WWHITNEYMEDIA O/.}-- 233 l008 DC r -, p 2: Ib DAVID O'SHAUGHNESSY Senior Vice President, Administration Hon. Kevin Martin September 24, 2008 Chairman Federal Communications Commission FILED!ACCEPTED 445 12th Street, SW Washington, DC 20554 OCT 152008 Federal Communications Commission Dear Mr. Chairman: Office 01 the Secretary You have expressed an interest in "coaxing" broadcasters back toward "localism." We're all for the concept ... but we're hopeful this commendable notion can be accomplished without burdening broadcasters with a lot of redundant paperwork. On this subject, I thought you and your associates might be interested in a talk my father, William O'Shaughnessy, gave just last week before a business group here in New Rochelle, our City of License in Westchester County, outside New York City. As I read - and heard - it, I wondered how much more local a broadcaster can get. While it is undeniably true that many/most radio stations have fallen to absentee owners and speculators (my dad likes to say they are run by "market managers" who operate out of airport lounges with Palm Pilots and Blackberries reporting to corporate masters a whole continent away) there are still abroad in the land some very worthy locally-owned and locally-operated independent community stations like WVOX and WVIP. I'm also sending a copy of a very unique promotional piece called "Our Ratings Book" which further makes the case that some stations need little encouragement to reach your commendable goal. Yours, No. of Copies roo'd._Q~._.._ V~ List ABCDE David O'Shaughnessy Whitney Media
[email protected] ;rrWVOXI: Broadcasting First Amendment Advocacy Publishing 046" '" Communication Strategies Government Relations One Broadcast Forum' New Rochelle' New York 10801 • Phone: 914-636-1460' Fax: 914-636-2900' Web: wvox.com WI-IITN YJ'v1EDIA WILLIAM O'SHAUGHNESSY President &.