[KFCF Friends] Thanks to all who called Congress

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Thanks to all the friends of KFCF who called Congress to support 
reasonable rates and data reporting for streaming on the internet. While 
the "Day of Silence" was a success in terms of listener response and 
making Congress aware of the issue, the battle is not won yet. It is 
still quite possible that KFCF will cease streaming and providing 
program archives effective July 15th due to the impending  rate hikes 
and data reporting requirements.

Here's what the Radio and Internet newsletter is saying about the "Day 
of Silence:"


 From SaveNetRadio.org: "Organizers of (Tuesday's) Day of Silence... 
reported today that more than 14 million net radio listeners visited 
SaveNetRadio.org, and over 350,000 thousand phone calls were placed to 
Members of the House and Senate calling on Congress to enact legislation 
that would preserve the future of Internet radio during the day long 
protest.

"The Day of Silence was initiated by the Radio and Internet Newsletter 
(RAIN) and sponsored by the SaveNetRadio coalition.

"'The silence that greeted millions of Internet radio listeners 
yesterday certainly turned up the volume in Congress,' SaveNetRadio 
spokesperson, Jake Ward said. 'Yesterday's day of silence was a 
tremendous success but the clock continues to tick... it is time for 
Congress take action.'

"To date more than 400,000 emails and letters have been sent to Capitol 
Hill by supporters of Internet radio and an estimated half a million 
phone calls have been made to individual offices."