Radio Frequency 107.9 FM Goes Silent
Local Media Watchdog Explains the REAL Reason Why
Listen to radio frequency
107.9 starting Wednesday (Feb. 8) and all you will hear is the sound of
silence.
Entercom Sacramento surrendered
its license because of a ten year effort by local Emmy winning radio and TV
producer turned media watchdog Sue Wilson
and the Media Action Center
to deny Entercom's privilege to broadcast for
completely ignoring the public interest obligation of a broadcaster.
Wilson and her attorney
Michael Couzens will explain what really happened, why it has taken this long,
and its importance to both the community of Sacramento and radio industry at a press conference 1:35 PM Wednesday in
the Gold Run Room at Coloma Community Center, 4623 T Street in
Sacramento.
"You cannot
callously kill a mother of three (Jennifer Strange, in 2007) in a reckless
water drinking stunt and then say you are serving the public interest,"
charges Wilson.
"Entercom
makes it sound like it is surrendering its broadcast license (valued
between $20 - 30 million) because of conflicts in ownership rules due to its
pending merger with CBS Radio. The truth is,
because of the gravity of the "Hold Your Wee for Wii" contest,
Entercom Sacramento is currently facing a very rare trial at the Federal Communications Commission
which would have taken away the KDND license anyway.
"The media giant
needs to get this trial out of its way, or it risks losing all its licenses and
the CBS Radio merger deal. But it's not quite over yet," said Wilson.
Watch video background
from Wilson's 2009 documentary "Broadcast Blues": https://youtu.be/ioKDf-JvKDo
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