Thursday Nov 3rd Show was a presentation of a live press conference held Wed 11/2/11. Lots of info with speakers from 4 MACCS school students, Steve Ranieri, Simon P, Bd mbr Roger Finzel, one of the main speakers and MC of sorts. There was a lot of updating and info on the status of the Channel. Pro-View rep (C 26), Steve Mills,ex bd mbr Marvin Gladsone and several others addressed the press and community members.
Tar Sands Oil Extraction - The Dirty Truth
The Indymedia News Hour airs every Thursday from 7 to 8 PM. There are three ways to watch the show.
Friday morning was a bad one for Erica Jones. She's the community outreach coordinator for Quote ... Unquote, Inc., the operator of public access channel 27 and Encantada channel 26.
On Friday, Oct. 21, city officials showed up at QUQ's headquarters to inventory equipment and deliver a message: The nonprofit had lost its contract after 30 years.
"QUQ was also criticized for trying to be so widely involved in the community"
"That's how the staff found out," Jones says. "I got to the station and there were people at the door waiting."
Executive Director Steve Ranieri was home recovering from surgery when his employees unlocked the doors for the city officials. "The staff felt like it was being raided," he says. "Some of them felt nervous and scared. I think it was a police mentality, and it's totally unjustified." (more at the Alibi)
Media Release: October 31, 2011
City Threatens Shut Down of Free Speech Channel
ALBUQUERQUE, NM--On Friday, October 28, 2011, the City of Albuquerque announced its intention to end a 30-year relationship with the award-winning Public Access TV provider Quote-Unquote.
In a turnabout that will cost the City of Albuquerque $117,000 more than Quote-Unquote’s proposal, the City recommendation went to uPublicTV, which until now has yet to produce any broadcast content. For over a year, it has had the Educational Access Channel but has failed to activate any TV programming. (more)
Occupy Albuquerque. -- Occupy Wall Street
Yesterday New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg alleged that Occupy Wall Street participants at Liberty Square (Zuccotti Park) are chasing criminals out of the park instead of reporting them to police. In reality, Occupy Wall Street has its own well-trained internal security force, but this team does not substitute for the police when it comes to criminal activity that threatens our community or local residents. Occupy Wall Street participants have called upon police on occasions when people with predatory intentions have come into the park and engaged in illegal and destructive behavior, and have in fact turned over criminals to the NYPD. (more) www.occupywallst.org
11 a.m. SATURDAY, NOV. 5 – RALLY at Bank of America – 6605 Uptown Blvd. NE We, Albuquerque, NM the 99%, will no longer support the rampant greed and unethical business practices of the 1% destroying our communities. Enough is enough! Nosotros, el 99%, ya no soportamos la codicia ni los practicos de negocio no eticos del [...]
