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We, the Undersigned, endorse the following petition:

Call for Increased Black Participation in Broadcast Opportunities

Target: Chair. K Martin, Comm. M. Copps, attny F. Campbell, The FCC
Sponsor: The A-List Publishers
  • Signatures: 141
  • Goal: 10,000
  • Deadline: 2-5-2009
Recently FCC Commissioner, Michael Copps, declared that the state of Black media ownership was, well deplorable. In case you missed it, here's what Copps said during his speech at a forum held at the 10th Annual Wall Street Project Conference of Rainbow/PUSH on Jan. 9, 2007:  

"While people of color make up over 30 percent of our country's population..they own only 3.26 percent of all broadcast television stations...There has been no improvement in the level of minority ownership since 1998, even as the total universe of stations has increased by 12 percent...there has been a sharp drop in the total numbers of African-American stations since 1998--by 30 percent. This isn't just a problem. It's a national disgrace."  

Of equally alarming concern however is the advent of new media and lack of Black participation.  As an attendee during this conference noted, "the media [should] be more broadly defined and not be limited to traditional TV and radio stations." 

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Number Date Prefix Name
141 2:16 pm PDT, Jul 28 Ms. Jean Bevins
140 9:58 pm PDT, Jun 28 Ms. Anonymous
139 11:28 pm PST, Mar 6   Dr. F. A. Young, Esq.
138 10:26 am PST, Jan 4 Mr. Anonymous
137 1:10 am PDT, Nov 1 Ms. Tonja Ayers
136 7:46 am PDT, May 8 Mr. Anonymous
135 8:29 am PDT, Apr 8   M. Voissem
134 5:45 pm PDT, Mar 27 Mr. Deodis Williams III
133 1:34 pm PDT, Mar 24 Mr. Anonymous
132 12:32 pm PDT, Mar 23   Woody Williams Jr
131 12:21 pm PDT, Mar 23 Mrs. Tia Newbill-Wilson
130 6:21 am PDT, Mar 23   Carnell C. Newbill
129 5:30 am PDT, Mar 23   Eric Hofmeister
128 5:16 am PDT, Mar 23 Mr. Jerome Fuller
127 7:43 pm PDT, Mar 22 Mr. Larry Kizer
126 9:18 am PDT, Mar 21   Adrina Jones
125 8:10 pm PDT, Mar 19   katrina lyons
124 5:35 pm PDT, Mar 19   marta collazo
123 11:29 am PDT, Mar 19   ruth riley
122 8:58 am PDT, Mar 19 Mr. Gilbert Hall
121 6:34 pm PDT, Mar 18 Ms. ifeoma nkemdi
120 6:01 pm PDT, Mar 18   adolfo anderson
119 10:55 am PDT, Mar 18 Ms. Elle von Lear
118 11:33 pm PDT, Mar 17 Mr. Lendell Jones
117 7:09 pm PDT, Mar 16 Mr. Shemar Jones
116 5:45 pm PDT, Mar 16 Ms. courtney johnson
115 3:28 pm PDT, Mar 15 Dr. Iyana Simmons
114 3:15 pm PDT, Mar 15 Mr. Jules Walton
113 7:01 am PDT, Mar 15 Mrs. DANEIL WALTON
112 5:06 pm PDT, Mar 14   Regina Simmons
111 8:34 am PDT, Mar 14   louise common
110 9:08 pm PDT, Mar 13   Michelle Welzen
109 6:07 pm PDT, Mar 13   Toni Moore
108 3:14 pm PDT, Mar 13   rosemary mitchum
107 3:08 pm PDT, Mar 13 Mr. robert hudson
106 2:25 pm PDT, Mar 13 Mr. alvin carter-bey
105 12:21 pm PDT, Mar 13   Sherwanna Simmons-Woods
104 8:58 am PDT, Mar 13   Carlton Williams
103 3:25 pm PDT, Mar 12 Mr. Peppino Earthman
102 1:05 pm PDT, Mar 12 Mr. Anonymous
101 10:27 am PDT, Mar 12   Renard Porte

Call for Increased Black Participation in Broadcast Opportunities

Thus,this is a urgent call from The A-List (http://thealistmagzine.blogspot.com) publishers to the FCC to increase Black media inclusion and economic power through new initiatives, formal policy and regulations.  Our goal is to see not only increased Black television ownership by at least 10% by 2010, but also the creation and enforcement of regulations regarding policy on partnerships between mainstream media conglomerates and Black businesses (particularly new entrants in new media) as well as creation of an "incubator" to help launch new media business ideas.

Since Black Americans, who as a whole support the media, exercise a spending power of $679 billion; it is now the era of balancing the investment to create a rich tapestry of diverse business inclusion, a tapestry which has made America great.  

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