Online LPFM Radio Resource: LPFMRadio.com
WE HAVE ONE WEEK TO SAVE
LOW POWER FM (LEGALIZED MICRO RADIO)
FROM THE CHOPPING BLOCK.
Have you called your Senator yet? If not, pick up the
phone
right now! Want to do something more attention-grabbing? Send
your Senator a broken radio!
Keep reading . . .
The National Association of Broadcasters (and unfortunately the
national leadership of NPR) and their allies in Congress have
succeeded in attaching a rider to a Senate Appropriations Bill
that will in effect kill Low Power FM.
That's really bad news for LPFM supporters, but we still
have one final trick up our sleeves: The power of the people!
We need to mobilize ourselves and our grassroots folks RIGHT NOW
to lobby the following key Senators. The more controversial they
see this rider is, the more likely they will be to eliminate it
from the final Appropriations Bill. We can still win this thing.
Lobby these Senators now!
Dates for ZAP ACTION: Oct. 2 - Oct. 5
(The senate session may end Friday; keep going if it doesn't!)
Senators should get phone calls, emails, and faxes (there is no
time for snail mail)
What to do:
Call your Senators immediately. Phone numbers are below.
Send radios to your Senators and tell them to tune in to
their constituents! We need to get their attention!
What to say:
Senators should actively oppose S2068 and S3020. The FCC has
spent more than two years studying the technical and
communications issues in Low Power FM. LPFM can bring some
balance to the airwaves and should go forward unimpeded.
Congress should not slap in the face the hundreds of
community groups, schools, churches, nonprofits, and cities
which have already applied for LPFM licenses. You might also wish
to remind them that an awful lot of VOTERS either attend these churches
or are members of these other non-profit organizations.
For more info:
see www.mediademocracynow.org.
These are the critical Senators. They need to hear from people
and organizations in their states THIS WEEK:
Judd Gregg (R-NH) 202-224-3324
Ted Stevens (R-AK) 202-224-3004
FAX 202-224-2354
Daniel Inouye (D-HI)
202-224-3934
FAX 202-224-6747
Pete Domenici (R-NM)
202-224-6621
Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ)
202-224-4744
frank_lautenberg@lautenberg.senate.gov
Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
202-224-2541
senator@mcconnell.senate.gov
Barbara Mikulski (D-MD)
202-224-4654
FAX 202-224-8858
Has never taken a position.
Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
202-224-5922
FAX 202-224-0076
senator@hutchison.senate.gov
Patrick Leahy (D-VT)
202-224-4242
Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R-CO)
202-224-5852
FAX 202-224-1933
No position yet.
Robert Byrd (D-WV)
202-224-3954
Diane Feinstein (D-CA)
202-224-3841
senator@feinstein.senate.gov
No position yet!
John McCain (R-AZ)
202-224-2235
FAX 202-228-2862
