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DESCRIPTION:At 3:00 PM on Sunday June 28, the Hispanic/Latino Anti-Defamation 
 Coalition, Media Alliance, and California Common Cause will mount a rally 
 outside the San Francisico Premiere of Broadcast Blues at the Victoria 
 Theater at 16th and Mission.  The message is clear:  Tell the FCC to 
 schedule hearings on Hate Radio.  The Federal Communications Commission 
 (FCC) is the federal agency which oversees broadcasters.\n\n"A recent UCLA 
 study shows a correlation between hate radio and hate crimes.  We are 
 demanding the FCC listen to the public about this crucial public interest 
 problem,"  says Dr. Marcos Gutierrez, radio host and director of Hecho en 
 California Radio. \n  \n“Common Cause is concerned when a few 
 corporations own our media resulting in less local programming and fewer 
 viewpoints being broadcast. More alarming, we are hearing more ‘hate 
 speech’ including broadcasters spreading misinformation, stereotyping, 
 and fostering violence against certain people or groups,” notes 
 California Common Cause staffer Emily Pears. \n\nBroadcasters say they have 
 the right to exercise Free Speech, but Broadcast Blues director Sue Wilson 
 challenges that assertion.  "There is Free Speech, and there is Radio 
 Speech.  The two are not the same.  When the radio dial is opened up to all 
 points of view, radio speech will be free.  Until then, it is owned and 
 operated for a political agenda.  That must change."  Broadcast Blues 
 reminds us that we the people own the airwaves, and that we do have the 
 power to hold stations and the FCC accountable.\n\nTracy Rosenberg of Media 
 Alliance says, "How is it in the public interest to call other human beings 
 …vermin? If I were a regulator whose job was to rent out the nation’s 
 communication space, I’d look into that. That’s what we’re asking the 
 FCC to do.”\n\nThe rally will be held at the Victoria Theater, 2961 16th 
 Street, San Francisco, \nat the 16th St. BART station.  The screening of 
 Broadcast Blues will follow at 4PM.   More information is at 
 www.broadcastblues.tv .\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/06/16/18601967.php
SUMMARY:Grassroots Groups Tell FCC: Stop Hate Radio
LOCATION:Victoria Theater\n2961 16th Street\nSan Francisco, CA  94103\nat 16th St. 
 BART station
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/06/16/18601967.php
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