Please put a call in today for more community radio. We are seeing that our pressure is having an effect. We only have a few weeks to pass this legislation!<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><br>
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<p>Danielle,
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<p>Corporate radio lobbyists are out of control. We have nearly passed a bill that will bring new choices and voices to the radio dial, but a powerful lobby is blocking the vote. </p>
<p>The Local Community Radio Act would put thousands of new community radio stations on the air. The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB), a lobbying group that represents commercial broadcasters, wants to keep the public airwaves to itself. </p>
<p>These lobbyists don't care that the bill has broad bipartisan support in both the House and the Senate. They don't care about bringing democracy to the airwaves.</p>
<p>Instead, the NAB is pulling strings and calling in favors to get a small handful of senators to place secret holds on the bill.</p>
<p>The NAB's coercion has gone on for months, and now time is running out to pass the Local Community Radio Act this year. Enough is enough—it's time to tell the NAB that we won't let it kill LPFM without a fight.</p>
<p><b>Please call NAB President Gordon Smith right now</b> and tell him: "Stop blocking better radio. Let Congress pass the Local Community Radio Act."</p>
<p><b>Phone number: 202-429-5449</b></p>
<p>Here's what you can say:</p>
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<p>I am calling to urge Gordon Smith and the National Association of Broadcasters to support community radio in my town by allowing Congress to pass the Local Community Radio Act. </p>
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<p>After you make the call, <a href="http://act2.freepress.net/go/1110?akid=2133.9226807.fvyEpT&t=3" target="_blank">click here to tell us how it went</a>. </p>
<p>If we overcome this industry-backed obstacle and pass the Local Community Radio Act, we can finally build the independent radio stations our communities need. </p>
<p>Time is running out. Please call today.</p>
<p>Thanks,<br><br>
Candace Clement <br>
Outreach Manager <br>
Free Press </p>
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