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January 24, 2005
Providing Awareness and Alternatives to Hot 97 Radio (A Citizens' Tsunami.)
Last night, someone told me about the racist Hot97 skit mocking the Tsunami victims and referring to Asians as "chinks" and "little chinamen." It's an obvious ploy to get the station some play while their former star personalities move to the competing Clear Channel station but it's also inappropriate behavior for any media with that much marketshare and so few alternatives.
But even so, people have been doing their part to make them realize that they won't tolerate their intolerance.
Folks are starting sponsor petitions and boycott campaigns against both the parent corporation, Emmis Communications, and their sponsors. I commend and support these campaigns (I'm in the process of having my entire family cancel their SprintPCS and Nextel phone services of eight years), but like Tim Karr, I question whether they'll be effective enough. (Doesn't mean I'm gonna ignore it either, tho.)
In the above link to MediaCitizen, Tim suggests that folks file a "Petition to Deny" license renewal with the FCC. I'm not a fan of takedowns, but I do agree that both the sponsor and FCC petitions are good ways of taking charge of one's media. The other way is to show people (or give them) an alternative.
So first off, I'm going to start a list of "Alternatives to Hot 97", a list of hip-hop radio stations and radio shows, both mainstream and underground in the greater New York/New Jersey/Connecticut area. It'll take a couple of days to get this list into any real significant form, since I don't really listen to radio anymore, but I know folks who do. So I'm getting them to do what they can. (If you come across a non-commercial college radio or community radio hip-hop show in NYC, del.icio.us it and tag it "fuckhot97")
Second, I'm looking into legal ways to provide a radio alternative for my neighborhood. Right now a couple of strategically placed 100mW Ramseys with letters of consent from my neighbors sounds like an interesting idea.
In the meantime, here's the list...
(And remember, Hot 97's parent, Emmis Communications has sister stations throughout the country.)
Radio Alternatives to Hot 97:
99.5FM WBAI - Saturday nights, 12.00a-2.00a - The Underground Railroad
Net Radio Alternatives to Hot 97:
Smoothbeats.com
Hip Hop Podcasting:
iPodder.org hip hop podcast directory
Posted by yatta at January 24, 2005 6:07 PM
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