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Comcast Merger Brings Hope for Minority Ownership

he letter also explained how Comcast planned to use the new venture capital fund to create a minimum of 10 new digital networks with African American majority ownership, as well as provide support for training, internship, and mentoring programs for minority students. The company also promised that within six months of closing the Comcast-NBCU merger, which officially occurred on January 28, it would extend its carriage of African American-oriented programming and services.

via broadbandandsocialjustice.org

Apr 25, 2011 3:41:16 PM

Radio Ink Magazine

The Federal Communications Commission will auction off 144 FM frequencies this week all across the country. 117 applicants have made up-front payments to participate in the auction which will take place Wednesday. The construction permits to be auctioned are for 144 new FM allotments, including 37 construction permits that were offered but not sold in auction 79. The CP's are for vacant FM allotments, reflecting FM channels assigned to the FM table of allotments. A mock auction will be held today by the commission to get the applicants ready for Wednesday. Everything is done online or by telephone.

via www.radioink.com

Apr 25, 2011 7:24:35 AM

Helen Sung "Going Express" on TN Jazz and Blues Society Website

Pianist and Composer Helen Sung's dynamic recording Going Express "is a nod to the New York City subway" and "a product of my restless nature to 'just get there already" says the 2007 winner of the Kennedy Center's Mary Lou Williams Piano Competition.

via www.jazzblues.org

Apr 24, 2011 5:29:27 PM

Jazz Articles: Jazz in Focus at Jazz Fest in New Orleans — By Lee Mergner — Jazz Articles

The jazz programming is handled by Gregory Davis, trumpeter and longtime leader of the Dirty Dozen Brass Band. Davis took a few minutes to talk with JT by phone about how jazz fits into the musical gumbo that is Jazz Fest.

via jazztimes.com

Apr 21, 2011 11:41:36 AM