The Indie Kids Cry For Fed Help

The FCC is considering requiring boredbroadcasters dedicate a certain amount of airtime to the indie kids. The problems with this plan are too many to list (okay, here are some: what is independent music, how will this help independent music, stop whining about corporate radio, how would this possibly stop payola) but that won’t stop an FCC that is 99 percent clueless, and a music industry (including the so-called independents) that is 100 percent clueless.