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Howard Berman: I hear that you actually pay the sports teams for the right to broadcast the sports radio, and I hear that you pay the…

On the recordMarch 9, 2009
I hear that you actually pay the sports teams for the right to broadcast the sports radio, and I hear that you pay the talk radio hosts for the talk radio show, but--that was rhetorical, not to be answered.
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Howard Berman
California

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Berman highlights the inconsistency in paying for broadcasting rights in radio.

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