[Pacg] State Senators Call on Sinclair to Restore Programming

[Carolina 1961]

>From Iowa Rapid-Response:

Iowa Senate News Release

Sen. Joe Bolkcom, Sen. Bob Dvorsky, Sen. Rob Hogg, Sen. Jack Hatch, Sen.
Wally Horn, Sen. Matt McCoy, 515-281-3371

For Immediate Release: Wednesday, January 17, 2007

Senators call on Sinclair to restore programming
until Oversight hearings are conducted

Six State Senators today released this statement this afternoon:

"We are disappointed to learn about the cancellation of today's meeting of
the Joint Government Oversight Committee of the Iowa Legislature to review
the facts in the Mediacom-Sinclair retransmission dispute."

"Resolution of this protracted dispute is overdue. Iowans want this dispute
to stop disrupting their lives."

"While we understand that the Government Oversight Committee members have
cancelled today's meeting to accede to Sinclair's request for a delay, we
also believe that resolution of this protracted dispute is overdue.

"Today, we are calling on Sinclair to immediately allow Mediacom to resume
carrying the KDSM signal in Des Moines market and the KGAN signal in Cedar
Rapids until both sides have a chance to appear before the Government
Oversight Committee and to resolve this dispute."

"Clearly, a resumption of carriage is in the best interests of Iowa's
television viewing public. It would show tremendous good faith on Sinclair's
part and go a long way toward restoring public confidence and showing
viewers that they aren't pawns in a game."
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://lists.qcprogressiveaction.org/pipermail/pacg/attachments/20070118/00e2ef39/attachment.htm