JAN 28: ELECTED OFFICIALS,
COMMUNITY ADVOCATES & HIP HOP COMMUNITY TO RALLYAGAINST HOT 97 HATE
RADIO
Contact: John Choe
(646) 296-1455
WHEN:
Friday, January 28, 2005 from 11:00 AM to 12:00 noon
WHERE: In front
of HOT 97 WQHT-FM Studios
395 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10014
Directions: take the 1 Train to Houston St, walk one block west.
WHO: Members of
the New York City Council
Representatives of groups organizing Tsunami relief efforts
Representatives of the hip hop community
Council Member John C. Liu will lead a rally of outraged New Yorkers
in front of the studios of WQHT-FM "Hot 97" Radio to demand
that management and owners Emmis Communications take responsibility for
the production and repeated broadcasts of Hot 97's so-called "Tsunami
Song," which is the subject of a complaint sent to the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC) by members of the New York City Council.
CM Liu stated, "The reprehensible conduct of the Hot 97 Miss Jones
in the Morning Show hosts and station management has generated universal
outrage across the nation. We will hold them absolutely accountable."
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