[Imc] WILL & IMC
Bryan Cribbs
bdcribbs at onthejob.net
Sat Nov 4 03:43:28 UTC 2000
Kimberlie et al.
I'd like to get involved in coverage of third party canidates and I am also
interested in video production. I have done volunteer camera work for WILL
telethons and have basic experience in various studio roles from Parkland.
-Bryan
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* Kimberlie Kranich <kranich at uiuc.edu> :
> Hi, all.
>
> For those on this list who don't know, I work at WILL and volunteer at WEFT.
>
> Today I had a hallway conversation with WILL AM580 program manager Jay Pearce
> about a relationship with the IMC. The conversation was precipitated by
> WILL's broadcasting of speeches by Buchanan and Nader (we were asked by the
> candidates' spokesmen to air these speeches and we are legally obligated to
> do so by the 'reasonable access law'). I told Jay that the Nader speech was
> recorded by an IMC member. He had heard about the IMC but didn't know much
> about it so I gave him a brief sketch. Jay would like WILL to be more
> pro-active in its coverage of third party candidates during the next major
> elections in two years. He suggested a possible show about third party
> candidates that might run weekly eight weeks prior to the elections. But
> WILL doesn't have enough resources to do what we are currently doing and add
> another weekly program. I suggested that folks at the IMC might be
> interested in talking about helping fill the void and that you are highly
> qualified to do so. Jay's thoughts were very preliminary. I made sure not
> to commit the IMC to anything since I know the Center was primarily designed
> to feed WEFT and a LPFM station Urbana. But, after the elections are over,
> Jay would like to have some discussions with you about the possibility of
> some kind of partnership. I told him I would give him your contact
> information. Let me know your thoughts and who those contact people should
> be. I know Danielle is out of town and won't be able to comment for awhile.
> There is no rush to act on this. Just food for thought.
>
> Kimberlie Kranich
>
>
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