As Yogi Berra said, “It ain’t over till it’s over”. About a month ago Radio America’s Roger Hedgecock sounded the alarm on censorship plots being hatched in Washington. The response was incredible. Americans - right, left and center - are angry and want to fight censorship!

It remains to be seen whether this will be a direct fight against the Fairness Doctrine itself, or one that involves a battle against indirect measures to censor such as the creation of localism and diversity guidelines for programming monitored by “advisory” boards.

Since the announcement of our Fairness Doctrine Fight, radio has been attacked on other fronts as well. The little known Spectrum Tax for radio stations in the Obama budget and Nancy Pelosi’s proposal to loosen media consolidation rules to aid newspapers are new fights that appear to be singling out radio. Is it Fair for newspapers to have one set of rules and Talk Radio and the broadcast media to have another?

This is a fight for the future of radio and right now we are building an online army of hosts, announcers, producers, engineers, local leaders, friends and family who value free radio in our lives and in our communities. There is strength in numbers. We can win and we need your help.

In the coming weeks we will be making PSAs and web banners available for your stations to help educate and motivate your listeners to this threat. You can lead this fight in your market.

This cause is central to our industry and we appreciate you spreading the word. I look forward to any feedback you may have.