We are asking each station to add these Twitter Handles to your daily social media contacts and remind them just what you do for your local communities. We also encourage you to ask clients or public service beneficiaries that depend on you to get their message out to help with our cause.
- Phil Roe – @DrPhilRoe
- John Duncan – @RepJohnDuncanJr
- Charles Fleischmann – @RepChuck
- Scott Desjarlais – @DesJarlaisTN04
- Jim Cooper – @repjimcooper
- Diane Black – @RepDianeBlack
- Marsha Blackburn – @MarshaBlackburn
- Stephen Fincher – @RepFincherTN08
- Steve Cohen – @RepCohen
Although there is no Senate Companion Legislation for the House H.R. 1733, it is very important that we draw both U.S. Senators into our opposition. There is a Senate resolution to the Local Radio Freedom Act, but we are concentrating on getting 218 House supporters. We are at 166 now and Jimmy Duncan is the lone TN co-signer (Please Thank Him).
- Lamar Alexander – @SenAlexander
- Bob Corker – @SenBobCorker
We also know that the RIAA and The Recording Academy are getting closer to your General Assembly Members as we have seen attempts in the last two sessions to pass music related legislation that the TAB defeated.
Please follow these simple instructions from the Free Radio Alliance to get your quick and easy message to the Congress. Even though what you do each day touches millions of listeners, RADIO in Tennessee does not have a huge employment base, so you must get everyone on your staff and station to engage in this all-out effort.
| We encourage you to take the following three actions now:Click on the link below to quickly and easily send a message to your Representative to ask him or her to support the Local Radio Freedom Act (H.Con.Res. 17) and oppose H.R. 1733.Use the sample tweets below to tweet about the recording industry’s latest attempt to get the government to line their pockets with money from radio stations:
Stand with us! Tell Congress to support the Local Radio Freedom Act and keep free, local radio stations in business: freeradioalliance.org Tell your member of Congress to support the Local Radio Freedom Act at freeradioalliance.org! Defend local radio from a one-sided tax. Tell Congress to defend your free, local radio at freeradioalliance.org! Say NO to performance tax and support the Local Radio Freedom Act. Post this to your Facebook page: Tell Congress to defend your free, local radio! Say NO to performance tax and support the Local Radio Freedom Act. If you have questions, email [email protected] |