Media Minutes; March 6, 2009

Media Minutes for March 6, 2009
Producer: Stevie Converse and Candace Clement
Length: 4:59


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The Local Community Radio Act of 2009, just introduced in Congress, could dramatically alter the radio landscape. And it’s been a bad couple of weeks for newspapers, but the most devastating blow was the closing of the 150-year-old Rocky Mountain News.

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