Letter To FCC
Alton H. Maddox, Jr. Telephone: 718-834-9034
FAX: 718-834-1275
16 Court Street, Suite 1901
Brooklyn, New York 11241
April 18, 2007
Mr. Kevin J. Martin
Chairman
Federal Communications Commission
445 12th Street, SW
Washington, DC 20554
Re: License Renewal of WABC-TV
Dear Mr. Martin:
The United African Movement is a grassroots organization which functions primarily in the tri-state area –New York, New Jersey and Connecticut– with a mission of eradicating all of the badges and incidents of slavery in the United States including racial defamation and racial muzzling of free speech.
This is also the geographical area in which WABC-TV has been granted an opportunity to use the airwaves. There are no Black-owned television stations in the area and Blacks must depend on the biased decisions of white executives for news, entertainment programming and information.
Virtually all of these biased decisions are Eurocentric. This decision-making process is worse than Plessy v. Ferguson and it is obviously being achieved in violation of the Thirteenth Amendment. Black people enjoy a constitutional right to participate in the marketplace of ideas. This right has been foreclosed in the tri-state area.
Because none of the other local television stations also address Black issues, interests, concerns and public service announcements and because Black viewership on WABC-TV provides it with its margin of profit, Blacks are compelled to finance their own oppression.
WABC-TV seeks to service the Black community through only one program, “Like It Is” which is seen on Sundays for either thirty minutes or one hour depending on the availability of sports programming for whites. This is reminiscent of Jim Crow radio.
In addition, its budget, resources and personnel for “Like It Is” pales in comparison to white programming like “Eyewitness News Conference” which, on Sundays, only features Black guests when a Black tragedy makes the news. Whites, on the other hand, have unlimited access to the airwaves.
The personnel of WABC-TV falls far short of reflecting the diversity of the tri-state area. If you watch the station, you would never conclude that whites are a distinct minority in New York City. This happens because WABC-TV has concocted an ongoing plot to keep Blacks out of the television industry.
UAM demands a hearing on all of the issues that are germane to the criteria for renewing the license of WABC-TV. The number of witnesses that can assist the FCC in administering its responsibilities are countless. UAM awaits your reply.
Very truly yours,
AHM:sr
FAX: 718-834-1275
16 Court Street, Suite 1901
Brooklyn, New York 11241
April 18, 2007
Mr. Kevin J. Martin
Chairman
Federal Communications Commission
445 12th Street, SW
Washington, DC 20554
Re: License Renewal of WABC-TV
Dear Mr. Martin:
The United African Movement is a grassroots organization which functions primarily in the tri-state area –New York, New Jersey and Connecticut– with a mission of eradicating all of the badges and incidents of slavery in the United States including racial defamation and racial muzzling of free speech.
This is also the geographical area in which WABC-TV has been granted an opportunity to use the airwaves. There are no Black-owned television stations in the area and Blacks must depend on the biased decisions of white executives for news, entertainment programming and information.
Virtually all of these biased decisions are Eurocentric. This decision-making process is worse than Plessy v. Ferguson and it is obviously being achieved in violation of the Thirteenth Amendment. Black people enjoy a constitutional right to participate in the marketplace of ideas. This right has been foreclosed in the tri-state area.
Because none of the other local television stations also address Black issues, interests, concerns and public service announcements and because Black viewership on WABC-TV provides it with its margin of profit, Blacks are compelled to finance their own oppression.
WABC-TV seeks to service the Black community through only one program, “Like It Is” which is seen on Sundays for either thirty minutes or one hour depending on the availability of sports programming for whites. This is reminiscent of Jim Crow radio.
In addition, its budget, resources and personnel for “Like It Is” pales in comparison to white programming like “Eyewitness News Conference” which, on Sundays, only features Black guests when a Black tragedy makes the news. Whites, on the other hand, have unlimited access to the airwaves.
The personnel of WABC-TV falls far short of reflecting the diversity of the tri-state area. If you watch the station, you would never conclude that whites are a distinct minority in New York City. This happens because WABC-TV has concocted an ongoing plot to keep Blacks out of the television industry.
UAM demands a hearing on all of the issues that are germane to the criteria for renewing the license of WABC-TV. The number of witnesses that can assist the FCC in administering its responsibilities are countless. UAM awaits your reply.
Very truly yours,
AHM:sr
posted by Attorney Alton Maddox at 2:50 PM
1 Comments:
is anyone trying to have the police, ada and judge involved in the central park jogger rape case either disbarred or civilly sued for fixing that case? certainly donald trump can be sued for his part in influencing the jury to wrongly convict those teenagers.I used to go to uam meetings in brooklyn and uptown. do you still have meetings when and where?
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