Press Release
FCC Commissioners Headline New York Forum on Media Diversity
Contact: Timothy Karr, 201-533-8838
Federal Communications Commissioners Jonathan Adelstein and Michael Copps will attend a town hall meeting in New York City on Thursday, Oct. 19, to discuss diversity in the broadcast industry.
The FCC commissioners will hear from the public and a panel of experts about how television and radio stations serve the needs of people of color. The hearing will also focus on the impact of media consolidation on the communities of color.
WHAT: Town Hall Meeting on the Future of Diversity in the Nation's Media
WHEN: Thursday, Oct. 19, 2006, 6 p.m.
WHERE: Hunter College, Kaye Playhouse, East 68th Street (between Park and Lexington Avenues)
WHO: FCC Commissioners Michael Copps and Jonathan Adelstein, community leaders, media representatives and concerned citizens.
The town meeting is taking place as the FCC reviews federal rules on media ownership. The FCC has proposed changing how many television stations one company can own and allowing one company to own television stations, radio stations and major daily newspapers in the same market. The event will include an open microphone session for the public to offer testimony on media issues to Commissioners Copps and Adelstein.
Among the panelists scheduled to testify before the commissioners are Betty Ellen Berlamino, vice president/general manager, WPIX-TV; Arlene Davila, professor, New York University; Juan Gonzalez, columnist, Daily News; Mona Mangan , executive director, Writer's Guild of America East; Mark W. Mason, program director, 1010 WINS-AM; Anthony Riddle, executive director, Alliance for Community Media.
The town meeting is sponsored by the National Hispanic Media Coalition, National Latino Media Council, National Association of Hispanic Journalists, the National Institute for Latino Policy and the R.E.A.C.Hip-Hop Coalition in partnership with Free Press, a national, nonpartisan media reform and policy group.
Commissioner Copps and Adelstein, media policy experts and local residents concerned about media consolidation are available for interviews prior to the event.
For more information about the hearing, visit http://www.stopbigmedia.com/=nychearing
The FCC commissioners will hear from the public and a panel of experts about how television and radio stations serve the needs of people of color. The hearing will also focus on the impact of media consolidation on the communities of color.
WHAT: Town Hall Meeting on the Future of Diversity in the Nation's Media
WHEN: Thursday, Oct. 19, 2006, 6 p.m.
WHERE: Hunter College, Kaye Playhouse, East 68th Street (between Park and Lexington Avenues)
WHO: FCC Commissioners Michael Copps and Jonathan Adelstein, community leaders, media representatives and concerned citizens.
The town meeting is taking place as the FCC reviews federal rules on media ownership. The FCC has proposed changing how many television stations one company can own and allowing one company to own television stations, radio stations and major daily newspapers in the same market. The event will include an open microphone session for the public to offer testimony on media issues to Commissioners Copps and Adelstein.
Among the panelists scheduled to testify before the commissioners are Betty Ellen Berlamino, vice president/general manager, WPIX-TV; Arlene Davila, professor, New York University; Juan Gonzalez, columnist, Daily News; Mona Mangan , executive director, Writer's Guild of America East; Mark W. Mason, program director, 1010 WINS-AM; Anthony Riddle, executive director, Alliance for Community Media.
The town meeting is sponsored by the National Hispanic Media Coalition, National Latino Media Council, National Association of Hispanic Journalists, the National Institute for Latino Policy and the R.E.A.C.Hip-Hop Coalition in partnership with Free Press, a national, nonpartisan media reform and policy group.
Commissioner Copps and Adelstein, media policy experts and local residents concerned about media consolidation are available for interviews prior to the event.
For more information about the hearing, visit http://www.stopbigmedia.com/=nychearing
