Rep. Berman became involved in 2002 when he wrote to the Justice Department and Federal Communications Commission about his concerns over the consolidation of entertainment and media industries and how that consolidation may be hurting artists, fans, advertisers and others.  
After his letters were sent, Berman said that he received a large number of complaints from various people in the entertainment industry. "Virtually all decried the evils of consolidation in the radio and concert industries," he said. 

AP reports: �Among the complaints were allegations that Clear Channel punished artists who didn't use the company's concert promotion arm by denying, or threatening to deny, radio airplay for their songs, he said.�

Clear Channel publicly does not seem that concerned over the current investigations by Federal authorities. They said in a statement that the Justice Department "has evaluated, on a routine basis, nearly every acquisition that Clear Channel has made and approved each one.

"When you run a big company, engaging in complex transactions, inquiries of this sort become fairly routine. We are cooperating fully with all DOJ requests and we are confident the DOJ will find, as it has in the past, that our company is managed with the highest degree of integrity."

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