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Haitian have the highest illiteracy, mortality, and poverty rates in the Western Hemispher.

Jim Burns also in the "mikey"/clearchannel fight talks about relations of clearchannel/Bush

Unknown pirate broadcaster slams the FCC

India weeks playing shock jock 'Mikey the perpertrator"from clearchannel local station KSJO promoting child abuse and explains their fight to get him off the air.

selected comments from public at FCC localism mtg.

Bonus outtake from Wednesday's edition of Free Speech Radio News....

Last night in Monterey, CA the Federal Communications Commision held the fourth of six public hearings on local broadcast media. Citing a scheduling conflict, FCC Chairman Michael Powell missed the proceeding. It's the second consecutive localism hearing he didn't attend. Powell created the task force on localism last year, to quell public outrage over a partisan plan to relax media ownership rules, allowing one company to own newspapers, TV, and radio stations in the same market. Vinny Lombardo reports

Audio of Local commercial media (KSBW ch8)coverage of pirate radio station Free Radio Santa Cruz during FCC visit to Monterey localism meeting.