[rfu-automation] Unity March PSA

[Stephen Fonzo]

I will be working with Books to Prisoners on some new PSAs for their working
group, I recorded a new station ID (not a "legal" FCC ID, but a humorous
promo spot) yesterday with Chris Evans and a UIUC class, and I have archived
JIMBO's G drive, so I will volunteer to go through existing PSAs and IDs and
review them to see what is up-to-date etc.

-Steve

On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 2:25 PM, Stephen Fonzo <fonzo.stephen at gmail.com>wrote:

> To my knowledge, no one specifically has been taking care of this.  Do we
> have a list of active Automation members, just so we know who is around and
> interested in these issues?  I have no idea whether the pool is very small
> or only slightly small.
>
> -Steve
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 2:20 PM, Noel L. Vivar <nlvivar at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Who has been screening the PSAs before they go into autorotation lately?
>>
>> BTW, I know that I have been lax on updating the written PSAs in a
>> while. I'll get on it this weekend.
>>
>> -Noel
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 1:05 PM, Andrew Ó Baoill <andrew at funferal.org>
>> wrote:
>> > Earlier this week I removed the Unity March PSA from the 'Current PSAs'
>> > directory, thus removing it from regular rotation.
>> >
>> > The reason is that, on listening to the PSA, I determined that some of
>> the
>> > wording used might cause difficulty under FCC and 501 c (3) regulations.
>> In
>> > particular, the PSA included text calling explicitly for a YES vote in
>> the
>> > Township referendum. In addition, there were a number of directive
>> > statements that might be interpreted as 'calls to action'.
>> >
>> > I consulted with a number of experienced community radio and IMC
>> activists,
>> > who largely agreed with my concerns. I also communicated directly with
>> the
>> > CUCPJ members who had prepared and submitted the PSA. They will be
>> recording
>> > a new version of the PSA soon, and we will be putting it back in
>> automation
>> > rotation as soon as I receive it.
>> >
>> > Andrew
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>>
>>
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