NOW Press Conference at NAB Protests

Wednesday Sept. 20th
NAB Convention, S.F. Ca:
The National Organization for Women held
a press conference outside the NAB Convention today in support for their Love your body campaign. They were promoting womens issues in the media and supporting efforts for low power community radio. There
were about 100 people protesting outside the convention center, promoting pro-body acceptance, and blasting radio show hosts such as Dr. Laura,
Howard Stern and Rush Limbaugh. Partytown Radio was there with their Enemies
of Free Speech sign with pictures of Eddie Fritts the NAB Dictator (CEO),
Harold Furtchgott-Roth the only FCC Commissioner who is against LPFM and
is being honored at the Policy Makers breakfast, Lowry Mays the CEO of
Clear Channel communications radio conglomerate who sucked over 63 radio
groups into their collective since 1996, and Tom Hicks, the CEO of Hicks,
Muse Tate and Furst a Texas leveraged buyout firm which is the owner of
Clear Channel, among other holdings like Ghiradelli, Dr. Pepper, Chef
Boyardee, United Artists, and the recently purchased Texas Rangers which
they bought from George W. Bush. They also contributed over 220,000 to
Bush's campaign so far. These are some of the biggest players in keeping
the public from low power community radio. During the protest, media was
on hand, CBS Market Watch, KQED, Media Alliance and San Francisco Liberation
Radio were getting interviews from the protesters. KRON Channel 4 in San
Francisco was also on hand reporting from the protest. It was ironic that
one of the buses which was bringing in some of the NAB conventioners parked
strategically between the protestors and the convention's front doors
as if to block the sight of protestors from the NAB members. NAB security
escorted one of our videographers away from the convention doors, as if
we didn't have a right to be on that side of the convention. Many corporate
suits milling about got an earful and a good look at the sign that proudly
displayed the enemies of free speech. The protest ended around 1pm and
was without incident.