My Backyard

To the Editor;

Like most major industries in this country, radio stations are struggling to stay afloat. For a variety of reasons, but chiefly due to a decrease in their lifeblood – advertising dollars – stations all across the country are in dire consequences.

 Add to this a move by the major record companies lobbying Congress to establish a ’performance tax’, and it would ensure a decline in diversity and quality programming  that you’ve come to know from free, over-the-air radio.

 The foreign owned record companies are lobbying Congress in attempts to pass a bill that would force your local radio stations to pay for the music that’s currently provided to you (the listener) free of charge.

 Over 250 stations have been forced off the air in the last year, but if this bill is to pass expect many more to fail. Those that survive won’t sound like the stations that you recognize today.

You can help to stop this corporate greed by the major record companies and also keep government bureaucrats from deciding the price of your music by contacting your  Senators and Representatives, in Washington. Tell them to oppose the ‘performance  tax’ by co-sponsoring the “Supporting Local Radio Freedom Act.” If you prefer, you can also reach your Members of Congress directly by calling the Capitol switchboard, at 202-224-3121. Let’s not allow something else that we love to be taken away from us.

Mark C. Ambrose

Attleboro, MA 02703

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