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Clear Channel Communications Inc.

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2012

    EMOT on Trees & Claws and DIY cassettes

    ​EMOT sounds like wordplay with a secret meaning, but it really is just a talented group of musicians from St. Paul getting ready to release the secret Trees & Claws EP on cassette. On their new release, lead singer, Matt Leavitt's vocals really shine through. It's a particularly cozy dream in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2011

    Bassgasm 4 brings one loud blast from the past

    ​Minneapolis was a raver playground back in the late '90s. Flyers for illegal dance parties littered the sidewalks outside of downtown clubs and sat in messy stacks atop bass-rattled countertops at the Lake Street deejay den Cynesthesia, much-missed vinyl haven Let It Be Records, and raver-run Fus ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2011

    KDWB's private meeting to atone for Hmong parody song gets boycotted

    KDWB apologizes on their own terms, got it?​As a part of their ongoing apology for the "Hmong parody" debacle, KDWB managers are holding a meeting with members of the Hmong community at their offices in St. Louis Park this morning for a "dialog." However, some of the invitees are refusing to go. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2011

    KDWB loses Blue Cross ads over Hmong parody

    Not as funny as they think they are.​KDWB has lost another advertiser over that tasteless "Dave Ryan in the Morning" show parody that recently portrayed Hmong Americans in a far less than flattering light Blue Cross Minnesota found the song, sung to the tune of Eric Clapton's "Tears in Heaven ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2011

    Bad week for WCCO: First Dayton, now Gophers

    "The Good Neighbor" has a bad week.​Can you still be a "Good Neighbor" if everyone's moved away? Yesterday, we learned that WCCO-AM failed in its bid to snag Gov. Mark Dayton for a regular weekly radio show. Today, the University of Minnesota announced it was pulling the plug on all its long- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2011

    Mr. Chan Presents dissolves

    ​After five years of promoting shows around the Twin Cities, the one-man show booking agency Mr. Chan Presents, an offshoot of Live Nation (and formerly Clear Channel), has folded for financial reasons and agency head James DeCoursey has quietly moved his efforts to booking shows at the Cabooze.

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2010

    Par Ridder joins Clear Channel

    Trials and StribulationsPar Ridder moves on.​Par Ridder has a new gig: Billboards. Clear Channel Outdoor has announced that the disgraced former Star Tribune publisher, Pioneer Press traitor and "proven manager and strategic thinker" has joined the company's Chicago office as a branch preside ... More >>

  • Music

    December 1, 2010

    Eyedea tribute, the New Standards, Andrew Bird, and more

    Trials and StribulationsPar Ridder moves on.​Par Ridder has a new gig: Billboards. Clear Channel Outdoor has announced that the disgraced former Star Tribune publisher, Pioneer Press traitor and "proven manager and strategic thinker" has joined the company's Chicago office as a branch preside ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 1, 2010

    KDWB Jingle Ball

    Trials and StribulationsPar Ridder moves on.​Par Ridder has a new gig: Billboards. Clear Channel Outdoor has announced that the disgraced former Star Tribune publisher, Pioneer Press traitor and "proven manager and strategic thinker" has joined the company's Chicago office as a branch preside ... More >>

  • Music

    March 10, 2010

    Ted Leo & the Pharmacists, Afrika Bambaataa, and more

    Trials and StribulationsPar Ridder moves on.​Par Ridder has a new gig: Billboards. Clear Channel Outdoor has announced that the disgraced former Star Tribune publisher, Pioneer Press traitor and "proven manager and strategic thinker" has joined the company's Chicago office as a branch preside ... More >>

  • News

    January 7, 2009

    Readers respond to Year in Music

    Trials and StribulationsPar Ridder moves on.​Par Ridder has a new gig: Billboards. Clear Channel Outdoor has announced that the disgraced former Star Tribune publisher, Pioneer Press traitor and "proven manager and strategic thinker" has joined the company's Chicago office as a branch preside ... More >>

  • News

    December 10, 2008

    Lawsuits claim top Hilton Hotel execs held banquet-room orgy

    Trials and StribulationsPar Ridder moves on.​Par Ridder has a new gig: Billboards. Clear Channel Outdoor has announced that the disgraced former Star Tribune publisher, Pioneer Press traitor and "proven manager and strategic thinker" has joined the company's Chicago office as a branch preside ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 12, 2008

    Holly Golightly and the Broke-Offs

    Trials and StribulationsPar Ridder moves on.​Par Ridder has a new gig: Billboards. Clear Channel Outdoor has announced that the disgraced former Star Tribune publisher, Pioneer Press traitor and "proven manager and strategic thinker" has joined the company's Chicago office as a branch preside ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 24, 2008

    Broadcast News: Plagiarism at its Finest

    Trials and StribulationsPar Ridder moves on.​Par Ridder has a new gig: Billboards. Clear Channel Outdoor has announced that the disgraced former Star Tribune publisher, Pioneer Press traitor and "proven manager and strategic thinker" has joined the company's Chicago office as a branch preside ... More >>

  • Music

    September 12, 2007

    Grayskul Try On All of Hip Hop’s Different Uniforms

    ‘Bloody Radio’ blends an FM-ready formula with the band’s substantially darker signature creed

  • News

    July 18, 2007

    Mutiny at the Strib

    Union votes on whether to dump its embattled publisher

  • News

    April 11, 2007

    Curtain Call

    With Live Nation getting out of the theater business, Hennepin Avenue faces an uncertain future

  • News

    March 14, 2007

    Payola Payout

    In penance for Britney Spears, radio stations will play 11 hours of local tunes

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2005

    Janecek, Lambert head to K-Talk

    In penance for Britney Spears, radio stations will play 11 hours of local tunes

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2005

    More talk, less music

    In penance for Britney Spears, radio stations will play 11 hours of local tunes

  • News

    December 14, 2005

    Local Music Yearbook '05

    Rappers were hot. Smokers were cold. Rockers were on Myspace. And sometime after the last Katrina benefit, we wrote it all down for you.

  • Blogs

    December 5, 2005

    Seeman says sayonora to Clear Channel

    Rappers were hot. Smokers were cold. Rockers were on Myspace. And sometime after the last Katrina benefit, we wrote it all down for you.

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2005

    Minneapolis: home of the honky tonk badonkadonk?

    Rappers were hot. Smokers were cold. Rockers were on Myspace. And sometime after the last Katrina benefit, we wrote it all down for you.

  • Music

    November 16, 2005

    White Light Riot in the Ascot Room

    Rappers were hot. Smokers were cold. Rockers were on Myspace. And sometime after the last Katrina benefit, we wrote it all down for you.

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2005

    Clear Channel Entertainment quitting Twin Cities?

    Rappers were hot. Smokers were cold. Rockers were on Myspace. And sometime after the last Katrina benefit, we wrote it all down for you.

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2005

    Clear Channel: courting the Mouse?

    Rappers were hot. Smokers were cold. Rockers were on Myspace. And sometime after the last Katrina benefit, we wrote it all down for you.

  • News

    April 13, 2005

    Minneapolis Hearts Clear Channel: The Semantics Of Ownership

    Council vote seals theater deal

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2005

    MPLS [heart] Clear Channel

    Council vote seals theater deal

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2005

    Cracks in the Clear Channel Empire

    Council vote seals theater deal

  • Blogs

    February 25, 2005

    Radio takes a dive

    Council vote seals theater deal

  • News

    February 16, 2005

    Clear Channel Rules the World

    How a small chain of once-struggling radio stations grew into a giant of the media/entertainment complex

  • Art

    December 8, 2004

    Medium Cool

    A public response to the "Walker Without Walls"

  • News

    September 1, 2004

    Cities 527

    Rock gets rolled into federal campaign guidelines

  • Columns

    June 30, 2004

    The First Avenue Massacre

    What Steve McClellan's pink slip said

  • Columns

    June 9, 2004

    Stupid Little World, Stupid Little Band

    In which a song makes me feel mighty real

  • News

    June 9, 2004

    Summer Guide

    In which a song makes me feel mighty real

  • Columns

    March 31, 2004

    Growing Up

    Kids don't follow: The real school of rock

  • Arts

    December 24, 2003

    Pirates of the Mississippi

    Yo Ho Ho and 70 Watts: Four Years After Broadcasting From a Tree Limb Down by the River, Local Radio Renegades Keep on Marauding

  • News

    December 17, 2003

    Local Music Yearbook '03

    We Sang. We Danced. We Set things on Fire. And Sometime after the Bar Closed, We Wrote It All Down for You.

  • Arts

    October 1, 2003

    Bring the Noise

    The Destijl/Freedom From Festival of Music proves there's a world going on underground

  • News

    September 3, 2003

    First Love

    The legendary bands. The terrifying toilets. An oral history that goes so far behind the music it will leave you at a gun range beneath the stage.

  • News

    June 11, 2003

    What's the Frequency, Marvin?

    The legendary bands. The terrifying toilets. An oral history that goes so far behind the music it will leave you at a gun range beneath the stage.

  • Music

    April 16, 2003

    Raised By Wolves

    Wolf Eyes: The brutal cacophony of lunatic noisemakers

  • Music

    January 29, 2003

    Wasteland: Amen Fire

    Wolf Eyes: The brutal cacophony of lunatic noisemakers

  • Music

    December 18, 2002

    A Local Music Yearbook

    Two cities, twelve months, a million reasons to rock!

  • Music

    July 31, 2002

    Show Us Your Hits!

    The naked truth about this summer's radio singles

  • News

    May 22, 2002

    The .14 Cent Solution

    New royalties proposed by the music industry threaten to kill independent Internet radio

  • Arts

    April 17, 2002

    Best Buy

    The most powerful radio and concert chain hires the most powerful man in local dance music. For Clear Channel and Rich Best, it's business as usual.

  • News

    March 27, 2002

    Off Beat

    The most powerful radio and concert chain hires the most powerful man in local dance music. For Clear Channel and Rich Best, it's business as usual.

  • News

    February 20, 2002

    Radio Radio

    We search the airwaves for signs of intelligent life

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