http://www.stopbigmedia.com/blog/2006/12/11/nashville-citizens-and-music-legends-speak-out-against-big-media/ Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:46:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://www.stopbigmedia.com/blog/2006/12/11/nashville-citizens-and-music-legends-speak-out-against-big-media/#comment-556 Nashville tells FCC– NO MORE MEDIA CONSOLIDATION! Wed, 13 Dec 2006 22:43:43 +0000 http://www.stopbigmedia.com/blog/2006/12/11/nashville-citizens-and-music-legends-speak-out-against-big-media/#comment-556 [...] Over 500 citizens from 6 states, in addition to the Country Stars of Nashville, turned out for the FCC town meeting in Nashville, where the speakers were overwhelmingly in favor of stopping any further changes in Media Consolidation rules. Though stars like Naomi Judd and George Jones took the spotlight, this was by no means their meeting. A broad-based coalition of local and national groups worked to turnout the public to the Nashville event. They included the American Federation of Musicians, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA), The Belcourt Theater, Center for Rural Strategies, Christian Community Broadcasters, Communications Workers of America, Consumers Union, EarthMatters Tennessee, Free Press, Mid-South Peace and Justice Center, Nashville Peace and Justice Center, Newspaper Guild-CWA, Prometheus Radio Project, Rainbow/PUSH, Tennessee Alliance for Progress, Tennessee Healthcare Campaign, Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition, Tennessee Independent Media Center, and WRFN Radio Free Nashville. [...] […] Over 500 citizens from 6 states, in addition to the Country Stars of Nashville, turned out for the FCC town meeting in Nashville, where the speakers were overwhelmingly in favor of stopping any further changes in Media Consolidation rules. Though stars like Naomi Judd and George Jones took the spotlight, this was by no means their meeting. A broad-based coalition of local and national groups worked to turnout the public to the Nashville event. They included the American Federation of Musicians, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA), The Belcourt Theater, Center for Rural Strategies, Christian Community Broadcasters, Communications Workers of America, Consumers Union, EarthMatters Tennessee, Free Press, Mid-South Peace and Justice Center, Nashville Peace and Justice Center, Newspaper Guild-CWA, Prometheus Radio Project, Rainbow/PUSH, Tennessee Alliance for Progress, Tennessee Healthcare Campaign, Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition, Tennessee Independent Media Center, and WRFN Radio Free Nashville. […]

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