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Forwarded message: > From metrotv@peg.apc.org Mon Mar 4 12:23:11 1996 > Message-Id: <199603040158.LAA06917@peg.apc.org> > Mime-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > Date: Mon, 4 Mar 1996 12:00:16 +1100 > To: iana@ebom.com.au > From: metrotv@peg.apc.org (metrotv) > Subject: CONTRABANDA ALERT > > >Priority: normal > >X-Mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v2.01) > >Date: Mon, 26 Feb 1996 15:51:40 -500 > >Reply-To: bgirard@ECNET.ec > >Sender: Media for Development in Democracy <DEVMEDIA@listserv.uoguelph.ca> > >Comments: Authenticated sender is <bgirard@ecnet.ec> > >From: Bruce Girard <bgirard@ECNET.ec> > >Organization: Pulsar > >Subject: CONTRABANDA ALERT > >Comments: To: devmedia%listserv.uoguelph.ca@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU > >To: Multiple recipients of list DEVMEDIA > > <DEVMEDIA@ccshst05.cs.uoguelph.ca> > > > >------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- > >Date: 6 Feb 96 00:00:00 GMT > >From: F.FORSTER@3LANDBOX.BAWUE.CL.SUB.DE (Felix Forster) > >Subject: CONTRABANDA ALERT > >To: bgirard@ecnet.ec > > > > * * * > > > > COMMUNITY STATION SILENCED IN BARCELONA > > > > > > Barcelona, February 1996 > >Dear friends, > > > > for the past five years, CONTRABANDA FM has been > >broadcasting 24 hours a day on 91.0 FM in Barcelona, at 500 > >watts. Suddenly, on January 19th, a new station belonging to > >the Barcelona City Council, and which has no legally-assigned > >frequency, began to broadcast on our frequency, 91.0 FM, at > >5000 watts. Our signal has been completely drowned out. > > > >CONTRABANDA FM is a free radio not controlled by any political > >or religious organization, nor by any commercial interest > >whatsoever. CONTRABANDA FM is the only station in Barcelona > >whose studio doors are open to ecological, anti-militarist, > >women's, immigrants', gay, solidarity and other groups. Many > >people have used our microphones to express their opinions, > >information, anxieties and concerns, in person, by letter and > >by telephone-calls. > > > >CONTRABANDA FM is the only station covering the whole of the > >Greater Barcelona area with three million inhabitants that > >provides an alternative to the commercial and institutional > >broadcasters. > > > >There is an enormous contrast between the atitude of the > >Barcelona City Council in promoting an open, modern city, the > >capital of the Mediterranean, and the fact that they have > >chosen our frequency, 91.0 FM, thus eliminating the only > >genuinely open, modern voice on the dial; when the City Council > >already has a municipal radio for each of the City's ten > >districts. > > > >Therefore, we ask you to support us by sending a letter or a > >fax to the Mayor of Barcelona at some of the following > >addresses: > > Alcalde de Barcelona > > AJUNTAMENT DE BARCELONA > > Pla_a de Sant Jaume s/n > > 08002 Barcelona > > SPAIN > > Fax: +34 3 3170139 > > http://www.bcn.es > > > >(We would be grateful if you could send a copy of your > >letter/fax to CONTRABANDA FM at: CONTRABANDA FM, Apartat 748, > >08080 Barcelona, Spain, fax: +34 3 4124710) > > > >Your letter to the Barcelona City Council should include the > >following points: > > > >* that the City Council should withdraw from 91.0 FM which > > is the frequency of CONTRABANDA FM. > > > >* the consitutional obligation of the competent authorities > > to guarantee and protect true pluralism on the airwaves. > > > >* that a city such as Barcelona has a need for a radio > > broadcasting option differing from those belonging to > > commercial interests or the administration. > > > >Thank you for your support! > > > > * * * > > > >This a letter that you may copy - either in english or in > >catalan - onto paper with your letter-head. Or you can write a > >letter in your own words and language, as Barcelona is a very > >international city...) > > > > > > > >To: The Mayor of Barcelona, Mr. Pasqual Maragall > > > > > >Dear Sir, > > > > We have been informed that your administration has been > >occupying CONTRABANDA FM's frequency, 91.0 FM, since 19th > >January 1996. > > > > This action of yours silencing CONTRABANDA FM has > >astounded us, as we value this radio's open, supportive role in > >giving a voice to immigrant and other social groups which are > >otherwise poorly represented. > > > > We wish to state our disappointment with the Barcelona > >City Council for not respecting CONTRABANDA FM's existence, a > >station which is known worlwide. > > > > We ask you, with all due respect, to recognise the > >existence of CONTRABANDA FM as a means of comunication > >essential for pluralism in the Metropolitan Area. We therefore > >request you return 91.0 FM to this station in order to > >guarantee its continuity. > > > > Firmly believing that you will do all in your power to > >ensure the conditions necessary for CONTRABANDA FM to function > >at 91.0 FM, we look forward to your reply at your earliest > >convenience. > > > > Yours sincerely, > > > > > > * * * > > > >Benvolgut senyor alcalde, Pasqual Maragall, > > > >ens hem assabentat que la vostra administracio ha ocupat la > >frequencia de CONTRABANDA FM, el 91.0, a partir del 19 de gener > >de 1996. > > > > > >Ens ha culpit aquesta actuacio vostra que ha aixafat > >CONTRABANDA FM, emissora que valorem per ser un mitja de > >comunicacio que dona veu a col.lectius d'immigrants i grups > >socials poc representats, pel seu plantejament obert i > >solidari. > > > > > >Volem expressar la nostra decepcio que a una ciutat com > >Barcelona l'Ajuntament no respecti l'existencia d'una rOdio > >reconeguda arreu del mon com es CONTRABANDA FM. > > > > > >Li preguem amb tots els nostres respectes que reconegui > >l'existencia de CONTRABANDA FM com a mitja de comunicacio > >imprescindible per a la pluralitat radiofonica a l'Orea > >metropolitana. Per tant, desitjariem que retornes el 91.0 a > >aquesta emissora i que en garantes la seva continuitat. > > > > > >Estem convencuts que fara tot el que estigui en les seves mans > >per assegurar les condicions que permetin el funcionament de > >CONTRABANDA FM, al 91.0. > > > > > >Ens acomiadem esperant la seva resposta. > > > > > >Cordialment, > > > > > > * * * > > > >Forwarded by: > >________________________________________________________ > >PULSAR: IMPULSO INFORMATIVO > >Email: bgirard@pulsar.org.ec > >http://www.web.apc.org/amarc/pulsar.html > >Tel: +(593-2) 525-521 Fax/Tel: +(593-2) 542-818 > >Avenida America 3584, Casilla 17-01-1171, Quito, Ecuador > > > > > > -- * distributed via nettime-l : no commercial use without permission * <nettime> is a closed moderated mailinglist for net criticism, * collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets * more info: majordomo@is.in-berlin.de and "info nettime" in the msg body * URL: http://www.desk.nl/nettime/ contact: nettime-owner@is.in-berlin.de