There was no clear channel ban, between 9/11 and radio listeners preferred comfort.

[Spicechinodiva]

 

In his original doll podcast,  James breaks down the rumor of a blacklist  .

 

A radio dj working at the time, explains there was no ban or blacklist.

 

Radio at the time,  was changed and stalled because of 9/11, and after the us was ready to move on with life, the holidays came.

 

The singles was more played in Europe, because that sound was Europop, you can play Britney next to s club 7, they get it. You play it next to Madonna. They get it on uk capital radio  

 

To play slave next to Nickelback, Linkin park, Mary J. Blige,  that was what America was playing in 2001, it would sound to someone what is this,  however in 2 years later, that wasn't the case for toxic. 

 

The biggest us radio hit was I'm not a girl, not yet a woman, until crossroads came and the movie dropped fast. We were told to abandon through track cos it was the theme song to the film,  and it wasn't the hit, it did better than gliiter, but 8 mile did better than both. 

 

Only artist Paxton revealed that radio embraced was the English debut of Shakira because no one knew of her or what sound listeners were used to.

 

 

[PrinceAli89]

Thanks for sharing, I love this podcast so much. James does so much hard work and research and knows his stuff. He has a lot of very interesting episodes for anyone that is interested.  

[Captain Marvel]

No, there most definitely was a radio ban.  If my memory serves me correctly, Britney opted to use Pepsi as a tour sponsor over Clear Channel (which was a huge radio company).  

So she was blacklisted until In The Zone rolled around and signed a deal with Clear Channel.  

[Isla]

4 hours ago, Captain Marvel said:

No, there most definitely was a radio ban.  If my memory serves me correctly, Britney opted to use Pepsi as a tour sponsor over Clear Channel (which was a huge radio company).  

So she was blacklisted until In The Zone rolled around and signed a deal with Clear Channel.  

Yes that’s correct. Without the radio ban the singles could have charted higher.

[GirlOnTheMoon]

5 hours ago, Captain Marvel said:

No, there most definitely was a radio ban.  If my memory serves me correctly, Britney opted to use Pepsi as a tour sponsor over Clear Channel (which was a huge radio company).  

So she was blacklisted until In The Zone rolled around and signed a deal with Clear Channel.  

This is the truth. 

[Emil87]

I beg to differ. She was pretty much the biggest star on the planet at the time. Her music videos were all over MTV. And yet she barely cracked the top 20 on Billboard Hot 100 during that era. “Slave” peaked at 27, while in Europe it reached the top 10 in nearly every country it charted in. Make it make sense!

[RBFLOVESBRITNEY]

2 minutes ago, Emil87 said:

I beg to differ. She was pretty much the biggest star on the planet at the time. Her music videos were all over MTV. And yet she barely cracked the top 20 on Billboard Hot 100 during that era. “Slave” peaked at 27, while in Europe it reached the top 10 in nearly every country it charted in. Make it make sense!

Also this was like the height of Britney backlash too. 
 

[Kartofelek]

So is that guy going to release the excel file containing all the data of Britney recording sessions, or is he going to wait another decade doing a 47 minute podcasts that only contain 3 minutes of actual worty information until he decides to give fans the information we want, the full list of everything she recorded from 1997.

[BuyingCircusTourDMMe]

1 minute ago, Kartofelek said:

So is that guy going to release the excel file containing all the data of Britney recording sessions, or is he going to wait another decade doing a 47 minute podcasts that only contain 3 minutes of actual worty information until he decides to give fans the information we want, the full list of everything she recorded from 1997.

He won’t ever do that he has a bunch of stuff he’ll never share 

[Emil87]

3 minutes ago, RBFLOVESBRITNEY said:

Also this was like the height of Britney backlash too. 
 

Yes, you do have a point there. But as @Captain Marvel pointed out, she chose Pepsi as the tour sponsor over Clear Channel, who pretty much controlled radio at the time. And that’s exactly when her singles started plummeting. And only in America.

[Estrella]

There wasn´t a formal ban, but she clearly was blacklisted.

There was even an investigation about these issues, and even a formal letter for a congressman to investigate. So why would they tried to make an investigation if the radio didn´t try to sabotage some artists?

Part of the letter:

https://web.archive.org/web/20031225154847/https://www.house.gov/berman/newsroom/clear_channel_letter.html

According to numerous press reports, as well as first hand accounts by affected recording artists and copyright owners, Clear Channel’s consolidation of the radio and concert promotion industries has had a variety of negative repercussions on recording artists, copyright owners, and consumers.  It has been reported that Clear Channel has “punished” recording artists, including Britney Spears, for their refusal to use its concert promotion service, Clear Channel Entertainment, by “burying” radio ads for their concerts and by refusing to play their songs on its radio stations.  The consolidation of the radio industry also lends growing support to persistent allegations that record companies often must pay radio stations to play the music of their artists.

An article with the title:

Clear Channel faces US inquiry | Media business | The Guardian

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11.30am: Radio giant Clear Channel is being investigated over claims of abusing its market dominance, a US government official has revealed. By Chris Tryhorn.

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Fri 25 Jul 2003 11.29 BST

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Radio giant Clear Channel is being investigated over claims of abusing its market dominance, a US government official has revealed.

The justice department official said an "open investigation" was being conducted into the US' largest radio group 18 months after a congressman first called for an inquiry.

Hewitt Pate, the department's head of antitrust, told a congressional committee investigators had made "significant efforts to find additional evidence" and had held "a number of interviews".

"The Clear Channel matter is one of importance to us," Mr Pate said. "We have an open investigation and we're going to continue to pursue that."

Mr Pate was replying to congressman Howard Berman, who had criticised officials for their "unwillingness" to follow up formal complaints he made against the radio group in January 2002.

[OutofKontrol]

Not sure if there was a ban, but at that time, radio popular mainstream music shifted. Hip hop/R&B had became more popular along with the "pop/rock" sound. Still, even with brits singles flopping on radio, she still had very strong album sales, and was high demand in terms of touring..

[BlackoutITZ]

8 hours ago, Captain Marvel said:

No, there most definitely was a radio ban.  If my memory serves me correctly, Britney opted to use Pepsi as a tour sponsor over Clear Channel (which was a huge radio company).  

So she was blacklisted until In The Zone rolled around and signed a deal with Clear Channel.  

"Ban" is not the right word though and that's why people can say that fans are wrong about this. Her songs were not banned on radio, but her airplay was definitely suppressed due to the Clear Channel dispute. This one radio DJ might not be aware of it but it was even addressed in Congress at the time.

[FraFromThe90's]

Everybody knows there was a ban. And Slave and Boys were perfect for the american taste of the time that was more into urban and pop’n b … they even adatped overprotected with the Darkchild remix for this reason. And do we want to speak about not a girl?? It has that pop country vibe that could  be huge in USA if radios would have playied it

[BraveNewSeth]

OT but this guy’s a fücking loser. I recorded super short audio snippets from a few of his podcasts so I could use them to cite information in the unreleased tracker I created. He ends up emailing me and telling me that what I was doing was copyright infringement, and if I didn’t take them down he would sue me 🤣 Mind you, we’re talking about short 30 second snippets from podcasts that are usually an hour long. I don’t want smoke with anyone so I removed them, but it put a really bad taste in my mouth. I’m glad more people are starting to recognize him for who he really is.