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NAB Protest makes broadcast trade magazines

author: Partytown
Sep 14, 2002 23:07

Coverage of the protests against the NAB show up in industry trade publications such as Radio and Records and MStreet(Clear Channel) which just bought InsideRadio.com

From  http://www.rronline.com

Protester Ejected From NAB Exhibit Floor

As close to a dozen individuals held up signs outside of the Washington State Convention and Trade Center Friday morning protesting Clear Channel and corporate radio, Prometheus Radio activist Hannah Sassaman was ejected from the convention floor after unfurling a large "Cheap Channel" banner. Sassaman tells R&R her pass, obtained through trade publication Radio World, was confiscated. The former WXPN/Philadelphia staffer then joined the crowd outside, which was almost outnumbered by uniformed Seattle Police officers. Sandy Johnson, a former Citadel/Modesto, CA employee seeking an LPFM in the market, held up a sign that criticized NAB President/CEO Eddie Fritts, FCC Chairman Michael Powell and Clear Channel's Lowry Mays and Tom Hicks for their role in what Johnson says is a worsened radio industry following the 1996 Telecom Act. "I was a news director and public affairs director," she says. "Since the Telecom Act, we've seen a lot of changes. We don't have any local news or public affairs shows anymore in Modesto." Johnson says her desire for an LPFM signal was hindered by a third-adjacency signal issue and that she's not heard anything from the FCC on her petition in two years.


Also mentioned at  http://www.insideradio.com, full article available for subscribers only. See headline on front page.

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