[nyfoil-l] protest Hot 97 and the tsunami song - friday

Thu Jan 27 15:00:54 CST 2005

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*Official News Release* NYC Hot 97 Protest Details -
Friday, January 28, 11:00 a.m.
Asian Media Watch

Thursday, January 27, 2005 at 5:30 a.m. ET

Below is the official news release issued by New York
City Council Member John C. Liu who will conduct a
protest rally on Friday, January 28, 11:00 a.m. at Hot
97 WQHT-FM Studios in response to the broadcast of the
"Tsunami Song" sung by the hosts of the "Miss Jones in
the Morning Show."

Asian Media Watch (AMW) is working as part of a broad
coalition of regional and national organizations, and
is working with the Office of Council Member Liu, on
this protest rally.

AMW requests that *ONLY* student leaders and community
leaders who are interested in attending the protest
rally, or participating in other actions against Hot
97, contact us at alerts at asianmediawatch.NET or .ORG

To ensure a peaceful protest rally, individuals who
arrive at the protest site and are not affiliated with
any of the protesting organizations,  may be given
informational flyers directing them to another protest
planned in the future, and then asked to leave.

AMW is extremely busy helping to coordinate the New
York Hot 97 protest(s) and will not have time to
answer the thousands of e-mails we've been receiving
each day!  However, we will eventually read every one.
 Receive up-to-the-minute news and information about
the protest(s), please subscribe to our Yahoo! Group
at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/asianmediaalerts/   ,
and sign up for a Yahoo! ID.  Then, you will be able
to read all of our news releases about Hot 97.  Rely
on Asian Media Watch as a trusted source for
information on the Hot 97 protest information. 
Reliable news is also posted by Jay Smooth, webmaster
at www.HipHopMusic.com 

Sincerely,

Kai Yu
Asian Media Watch, Founder/Director
Organization of Chinese Americans - New York Chapter,
Communications Director
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ELECTED OFFICIALS, COMMUNITY ADVOCATES & HIP HOP
COMMUNITY TO RALLY AGAINST HOT 97 HATE RADIO
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WHAT:
Council Member John C. Liu will lead a rally of
outraged New Yorkers in front of the studios of
WQHT-FM "Hot 97" Radio to demand that management and
owners Emmis Communications take responsibility for
the production and repeated broadcasts of Hot 97's
so-called "Tsunami Song," which is the subject of a
complaint sent to the Federal Communications
Commission (FCC) by members of the New York City
Council.

CM Liu stated, "The reprehensible conduct of the Hot
97 Miss Jones in the Morning Show hosts and station
management has generated universal outrage across the
nation. We will hold them absolutely accountable."

WHEN: Friday, January 28, 2005 from 11:00 AM to 12:00
noon

WHERE: In front of HOT 97 WQHT-FM Studios
395 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10014
Directions: take the 1 Train to Houston St, walk one
block west.

WHO: Members of the New York City Council
Representatives of groups organizing Tsunami relief
efforts
Representatives of the hip hop community

Asian Media Watch
Web: http://www.asianmediawatch.net
News: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/asianmediaalerts/
E-mail: alerts at asianmediawatch.net

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