

Radio stations can make their own decisions about what they want to play.” “Rock ‘n’ roll over the years has always had these little. records-Prince’s label-said he’s “bothered” by the NAB request to include lyrics with all records. Lenny Waronker, president of Warner Bros. “We as an industry should be sensitive to local community concern,” he added, noting that in this instance the concern was “genuine and high level.”īut is sensitivity just another word for thinly disguised censorship?įritts insists it isn’t-”we’re not promoting censorship,” he said-but he did acknowledge that the NAB’s campaign has “severe” antitrust and First Amendment implications. “Voluntary action (by broadcasters) would delay a policy decision,” he explained. There’s a possibility of legislation.” And legislation, Fritts told The Times, is exactly what he would prefer to avoid. Their concern has risen to public policy debate. “I think our involvement,” he said of the NAB, “was from meeting with the wives. "A Conversation With Stephen Hill", Conversations with Jamie: Artist-To-Artist Series, July 2005, New Age Reporter at via Archive.But Fritts believes the finger-pointing is legitimate this time around. He is currently immersed in work on the Hearts of Space Archive - a next-generation Internet service for contemplative music. In addition to hosting and directing the production of the radio program, Hill handled Artist & Repertoire for the record labels, served as in-house Art Director for graphics, print and online promotion. Hill has produced thousands of live and recorded radio broadcasts and dozens of record albums and soundtracks, including an Academy Award-winning feature-length documentary film. After about 150 releases, the label was sold to Valley Entertainment in 2001. Hill and original partner Anna Turner then launched Hearts of Space Records in 1984. National syndication of a one-hour version of the program began in 1983 and grew to a network of over 290 NPR affiliate stations.

Hill created Music from the Hearts of Space in 1973 as a weekly three-hour local radio program on Pacifica station KPFA-FM in Berkeley, California. He has helped popularize the term " space music" during his tenure on the show and is an advocate for contemplative music regardless of source or genre. Stephen Hill is an American producer, creator and host of the long-running Hearts of Space radio program, which features "contemporary space music" from a variety of musicians and genres. ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)

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