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Mic Check!! Occupy Atlanta Demands FCC Stop Privatizations, Grant New Channels to Nonprofit Community Broadcasters
Bill Quigley
06 Dec 2011
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At a December 1 public meeting held by the FCC in Atlanta, ostensibly to determine the area's communications needs, Occupy Atlanta, the GA Green Party, WRFG-FM radio, People TV and other organizations came together to demand the FCC stop the privatizations of new channels, distribute new broadcast licenses, and guarantee funding of community media by making broadcasters and cable operators pay for the scarce public resources they use....

View the entire three hour meeting at http://www.fcc.gov/events/fcc-forum-information-needs-atlanta

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