[wplug] Fwd: prometheus [radio] back in pittsburgh!

[Juan Zuluaga]

> 
> Your airwaves or your life!
> The Prometheus Pennsylvania Media Megatour is coming
> to your town!
> 
> Prometheus Radio Project is going on the road across
> Pennsylvania! Did you
> know that there is a flurry of legislative activity
> -this year- in
> Harrisburg and DC that could impact your cable TV,
> your internet access,
> and much more?
> 
> Prometheus Radio Project will be tramping around the
> great state of PA
> this summer, talking to community groups like yours
> -- letting you know
> what you can do today to determine your own
> communications future!  Can we
> join you for a casual workshop that will inform,
> entertain, and help you
> defend your right to control your communications
> networks?  Read below to
> learn more, and email penntour at prometheusradio.org
> to get connected with
> us!
> 
> We'll have up to the second information on Cable
> Franchising, Municipal
> and Community Wireless Networks, the looming
> deregulation of corporate
> Media Ownership, and the Future of the Internet,
> from allies across the
> state and the diverse national groups of the Media
> and Democracy
> Coalition.
> 
> We also have movies, audio, and even technical
> demonstrations on how
> communities across PA, the country, and the world
> are building their own
> media solutions!
> 
> We will be coming to your town to let you know about
> the national scene
> and to make specific connections with folks across
> PA, and the politicians
> who could help us protect our right to communicate. 
> We'll come armed with
> lots of ideas of potential action steps for PA
> citizens, and ready to hear
> your ideas about what you think is important for
> media and democracy in
> your community.
> 
> We're hoping that the energy and expertise of
> Prometheus Radio Project
> will help your community become informed advocates
> for these important
> media reform fights.  We seek to make make your
> grassroots work broader
> and stronger by bringing our national and
> international expertise on
> grassroots media and media reform to bear on our
> home state of
> Pennsylvania.  And we hope we can all have fun
> together!
> 
> We're happy to meet with any community group that
> wants to learn more
> about these important upcoming battles:
> 
>  -- Municipal and Community Wireless Internet
> Networks are 'no-brainers'
> because they provide very high quality, low cost,
> state-of the-art
> communication systems that are tailored to the exact
> needs of a
> community.  From St. Cloud, Minnesota to Upper
> Dublin, PA to
> Philadelphia, thousands of cities, towns, and
> counties around the U.S.
> and beyond are using wireless for internet
> connections and essential
> public safety communications.  But in your PA town,
> it is now illegal to
> start a new network like this!  Find out why, and
> what you can do about
> it.
> 
>  -- In most towns across Pennsylvania, companies
> like Clear Channel,
> Tribune CO. and General Electric own the newspapers,
> television stations,
> and radio stations your family relies on every day. 
> Why don't we hear
> local news, music, or culture on our media anymore? 
> Because these
> companies don't find it profitable!  And this year,
> the Federal
> Communications Commission plans to deregulate the
> broadcast media system
> so that your local daily newspaper can own TV
> stations, radio stations,
> and more in your town.  Find out how to protect
> local content, and tell
> the FCC that deregulation is bad for our
> communities.
> 
>  -- The Pennsylvania State Senate has introduced a
> bill that would take
> away your town's right to negotiate with your local
> cable company for
> better prices, better connections, and to protect
> the public access TV
> channels your town needs.  Is more cable competition
> worth the erosion of
> local choice? Let's organize to pass a bill that
> respects our
> communities' needs, rather than just Comcast's and
> Verizon's!
> 
> We're looking to meet with groups in July and August
> to set the stage for
> a legislative push this fall.
> 
> Workshops will be led by Scranton native Dharma
> Dailey.  Dharma Dailey has
> over a decade of experience researching and working
> with community media
> across the United States.  Dharma led Prometheus'
> work on official
> comments to the Federal Communications Commission on
> how commercial media
> consolidation hurts our communities.  These comments
> gave Prometheus the
> legal standing to become the plaintiff in Prometheus
> vs. the FCC, the
> seminal lawsuit halting media consolidation. An
> expert on community and
> municipal wireless internet, she has shaped wireless
> policy with national
> and international leaders and researchers.  Dharma
> is a member of the New
> America Foundation's Wireless Future Advisory Board.
> 
> If you're interested in meeting with us, please
> contact us at:
> 
> penntour at prometheusradio.org
> Phone: 215.727.9620
> P.O. Box 42158 Philadelphia, PA 19101
> 
> hannah sassaman
> prometheusradioproject
> 
> building radio stations = awesome
> http://www.prometheusradio.org
> 215-727-9620
> 



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