OK folks, here's what we need to do. Steve Soto laid it out here:
The FCC rules state that anyone who has an interest, presumably a local interest, in the renewal of a TV license may file either an informal objection or a more formal petition that must meet specific requirements. Note that Petitions to Deny are required to be filed with the FCC one month in advance of the station's license expiration date. According to the FCC's schedule of station expiration dates by state, any move to file Petitions to Deny or objections in advance of the station's license expiration date are already too late to be accepted for Sinclair stations in Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, or the District of Columbia, as the expiration date has passed and the file has closed. However, note that there still is time to organize and file Petitions or objections by November 1, 2004 for Sinclair stations in North Carolina and South Carolina, and for Florida by January 1, 2005.
I am an attorney in Washington State, and I have drafted a generic, formal Petition to Deny renewal of the license of any station that complies with the Sinclair directive to air the Republican-produced propaganda bullshit, 'Stolen Honor.' My generic petition can be found in Word format here. As an ironic sidenote, I based the petition on two petitions lodged by Brent Bozell (see this and this), who is apparently obsessed with masturbation.
My proposal is that we build on the suggestions identified by Steve Soto. I am seeking local attorneys in the North Carolina, South Carolina, and Florida television markets identified here to complete and execute my generic petition. If you fit this bill, please download and complete my petition. Before you execute the petition by having it notarized, it seems to me that it should be sent to each of the subject affiliate television stations with a warning letter indicating that if the station does not refuse the Sinclair directive, its license will be challenged.
For more information on this issue please see the following well-reasoned Josh Marshall posts here and here, as well as this excellent diary on potential shareholder derivative actions against Sinclair.
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