban

    Last week, attorneys for World Wide Rush filed a motion in federal court asking a judge to permanently block the city from prosecuting building owners who allow “supergraphics” signs on their buildings. The motion was filed after the city began enforcing its sign ordinance against the owners o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 9, 2008

    L.A.'s 4,000 Illegal Billboards Have a New Foe

    Last April, LA Weekly went to Los Angeles Superior Court to force the city to hand over public information about the locations of thousands of potentially illegal billboards erected without permits or formal safety inspections. Over the objections of Clear Channel Outdoor and CBS Outdoor, a judge ru ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 19, 2008

    Federal Court Judge Rules in Favor of Illegal “Supergraphics”

    It looks like Councilmember Jack Weiss’ plan to impose hefty fines on companies that post multi-story “supergraphics” signs plastered illegally around Los Angeles is kaput – for now. A federal court judge made sure of that. Last April, Weiss held a press conference across the street from a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2008

    Billboard Inspection Program Still a Bust

    “It is the Los Angeles dodge and delay program,” said a frustrated Marilyn Cohon, the Vice President of Westwood South of Santa Monica Homeowners Association about City Hall’s long-awaited billboard fee inspection program. “We find it appalling that the city is dragging its feet.” Even C ... More >>

  • News

    April 24, 2008

    Billboards Gone Wild: 4,000 Illegal Billboards Choke L.A.'s Neighborhoods

    Is City Hall corrupt, or just inept?

  • News

    April 10, 2008

    Cbs and Clear Channelsanitized “inventories” Omit Illegal Billboards

    Their sanitized "inventories" omit long-sought illegal billboard info

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2008

    L.A. residents slam Special Order 40, Clear Channel shakedown

    Correction below: Alleged murderer Espinoza was released from jail by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, not the LAPD. Update: The LA City Council has approved the giant electronic billboard on the 10 Freeway by a vote of 13-1 with only Jack Weiss opposing. It will go before the council a ... More >>

  • News

    April 3, 2008

    CBS and Clear Channel Lose Billboard Secrecy Bid

    The judge says L.A.'s thousands of billboards are hardly a “trade secret”

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2008

    Clear Channel Messed with LA Weekly and Lost!

    Recently, reporter Christine Pelisek asked the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety for a list of all legal and illegal billboards in L.A. - an embarrassing document that will show the public all 11,000 "points of blight" allowed on local streets by City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo, Mayo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 27, 2008

    Buying Billboards, Bugging Bloggers

    Wired got someone from Clear Channel on the line to confirm that their annoying electronic billboard was not hacked. Clear Channel's Tony Alwin is unhappy about the hacking rumors. "The advertisement was bought under the assumption that it was art that was in an art show," he says. "Any claims abo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2008

    Skullphone may have bought time?

    Curbed.la is claiming that Skullphone didn't hack Clear Channel billboards, but actually bought space on them, just like strip clubs and Disney movies do. And while that's kind of sad, it's also kind of funny: The guy got his money's worth in publicity. Also, the idea's now floating out there. Some ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2008

    Skullphone hacks Clear Channel electronic billboards

    UPDATE: Curbed.la is claiming that Skullphone didn't hack Clear channels billboards, but actually bought time on them. And while that's kind of sad, it's also kind of funny: The guy got his money's worth. Also, the idea is now floating out there. Someone is going to try to hack into these huge g ... More >>

  • News

    October 5, 2006

    Best Way to Reclaim the Airwaves

    UPDATE: Curbed.la is claiming that Skullphone didn't hack Clear channels billboards, but actually bought time on them. And while that's kind of sad, it's also kind of funny: The guy got his money's worth. Also, the idea is now floating out there. Someone is going to try to hack into these huge g ... More >>

  • Music

    March 30, 2006

    Bye-Bye Barrett

    Mighty Morning Show host gets the hoist

  • Music

    March 30, 2006

    Mighty Mighty No Mo

    Indie-103 FM morning-show host axed

  • News

    March 31, 2005

    Goldberg Flies Air America

    Music-biz biggie pilots a new radio hit

  • Music

    March 3, 2005

    What the FCC?

    God save Indie!

  • News

    December 23, 2004

    More Music Lists

    God save Indie!

  • News

    July 22, 2004

    Corporate Conventions

    How millions of dollars will buy influence in New York and Boston

  • News

    March 25, 2004

    Letters

    How millions of dollars will buy influence in New York and Boston

  • News

    March 4, 2004

    Really Hot Air

    Viacom sucks up to FCC over Howard Sterns indecent exposure

  • News

    January 29, 2004

    Letters

    Viacom sucks up to FCC over Howard Sterns indecent exposure

  • Music

    January 15, 2004

    Corporate Radio Doesnt Suck

    Indie 103, loud and Clear Channel?

  • News

    October 16, 2003

    Letters

    Indie 103, loud and Clear Channel?

  • Columns

    October 2, 2003

    The Soccer Experiment

    Indie 103, loud and Clear Channel?

  • News

    September 11, 2003

    Big Media’s Bamboozle

    Why radio’s wrong to already call the recall

  • Columns

    June 12, 2003

    Celebrity Justice: Winnobega Driver, Estrella

    Why radio’s wrong to already call the recall

  • Stage

    June 12, 2003

    Last Laughs

    How to fail in show business by really trying

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