From the film "Before the Music Dies"...this clip sheds light on how Clear Channel radio really operates. Check out more music industry lessons at www.beforethemusicdies.com. Are you one of those music fans who wonders how mainstream commercial radio came to suck so badly? Over the past few years, Clear Channel is the company that has become the lightning rod for fans complaining about bland repetition on their local radio dial. Among other industry lessons, the electrifying new music doc "Before the Music Dies" pulls back the curtain on Clear Channel's history and practices -- nothing new for some, but a revelation to many disillusioned fans who continuously hit the Seek button in a frustrated search for exciting new music. What to do? Pass around the video clip and check out the film at www.beforethemusicdies.com. You can also follow this link: www.clearchannel.com/radio/sta tionsearch.aspx -- and enter your city or zip code. Clear Channel will tell you which stations they own in your area. Check them out for yourself and ponder your call button settings.... Have you really given your great local independent and college radio stations a chance? Listened to Internet or satellite radio? Explored the abundant music sites online? Visited the live music venue down the street in the last month or two? In this age of exploding access to great new music, know this concrete truth: you don't have to settle for bad radio anymore...