{"id":4557,"date":"2015-03-20T05:13:33","date_gmt":"2015-03-20T11:13:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/al-ba.com\/wp2\/?p=4557"},"modified":"2015-03-20T05:13:33","modified_gmt":"2015-03-20T11:13:33","slug":"al-broadcasters-urged-to-lobby-for-local-radio-freedom-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/al-ba.com\/wp2\/al-broadcasters-urged-to-lobby-for-local-radio-freedom-act\/","title":{"rendered":"AL Broadcasters Urged to Lobby for Local Radio Freedom Act"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Across the country, states are doing a stellar job getting House members to cosponsor our <b>Local Radio Freedom Act<\/b>, but we still have a long way to go to reach 218 on the resolution. Our Alabama delegation will be in the state from March 30 to April 10 on recess.\u00a0 This is a great opportunity to talk our members who haven\u2019t signed on yet and thank those who have done so.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<b>GREAT NEWS IN ALABAMA\u2026 Congressman Rogers<\/b> and <b>Congressman Byrne<\/b> were original co-sponsors!\u00a0 Please be sure to thank them for standing up for broadcasters!\u00a0 <b>Congressman Mo Brooks<\/b> added his name just this week.\u00a0 If you are in his district, please let them know you appreciate his doing so.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0WE STILL NEED THESE MEMBERS TO ADD THEIR NAMES:\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<b>Aderholt<\/b>, <b>Roby<\/b>, <b>Sewell<\/b> and <b>Palmer<\/b>.\u00a0 Please reach out to them while they are home over the next couple of weeks.\u00a0 We need to get their names added to the Local Radio Freedom Act in support of great local broadcasters who make a difference in their communities every day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">(TV GMs, we appreciate you speaking on behalf of radio stations in your community.\u00a0 If we can help you better understand the issue, please email<\/span> <strong><a href=\"mailto:stinsley@al-ba.com\">stinsley@al-ba.com<\/a><\/strong> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">and someone will call you to explain it.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">If your district&#8217;s Representative is already a cosponsor, be sure to thank them via email or send them a note on your station letterhead.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0Undoubtedly, they will be interviewed on radio and TV during the recess, so please take them aside for a few minutes before or after the interview to<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">say thank you for being a cosponsor or to encourage them to join as a cosponsor.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/al-ba.com\/PerformanceTaxIssueSheet.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Performance Tax Issue Sheet<\/a>\u00a0| <a href=\"http:\/\/al-ba.com\/SLCTalkingPoints.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Talking Points<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/al-ba.com\/LRFAsponsors.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">LRFA Sponsors<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Across the country, states are doing a stellar job getting House members to cosponsor our Local Radio Freedom Act, but we still have a long way to go to reach 218 on the resolution. Our Alabama delegation will be in the state from March 30 to April 10 on recess.\u00a0 This is a great opportunity &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/al-ba.com\/wp2\/al-broadcasters-urged-to-lobby-for-local-radio-freedom-act\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">AL Broadcasters Urged to Lobby for Local Radio Freedom Act<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dead"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/al-ba.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/al-ba.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/al-ba.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/al-ba.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/al-ba.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4557"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/al-ba.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4557\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4558,"href":"https:\/\/al-ba.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4557\/revisions\/4558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/al-ba.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/al-ba.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/al-ba.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}