Sinclair Pre-Empts Nightline, and SIU Student Beats Censorship

In the first half of the show we cover Sinclair Broadcast Group’s decision to pre-empt Nightline on its ABC stations, and in the second Drew talks to an Southern Illinois Student who challenged conduct charges against him for protest activity, and won.

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Entry at Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/mg043004

Bonus Audio: Amy Goodman talk at WEFT Benefit

Amy Goodman, host of Pacifica’s Democracy Now, gave a 50-minute talk as part of her book tour in support of The Exception to the Rulers: Exposing Oily Politicians, War Profiteers, and the Media that Love Them.

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Entry at Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/MediageekAmyGoodmanWeftTalk042304

Interview with Amy Goodman, host of Democracy Now

Features a live in-sutdio interview with Amy Goodman, host of nationally syndicated daily radio news program Democracy Now and author of The Exception to the Rulers: Exposing Oily Politicians, War Profiteers, and the Media That Love Them.

In this interview Goodman discussed how she got her start in journalism and the power of independent journalism.

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Entry at Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/mg042304

Urbana-Champaign IMC Zine Library

Features an interview with Adam Davis, zine librarian at the U-C IMC Library. First segment of the program is a breaking news report from a just-ended sit-in at the University of Illinois administration building held by activists protesting the University’s racist mascot.

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Entry  at Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/mg041604

Media Ownership in Central Illinois: Part 2, TV

Paul and Drew take a hard look at who owns what media in Champaign-Urbana. In part 2 the focus is TV. Unlike radio and newspapers, for television Champaign-Urbana is part of a larger market including Springfileld and Decatur. Paul takes a close look at the two largest companies that own stations in Central Illinois: Nexstar and Sinclair Communications.

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Entry at Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/mg040904

Media Ownership in Champaign-Urbana part 1

Paul and Drew take a hard look at who owns what media in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois. In part 1 the focus is radio and newspapers. Drew takes a closer look at the Illini Media Company, which owns WPGU-FM, the Daily Illini newspaper and the alternative weekly, the Buzz.

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Entry at Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/mg040204

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