Copps dissented, saying, “If this Order were a newspaper, the banner Volume XXXIII • Number 49 • December 6, 2007 headline would read ‘FCC Majority Uses Legal Subterfuge to Push for Total Elimination of Cross-Ownership Ban.” Tribune gets at least a two- year waiver plus the ability to go to court immediately and see if they AIN TREET can get the entire rule thrown out. Most important, Tribune is not required M S to seek a hearing before the very court that expressly retained jurisdiction Presents when it remanded the general newspaper-broadcast cross-ownership TheThe ConclaveConclave ban. Instead, Tribune can end-run the Third Circuit and petition for review before what it may hope is a more sympathetic court. “The more I think AA TT TT LL EE about this approach, however, the more troubled I become. Publicly, TT RR the Chairman claims to want only a ‘modest’ relaxation of the cross- ownership ban. Privately, he enlists Tribune as an accomplice to try Publisher: Tom Kay and get the ban overturned in court. If the Chairman wants to eliminate Cartoons Pilfered by Lenny Bronstein & Jay Philpott the ban, he should stand up and say so. It’s time to end the charade.” Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein also dissented from the 3-2 party- More Protests. More Often! According to the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, line vote, saying, “While I disagree with the final decision in this case, I community leaders from across Minnesota protested yesterday outside am more disappointed with the majority’s disregard for Commission Citadel rocker KQRS/Minneapolis, more than a month after the station precedent and legacy. A simple two-year waiver would have apologized for making insensitive comments about Indians on the Tom accomplished the goals of the majority and the applicants. But instead, Barnard morning show. A large contingency from the Communities of the Order employs certain novel, ill-advised and back-breaking legal Color Council of Many Nations demanded that KQRS fire host Barnard gymnastics that will surely leave observers with their heads spinning.” and co-host Terri Traen. They also demanded that Citadel stop programming it feels is “rooted in prejudice, bias and discriminatory Clear Channel/Chicago trimmed at least four staffers from its stereotypes.” The group gave a list of demands – new and apparently programming payroll Monday to shift its resources to Internet and sales different than those presented to the station LAST month - to KQ attorney ventures. Those let go include: Armando Rivera, whose APD/MD David Valentini urging the station to once again apologize in print and position was dropped at Urban AC WVAZ (V103). Victor “The Diz” electronic media outlets and on its website. As a new demand, the group Blackful, a veteran of Urban WGCI, was laid off as evening personality. also wants to host a weekly half-hour program on the station. “We’re Replacing him alongside Frankie Robinson will be Leon Rogers, who not going to stand for it,” said council member and prominent Indian had been morning traffic reporter. At Top 40 WKSC (KISS 103.5), Alexx activist Clyde Bellecourt. “We are going to teach Minnesota the truth Dupri is out as overnight personality. To cover some of Dupri’s former about who we are as a people.” Valentini said Thursday that the station hours, Billy Hammond’s late-night show will be extended. Also at KISS, had met its earlier commitments, including issuing on-air apologies, Pete Gallindo is out as producer of Kevin “Drex” Buchar’s morning running public service announcements on KQ and two sister stations show. An additional position of event manager in Clear Channel’s and hiring two Indian interns. “We came to an agreement, and we lived promotion department also was eliminated. Explaining the layoffs, Pres./ up to it,” Valentini said. “As for the station firing Tom and Terri, it’s the Market Mgr. Earl Jones said in a statement: “We are re-expressing our No. 1-rated morning show in the U.S. It’s not happening.” The assets to achieve greater results. We will have more employees in 2008 controversy began in September when Barnard and Traen discussed than in 2007 as a result of an increased sales force and the the high suicide rate in a northern Minnesota county, which includes a establishment of a local Internet sales and programming division. We large Indian Reservation. Traen mentioned genetics and incest “up are not only a radio company — we are a platform for content.” there,” and Barnard took a shot at the Shakopee Mdewakanton tribe Comment- Let’s see if we get this straight. The removal of a programmer, for failing to help its own reservation with proceeds from its casino. two air talents and a producer…while promising to increase a sales force…is being done because “We are not only a radio company — we The FCC last week granted the sale of Tribune Co. to Sam Zell, the are a platform for content.” Programming personnel: buh-bye. Lotsa Tribune Employee Stock Ownership Plan, and EGI-TRB, LLC. There is sales people: come on down! Now we get it: “Content” has just become still time-limited waivers of two years (or six months after litigation, a new radio management buzzword for “commercials”! How brilliant! whichever comes later) for the company’s crossownership of How original! The public is just gonna eat that up, won’t they? 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Stupak (D-MI) have notified the commissioner and are looking into examples where Martin proposed rule changes and didn’t provide The National Association Of Black Owned Broadcasters (NABOB) enough time for other commissioners to review the proposal’s before a Executive Dir./General Counsel Jim Winston testified before Congress vote was taken. The commissioners are scheduled to appear before and unveiled that Arbitron has applied for “re-accreditation” for the the committee in an oversight hearing Wednesday, with a Senate PPM methodology in Houston. committee also scheduled to hear testimony from the commissioners If so, that would be less than one year removed from Media Rating next week. Council (MRC) accreditation of the market. Winston said, “additional factors have been uncovered,” by The MRC that would jeopardize the New ownership rules passed unanimously in a vote Tuesday in front of Houston accreditation. In testimony, Winston asked the House the Senate Commerce Committee. The rule will delay the FCC ability subcommittee to force Arbitron and The MRC to make public the status to approve new ownership rules for six months. The Commission was of their review, as well as documents, meeting minutes and headed for a December 18th vote on rule changes but if approved by communications between the MRC and Arbitron. Asked Winston, the Senate, House and signed by the President that will no longer be “Please investigate Arbitron’s new Portable People Meter Audience possible. Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-ND) said in sponsoring the bill. “Media Measurement system, because it appears that within its design is a ownership rules are important in a democracy. We won’t allow the FCC critical flaw in the gathering and processing of the audience data which to rush to judgment, and we won’t allow the public to be shut out of the has resulted in a clear bias against the reporting of minority audiences.