Would You Give This Candidate Free Airtime?

10-21-14

This plea for free airtime comes from Republican incumbent Clayton Fiscus who says because his opponent John Pulasky reads the weather on KATL-AM in Miles City, he deserves an equal amount of time from the station to campaign. KATL station manager Donald Richard told the Billings Gazette it's not going to happen. "It might be possible to receive faint audio of KATL 770 AM?s signal in Billings, but Billings isn?t part of the area in which KATL provides ?city-grade? service, neither is the legislative district for which Fiscus and Pulasky are competing. If you look at the line, what we consider our city-grade line, we?re 30 miles, 40 miles from Billings. The FCC sets up protections for radio stations.? The Gazette reports Fiscus cost Pulasky his job at Northern Broadcasting five months earlier, where he did the weather for 24 years.

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Clear Channel Donates Airtime to 9/11 Nonprofit

8-16-2012

Clear Channel Communities, the community engagement division of Clear Channel, and MyGoodDeed, the 9/11 nonprofit which annually organizes the federally-recognized 9/11 Day of Service and Remembrance announced they will team up to again observe the anniversary of 9/11. Clear Channel will participate with millions of dollars in donated media including radio air time, digital billboard placement and employee engagement.

Beginning on August 20, and running through September 11, 2012, Clear Channel will air tens of thousands of on-air public service messages across its 850 radio stations nationwide and through the iHeartRadio digital radio platform.  People can choose to volunteer, donate to charities of their choice, or simply dedicate time on 9/11, or another day, doing something good for others. Additionally, the ?I Will? campaign will appear on a series of Clear Channel Outdoor Americas digital billboards across the U.S. from now through September 11, and will highlight the diversity of tributes.

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