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In Right of the Dial, Alec Foege explores how the mammoth media conglomerate Clear Channel Communications evolved from a local radio broadcasting operation, founded in 1972, into one of the biggest, most profitable, and most polarizing corporations in the country. During its heyday, critics accused Clear Channel, the fourth-largest media company in the United States and the nation’s largest owner of radio stations, of ruining American pop culture and cited it as a symbol of the evils of media monopolization, while fans hailed it as a business dynamo, a beacon of unfettered capitalism.
“A uniquely American saga of commerce and culture gone mad.”—Alan Light, former editor in chief of Vibe and Spin magazines
“Read this book and you will want to scream. Alec Foege tells a tale of rapacity and financial engineering that could drive one to socialism.”—Ken Auletta
“To those who care deeply about what has been lost, culturally, as Clear Channel has taken command of the public airwaves these last four decades, Foege’s effort is a noble one. And the story he tells is as important as it is unnerving.”—JACQUES STEINBERG, The New York Times Book Review
“If you’ve ever overpaid for concert tickets or bemoaned the glut of advertising on the FM dial, [this book] will help you understand why . . . Worth [reading for its] juicy tales of ‘good ol’ boy’ nepotism and the sharp insights into a profit-obsessed business nicknamed ‘Cheap Channel.’”—BIANCA BOSKER, Fast Company
Alec Foege has written for The New York Times, New York, Spin, Playboy, Details, Vogue, the Los Angeles Times, and many other publications. His previous books are Confusion Is Next and The Empire God Built.
Rock radio is in tough shape. Once a playground for local programmers, stations are now virtually indistinguishable from one market to the next. Blame for the situation is often laid at the feet of media conglomerate Clear Channel. Alec Foege, author of a book about the company, Right of the Dial, explains how Clear Channel kept a vise grip on the format – with the help of some willing partners.
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