Accessible Airwaves

Once again, the United Church of Christ's inclusion-themed, 30-second TV commercial has been rejected by the broadcast networks and now cable network, Viacom.

The United Church of Christ's all-inclusive message has been deemed "too controversial."

It’s time for equal access.

1. Let Your Voice Be Heard - Send a Message to Viacom Viacom accepts ads laced with sexual innuendo, greed, violence, and the politics of personal destruction, while our message of openness and welcome is not allowed. Tell Viacom to make the airwaves accessible. 2. Tell Your Friends Broadcasters who use the public airwaves have a responsibility to operate in the public interest. Spread the word about our campaign!

Great First Day - Campaign Update

There has been a great outpouring of support from Internet users for AccessibleAirwaves.org after only a single day of operation. The numbers speak for themselves:

• 2,600+ Messages sent to the FCC
• $9,000+ Contributed online for the Campaign

This site is being driven by a wide variety of Bloggers, from pastordan’s posting on Dailykos.com, where he added a poll that voted 98% to endorse the campaign to Chris Bowers at mydd.com who highlights the impact of letters to the FCC.

We are also starting to see some great support from other organizations including HRC that sent out an email alert telling their members about our campaign.

On Thursday afternoon we had some reports that people were getting error messages from the FCC. We have spoken directly to officials at the FCC to alert them of this problem. They have assured us that we are submitting the comments correctly and that they are being included in the file of the stations that are the subject of the complaint.

Thanks. Let’s keep the pressure up!

Posted by Ken
12/10/2004 03:35:52 PM
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The Office of Communication of the United Church of Christ, Inc. is the media advocacy arm of the United Church of Christ, a mainline Protestant denomination of over 1.3 million members. The United Church of Christ was the first voice to demand that broadcasters who use the public airwaves have a responsibility to operate in the public interest. In the 1960s, the United Church of Christ earned its place in U.S. broadcasting history by successfully challenging the license of WLBT-TV in Jackson, Miss, for refusing to broadcast news and information about African Americans.