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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sheri Herndon [mailto:SHerndon at gsblaw.com]
> Sent: Thursday, September 23, 1999 10:32 AM
> To: Sheri Herndon
> Subject: FW: ALERT: KCMU no more in 2 DAYS!
>
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> this is SAD SAD NEWS but unfortunately not surprising (i also just heard
> that the Weekly is also up for sale???); but i see it as another good
> opportunity for us to make some noise, especially about corporations and
> people like paul allen's habits of turning public resources into their own
> private profits, people in seattle know him for this and this
> latest project
> should become another shameful mark on his already bad record.
> also another
> opportunity to highlight microradio's rising potential and
> necessity and the
> need for decent communication for a democratic society. paul
> allen and the
> likes of him need to realize they can't get away with this kind
> of behavior
> without a fight from the public, the listeners, the community.
>
> Sheri Herndon
> former KCMU News Director
> and lover of free media!
>
>
> Subject: [Fwd: ALERT: KCMU no more in 2 DAYS!]
>
>
> Jeff Pearson wrote:
>
> Ed,
>
> I just heard through a KUOW souce that last Friday the UW quietly sold the
> programming rights to KCMU to Paul Allens's Experience Music Project for
> about 30 million dollars.
>
> Beginning this Friday, KCMU programming will become the property
> of EMP,with
> the UW maintaining the ownership of the liscense. KCMU'S move to the new
> Ave. Studios will NOT take place (although paid for by now-duped KCMU
> contributors), everyone will be fired or folded into KUOW and KCMU WILL BE
> NO MORE!
>
> In it's stead a corporate-run public radio station(a first, I believe), no
> longer beholden to even the pretense of community radio.
>
> Should Paul Allen be able to make our community radio station
> another toy in
> his toybox? HELL NO! Can we stop him? I guess we'll see how many
> people see
> this e-mail between now and Friday, but at least he should'nt get away
> without a peep...hmmmm?
>
> Spread the Word,
>
> Jeff Pearson
> Producer/Host
> Deface the Nation
> Thurs @ 11p, Ch. 29
>
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