When John Hogan replaced Randy Michaels of Clear Channel
Communications as CEO a couple of months ago, he stated that he wanted
to (this is a paraphrase) to "create more harmonious business
relations with both the record community AND his fellow radio
broadcasting groups." WHAT WAS HIS EXACT QUOTE??

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Request for Question Clarification by markj-ga on 08 Dec 2002 06:17 PST

antpoodle --

I believe that the quote you are looking for can be found in an August
21, 2002 newspaper article described in that newspaper's on-line
archives as follows: "CEO of Clear Channel's Radio Unit Signals
Cooperation; Media: John Hogan pledges a better working relationship
with his competitors and the record industry."

I have accessed the text of the article through my local public
library's subscription to the archives of various newspapers.  I can
confirm that a quote attributed to Hogan in the article is close to
your paraphrased version and makes exactly the same substantive point.

Because of copyright restrictions on further distribution of the
archived material, I cannot  post the text or the chunk of it that
would be required to answer your question.  However, the text of the
archived article is available to anyone for a $2.50 fee.  Of course,
if you have access to a library with a subscription, there would
probably be no charge to you.

Please let me know if you would consider a link to the article's
summary in the newspaper's archive, along with information on
accessing the text for a fee, to be a completely acceptable answer.

markj-ga

I don't think this is the quote you are looking for, but this quote
appeared in Billboard on Aug. 31st:

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"I think a lot of what's at issue today is a result of an inability to
effectively communicate," Hogan says. "I won't assess any
responsibility for that or make a judgment, other than to say that
where we are isn't a great place. I think that we've got an
opportunity-and almost an obligation, given our size and so on-for us
to be really, really good citizens in the radio industry."

A top priority will be "to sit down with the major recording labels
and really begin the process of getting to know one another. I don't
underestimate how hard that will be to actually do, but I think in
concept it's relatively simple. We are inextricably linked together,
and I think we have an opportunity to figure out how we can provide
great radio and at the same time work to meet some of the goals or
desires the recording industry has."
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