Press Release: NHMC, Allies Urge FCC to Ensure Meaningful Rollout of Local Community Radio
Does your organization want to own a radio station? Please click to our LPFM Issues Page to find out more about community radio or Low-Power FM (LPFM) stations. To find out whether a Low Power FM (LPFM) station will be available in...
NHMC Press Release: Clear Channel's Company Culture of Hate Profiteering
Urges FCC To Fund Digital Literacy Training And Labor Costs In Schools And Libraries
Washington, D.C. - April 3, 2012 - Last night the National Hispanic Media Coalition ("NHMC") filed comments with the Federal Communications Commission (...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 21, 2012
NHMC Applauds Los Angeles City Council’s Passage of Resolution Against Hate Speech
L.A. City Council Denounces Hate on Clear Channel and KFI’s The John & Ken Show
Los Angeles, CA–(NHMC,...
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The National Hispanic Media Coalition (NHMC), the Center for Rural Strategies and the Center for Media Justice, in comments filed with the FCC late last night, is urging the agency to strengthen limits on the...
In a new report by the National Hispanic Media Coalition, TRENDS IN LATINO MOBILE PHONE USAGE, it’s revealed that Latinos aren’t just early adopters of mobile usage but “full embracers” using it to its full capacity. Read...
Los premios Impacto reconocen la labor de profesionales que mejoran la imagen de los latinos en los medios.
En la antesala de los Oscar, se celebra en Beverly Hills la gala de los premios Impacto, en reconocimiento a la labor de aquellos...
LOS ANGELES – The Black Eyed Peas’ Jaime Gomez, known as Taboo, is the 2012 recipient of the National Hispanic Media Coalition’s Outstanding Advocate for the Latino Community Impact Award.
“Taboo is not only a...
Kevin Uhrich 02/23/2012
Kobylt and Chiampou need to go, hopefully from the radio, but especially from TV. To paraphrase a salient element of all free speech debates, reasonable people can disagree on how goals should be accomplished —...
By STEVE MORRIS
Published: Thursday, February 16, 2012
The Pasadena-based National Hispanic Media Coalition is planning its annual awards gala next week to accentuate the positive in spite of what its president and CEO, Alex Nogales,...
Trends In Latino Mobile Phone Usage: And What They Mean For U.S. Telecommunications Policy - February 2012
Click here to read the full report
Un estudio revela que hispanos se conectan más a internet desde celulares
Los Ángeles, 16 feb (EFE).- Los hispanos usan más los teléfonos celulares, que las computadoras en casa, para navegar en internet, en...
Los Ángeles (EFE).- Los hispanos usan más los teléfonos celulares, que las computadoras en casa, para navegar en internet, en comparación con otros grupos étnicos, revela un estudio dado a conocer por La Coalici...
Talk Show Hosts on Los Angeles Radio Station Suspended
By Associated Press, Updated: Thursday, February 16, 3:41 PM
LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles radio station has pulled two popular talk radio hosts off the air...
Kobylt and Chiampou often rail against taxes and illegal immigration. The National Hispanic Media Coalition said last year that it targeted the show's advertisers to urge them to stop backing the program.
The group said the hosts promote hate speech...
KFI Radio Suspends John & Ken for Calling Whitney Houston a 'Crack Ho'
By Simone Wilson Thu., Feb. 16 2012 at 1:45 PM
The National Hispanic Media Coalition has been trying forever to make something like this happen, in response to John and Ken'...
February 16, 2012
A Q&A with Alex Nogales, president and chief executive of the National Hispanic Media Coalition, a Pasadena-based group advocating for better representation of Latinos in television and radio. Read full text.
Músicos latinos exigen restitución de rubros eliminados en los Grammy
jueves, 9 de febrero de 2012
E.J. Tamara / Prensa Asociada
Los músicos en desacuerdo están agrupados en la organización Grammy...
Grammy Protest Grows to 23,000 Signatures Strong
News
By Devon Maloney on February 10, 2012
"Under President Neil Portnow's leadership, NARAS has failed in its mission to honor, propagate and nurture all forms of American born...
February 09, 2012
By Justino Aguila, Los Angeles
At Thursday's press conference the group received support from members of Latino advocacy groups including presente.org and the National Hispanic Media Coalition's Inez Gonzalez, the...
by Joseph Torres
posted Feb 08, 2012
Public interest groups have waged a spirited campaign to prevent a corporate takeover of the Internet.
AT&T spared no expense in 2011 when it sought government approval of its $39 billion deal...
Miércoles, 8 de febrero de 2012
Univisión y Walt Disney Co. están en conversaciones para crear un canal de noticias 24 horas en inglés dirigido principalmente a latinos.
"Según Álex Nogales,...
By Josh Smith - January 31, 2012
The Federal Communications Commission voted on Tuesday to overhaul a subsidy program to provide communications services to low-income Americans.
(...)
U.S. Telecom, the National Hispanic Media...
Los Ángeles, 13 ene (EFE) -- Los mensajes de odio en los programas de radio en Estados Unidos alimentan una retórica extremista que se ha incrementado en los últimos años, de acuerdo con un nuevo estudio de la Coalici...
By Matt Coker Fri., Jan. 13 2012 at 7:11 AM
The National Hispanic Media Coalition released a report titled, "American Hate Radio: How a Powerful Outlet for Democratic Discourse Has Deteriorated into Hate, Racism and Extremism." Included...
By Dennis Romero
Fri., Jan. 6 2012 at 12:43 PM
Talk show hosts John & Ken (KFI AM 640) don't seem to have met an ethnic group they like....Media Matters says even after the National Hispanic Media Coalition's attack on the show and its...
By Maria L. La Ganga, Los Angeles Times
January 6, 2012
....The National Hispanic Media Coalition has called for an advertiser boycott and wants the commentators fired. The group lists more than a dozen firms on its website that it...
Combat Latino Hate Speech in Media
December 27, 2011 -- The National Hispanic Media Coalition’s Board of Directors has voted to approve the organization’s 2012 policy agenda. Among the Coalition’s top priorities are several...
By JOSEPH TORRES and CRAIG AARON, Hispanic Link News Service
editorials and opinion
12/23/2011 - When the FCC tried to gut its ownership rules in 2003 and again in 2007, the public was outraged.
Of public comments received by the...
22 December, 2011 04:15:00
The National Hispanic Media Coalition works to forward the concerns of its constituency on a number of fronts, but as its name suggests, the media gets a huge chunk of its focus. Among the issues that it will be...
By Amanda Peterson Beadle posted from ThinkProgress Justice on Dec 22, 2011 at 2:45 pm
Immigrant and minority groups are targeting advertisers of John Kobylt and Ken Chiampou's radio show.
To pressure the sponsors, the NHMC has...
By John Eggerton -- Broadcasting & Cable, 12/19/2011 6:42:04 PM
"AT&T officially surrenders," said the headline of one e-mail. "AT&T Finally Abandons Doomed Merger," said another. "We are thankful that...
Los Ángeles, 30 nov (EFE).- El mexicano Damian Bichir recoge los frutos de su trabajo con la nominación a Mejor Actor de los "Independent Spirit Award 2012" por su papel en la película "Una vida mejor" (...
Google Policy Fellowship 2012 - Application Due February 3, 2012
NHMC is excited to announce its participation in the Google Policy Fellowship Program-- which supports students and organizations working on policy issues...
La Opinión -- Wed, Nov 9, 2011 -- Los programas conservadores de radio están promoviendo un discurso de odio, racial y prejuiciosos en contra de los latinos, confirma un estudio realizado por el Centro de Investigación de...
Univision Los Ángeles -- Thu , Oct 27, 2011 -- El boicot organizado contra "John & Ken Show" de KFI AM 640 por la Coalición Nacional de Medios Hispanos (NHMC por sus siglas en inglés) ha recibido otro apoyo...
EFE -- Tue, Nov 8, 2011 -- El Centro de Estudios Chicanos de UCLA dio a conocer hoy los resultados del estudio “Cuantificando los Discursos de Odio en Programas de Radio Comercial”, que analiza el contenido de ciertos programas...
La Opinión -- Mon, Oct 10, 2011 -- Activistas proinmigrantes alertaron que un episodio como el ocurrido en Tucson, Arizona, el pasado 8 de enero, donde murieron seis personas y fue herida la congresista Gabrielle Giffords, pudiera...
AOL Latino -- Thu, Nov 10, 2011 -- Alex Nogales, presidente y director ejecutivo de la Coalición Nacional de Prensa Hispana (National Hispanic Media Coalition/NHMC) vaticinó que "en menos de dos meses" la campaña...
SCPR -- Mon, Nov 14, 2011 -- A UCLA study released last week examined the prevalence of anti-immigrant rhetoric on talk radio, measuring instances of “code words” and other negative references to immigrants, Latinos and other...
LA Weekly -- Tue, Nov 8, 2011 -- A UCLA study of broadcast hate speech, including a look at L.A.'s controversial John & Ken Show (KFI AM 640) found that two thirds of hateful statements analyzed targeted undocumented immigrants "and...
FOX Latino -- Wed, Nov 9, 2011 --Two conservative talk radio programs in the U.S. used hate speech to demean foreign nationals and racial, ethnic and religious minorities, according to a preliminary report by UCLA.
The two radio programs...
EFE Los Angeles -- Friday, Oct 14, 2011 -- The boycott of a talk show on Southern California radio said to be an “instigator of racial hate” has sparked protests in front of the radio station and is turning away advertisers.
(...)...
NBC Los Angeles -- Friday, Oct 14, 2011 -- by Yvonne Beltzer -- Alex Nogales of the National Hispanic Media Coalition leads a protest outside the studios of KFI. The demonstrators claim the show "John and Ken" engages in hate...
Los Angeles Times -- October 14, 2011 -- by Mark Kellam -- Verizon and AT&T Wireless have pulled their advertising off KFI's "John and Ken" show in response to a campaign by several Latino groups to drive the controversial radio talk...
NHMC and Its Allies to Hold a Demonstration against Hate Speech at KFI
Dear Supporter,
The 'Take John and Ken Off the Air' Campaign is going strong. Three major sponsors have already committed to cease sponsorship of KFI AM 640's "John and Ken...
LA Weekly
By Dennis Romero Tue., Oct. 11 2011 at 3:38 PM
Categories: Latinos
At least three major advertisers are pulling out of the John & Ken talk show on KFI AM 640 following pressure from the National Hispanic Media Coalition...
Politic365
By ADRIANA MAESTAS
John Kobylt and Kenneth Chiampouare among the most famous and unapologetic immigrant-bashers in the Los Angeles area media market. For nearly twenty years they’ve made immigration their biggest red...
Los Angeles Times
The KFI-AM hosts charge into an illegal-immigrant education issue, and objections result. They say they're exercising their freedom of speech — but that freedom is a two-way superhighway.
By James Rainey
October 5, 2011...
Activistas proinmigrantes afirman que existe una campaña de odio racial contra latinos en el programa “John and Ken Show".
Por EFE | 2011-10-07| La Opinión
Los Ángeles (EFE).- Una coalici...
OC Register
Published: Oct. 7, 2011 Updated: Oct. 10, 2011 3:55 p.m.
By JON CASSIDY / THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
A coalition of 20 interest groups has launched a campaign to end KFI's "John and Ken" show, saying their listeners befouled...
The Associated Press
Posted: 10/06/2011 04:21:46 PM PDT
LOS ANGELES—A Latino media group on Thursday urged a radio station to pull two popular talk radio hosts off the air after an advocate for immigrant rights reported receiving a barrage...
The Associated Press | Fecha: 10/07/2011
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Un grupo hispano de medios instó el jueves a una estación de radio a sacar del aire dos programas de radio...
Latinos Launch “Take John and Ken off the Air” Campaign
PASADENA—(NHMC – Oct. 06, 2011)—Greg Ashlock, the President and Market Manager of KFI...
Los Angeles Times -- Fri, Sep. 30, 2011 – "It was the last straw," said Alex Nogales, president and chief executive of the National Hispanic Media Coalition. "These guys have been at it day in and day out. It's the...
KTLA -- Fri, Sep. 30, 2011 – KTLA covered the launching of the NHMC’s campaign to take John and Ken off the air. Watch it here.
KCAL9 -- Fri, Sep. 30, 2011 – Watch the CBS affiliate take on NHMC’s campaign to take John and Ken off the air: http://cbsloc.al/pyECkC
KFPK -- Tue, Oct. 4, 2011 -- Southern California shock jocks, Jon Kobylt and Ken Chiampou of KFI-AM’s afternoon drive time the “Jon and Ken Show” have become the targets of a powerful Latino coalition. Listen to the interview. (...
Variety -- Fri, Sep. 30, 2011 -- That adage seems particularly true reading about the latest push -- this time by Latino activists -- to boycott KFI's John & Ken show and get the hosts, John Kobylt and Ken Chiampou, taken off the station....
OCWeekly -- Sat, Oct. 1, 2011 -- The funniest reaction, though, has been from KFI brass. Not only will they meet with the complaining Mexis (THAT should go well), but KFI market manager Greg Ashlock wrote a letter to NHMC president Alex Nogales on...
RBR.com -- Fri, Sep. 30, 2011 -- “It was the last straw,” said Alex Nogales, National Hispanic Media Coalition CEO. “These guys have been at it day in and day out. It’s the same ugly rhetoric.”…. The National...
Los Ángeles -- 23 Sep 2011 -- Dos locutores de radio de habla inglesa, John and Ken (640 AM), han llegado muy lejos con las provocaciones en contra de la comunidad latina.
"Todo tiene un límite," dijo hoy el...
The National Hispanic Media Coalition May Call a Boycott on Sponsors of the Radio Show
PASADENA—(NHMC – Sep 22, 2011)—Several representatives of leading Los Angeles Latino civil-rights groups met this morning at the National...
FCC’s New Rules a Step towards Ensuring that Consumers Are Treated Fairly Online
WASHINGTON, DC -- (NHMC – Sep 13, 2011) – The National Hispanic Media Coalition, NHMC, is pleased to learn of the Office of Management...
Documentary Will Debut Wednesday, September 21 at 10:00 PM ET on PBS
PASADENA—(NHMC – Sep 13, 2011)—The National Hispanic Media Coalition, NHMC, is promoting the documentary Not In Our Town: Light in the Darkness...
CONSUMER ALERT: US GOVERNMENT FINES PRE-PAID CALLING CARD COMPANIES FOR FRAUD - PROTECT YOURSELF FROM THIS ABUSE!
Consider the following facts: Latinos may be losing up to $1 million per day because of fraudulent prepaid...
eWeek -- Thu, Sep. 1, 2011 -- When you see the outpouring of comments regarding the antitrust lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on Aug. 31 to block the proposed merger of AT&T and T-Mobile, it brings to mind...
The Huffington Post -- Wed, Aug. 31, 2011 -- Though antitrust experts gave AT&T's controversial bid to buy T-Mobile little chance of being approved outright by regulators, AT&T said in a statement that it was "surprised" by...
The Hill -- Mon, Aug. 29, 2011 -- A coalition of public interest groups on Monday urged the Federal Communications Commission to declare that a San Francisco transit agency acted illegally when it blocked cellphone service earlier this month...
Bloomberg News -- Mon, Aug. 29, 2011 -- Technology groups asked U.S. regulators to declare that local governments may not block mobile-phone service, following temporary restrictions imposed by San Francisco’s transit agency....
NHMC: ‘An important step to protect consumers from AT&T’s attempt to eliminate competition.’
PASADENA, CA -- (NHMC - Aug 31, 2011) -- Today, the Department of Justice, DoJ, filed a complaint to block AT&T’s $39...
'La Opinión' -- Friday, August 12, 2011 -- Hasta hace unos días, George López podía presumir que era una de las celebridades latinas más afortunadas de la televisión anglohablante.
Después de...
'Variety' -- Wednesday, August 10, 2011 -- TBS' cancellation Wednesday of latenight series "Lopez Tonight" has also put the spotlight on the ratings performance of its lead-in, "Conan."
The latenighter hosted by comedian...
'San Francisco Chronicle' -- Sunday, August 7, 2011 -- A sports radio talk show host's short-lived Twitter posting calling Giants pitcher Ramon Ramirez an "illegal alien" had the Internet world in an uproar Saturday.
Tony Bruno, a...
National Latino Media Council Television Writers Program
APPLICATION DEADLINE EXTENDED
Fall 2011
The National Latino Media Council (NLMC) Television Writers Program submission period has been extended to August 19, 2011 for those...
PRESS RELEASE
July 6, 2011
For Immediate Release
Contact: Jessica Gonzalez
(310) 809-2577
jgonzalez@nhmc.org
GLAAD AND NHMC MEET WITH LIBERMAN BROADCASTING
EXECUTIVES TO DISCUSS José Luis Sin Censura
GLAAD, NHMC Disappointed in...
Consumer Alert: Changes Coming To The Lifeline Program That May Affect Your Telephone Bill
June 24, 2011 Pasadena, CA- If you receive discounts on your telephone service through the “Lifeline” program, you should know that changes are on...
To read this filing please click here.
PRESS RELEASE
June 2, 2011
For Immediate Release
Contact: Tatiana Arizaga
NHMC
(626) 792-6462
tarizaga@nhmc.org
Rich Ferraro
GLAAD
(646) 871-801
ferraro@glaad.org
AT&T, Time Warner Cable Pull Advertising from 'Jose Luis Sin Censura'
Two...
PRESS RELEASE
May 31, 2011
For Immediate Release
Contact: Tatiana Arizaga
(626) 792-6462
tarizaga@nhmc.org
NHMC and NiLP File Petition to Deny AT&T's Acquisition of T-Mobile
Washington, D.C. May 31, 2011 - Today, the National Hispanic...
PRESS RELEASE
May 26, 2011
For Immediate Release
Contact: Jessica J. González
(310) 809-2577
jgonzalez@nhmc.org
NHMC To Oppose AT&T’s Acquisition of T-Mobile
Washington, D.C. May 26,...
The National Latino Media Council
Proudly presents
The 2011 Television
Writers Program
SUBMISSION PERIOD NOW OPEN
The NLMC Television Writers Program submission period is now open for those writers who can write at...
PRESS RELEASE
April 7, 2011
For Immediate Release
Contact: Tatiana Arizaga
(626) 792-6462
tarizaga@nhmc.org
NHMC Opposes Repeal of Net Neutrality Rules
Washington, D.C. April 7, 2011 - Today, the House of Representatives will vote on a...
PRESS RELEASE
April 4, 2011
For Immediate Release
Contact: Tatiana Arizaga
(626) 792-6462
tarizaga@nhmc.org
NHMC Pleased to Introduce New Policy Counsel, Michael Scurato
Washington, D.C. April 4, 2011 - The National Hispanic Media...
PRESS RELEASE
April 6, 2011
For Immediate Release
Contact:
Tatiana Arizaga
NHMC
(626) 792-6462
tarizaga@nhmc.org
Rich Ferraro
GLAAD
(646) 871-801
ferraro@glaad.org
NHMC and GLAAD Decry José Luis Sin Censura's Disregard to Community Outcry...
PRESS RELEASE
March 10, 2011
For Immediate Release
Contact: Cat Mendez
(424) 250-0692
California Dream Act March
Michelle Phillips to Perform "California Dreamin" Hit Song as the Anthem of the March
Los Angeles, CA - On March...
PRESS RELEASE
February 28, 2011
For Immediate Release
Contact:
Tatiana Arizaga
NHMC
(626) 792-6462
tarizaga@nhmc.org
Rich Ferraro
GLAAD
(646) 871-801
ferraro@glaad.org
Yana Walton
WMC
(347) 813-1323
yana@womensmediacenter.org
NHMC AND...
MEDIA ADVISORY
February 23, 2011
For Immediate Release
Contact: Tatiana Arizaga
(626) 792-6462
tarizaga@nhmc.org
NHMC Adds Two More Latino Stars To Gala Honoree List
Zoë Saldana and Daniel Hernandez To Receive Impact Awards
Pasadena, CA...
Latin Heat Online
Posted on 01-21-2011
NHMCs Impact Awards 25 Year Celebration
February 25, 2011 at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel
Pasadena, CA -- The National Hispanic Media Coalition (NHMC)the non-profit, civil rights media advocacy organization,...
Where Do We Go After Tucson?
[SOURCE: The Huffington Post, AUTHOR: Alex Nogales] 1/20/11
On January 8th I watched in horror as news broke on the senseless shooting rampage in Tucson, Arizona. Over the past two weeks, we have joined in the national...
Título: TUCSON, EL ODIO Y LA VIOLENCIA.
Invitado: Raúl Grijalva.
Invitados Adicionales: Alex Nogales, Abogada Marielena Hincapié.
Conductor: Chelis López
Fecha: MARTES 18 DE ENERO 2011
Descripción: TUCSON, EL ODIO...
PRESS RELEASE
January 19, 2011
For Immediate Release
Contact: Tatiana Arizaga
(626) 792-6462
tarizaga@nhmc.org
Organizations Renew Long-Outstanding Requests for Examination of Hate Speech in Media
Washington, D.C. - Yesterday, the National...
“Un terrible año para latinos en la televisión”
Por Arturo Varela
17:59 | 12/16/10
“Este fue un año terrible para los latinos en las cadenas de televisión”, dijo Alex Nogales, presidente de la...
Holding the Television Networks Accountable to the Latino Community
By Alex Nogales (January 13, 2011)
The National Latino Media Council (NLMC) issued its annual report cards last month grading the four major television networks on their...
PRESS RELEASE
January 10, 2011
For Immediate Release
Contact: Tatiana Arizaga
(626) 792-6462
tarizaga@nhmc.org
Statement of the National Hispanic Media Coalition on the Heinous Shooting in Tucson, Arizona
Pasadena, CA. - The National...
PRESS RELEASE
December 21, 2010
For Immediate Release
Contact: Tatiana Arizaga
(626) 792-6462
tarizaga@nhmc.org
NHMC Statement on Network Neutrality
Pasadena, CA.- Today the FCC enacted "network neutrality" rules, designed with...
NHMC is excited to announce its participation in the Google Policy Fellowship Program-- which supports students and organizations working on policy issues fundamental to the future of the Internet and its users.
Applications for 2011 fellowship...
PRESS RELEASE
December 7, 2010
For Immediate Release
Contact: Tatiana Arizaga
(951) 256-6825
tarizaga@nhmc.org
2010 Television Networks "Report Cards" Reflect a Striking Decline in Latino Diversity
National Latino Media Council...
Adds that FCC should not weigh in on applying regs to specialized services until more info collected
[SOURCE: Broadcasting & Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton] 10/13/10
The divide over network neutrality rules between coalitions of groups...
Look What's Missing from Daytime TV
[SOURCE: AOL News, AUTHOR: Galina Espinoza] 9/17/10
Recent news from the world of daytime television has heralded some dramatic changes: the decline of soap operas. The remaking of talk shows from...
This week NHMC joined Latinos for Internet Freedom, a collection of organizations dedicated to preserving an open and neutral internet. Latinos for Internet Freedom include:
* La Asamblea de Derechos Civiles
* CARECEN San Francisco
* Center...
[SOURCE: Cafe Media Magazine, AUTHOR: Benjamin Ortiz] 8/17/10
The buxom bombshell named Sabrina Solano stops her man Chuy drop-dead cold with impeccably arched eyebrows and a sizzling point-blank glare, as piercing as an actual bullet....
[SOURCE: Politics and Culture, AUTHOR: Chon Noriega] 8/10/10
What a difference a year makes! On June 3-6, 1999, nearly 300 Latino producers and supporting individuals and institutions met in San Francisco, California. It was the...
[SOURCE: Technology Marketing Corporation News, AUTHOR: George Bao] 7/19/10
America is suffering from a " digital divide" with many Americans either can not afford high speed Internet or without service, and government subsidies...
[SOURCE: San Diego City Beat, AUTHOR: Dave Maass] 7/28/10
One thing you can say about San Diego Union-Tribune editor Jeff Light is that he isn’t afraid to face his critics, whether that’s CityBeat, art patrons, or the...
[SOURCE: Latin American Herald Tribune, AUTHOR: Yasmin Rincon] 7/23/10
No longer just the bad guys, criminals or drug traffickers, "We're still not where we want to be, but we have changed the numbers and the realities, we have...
[SOURCE: San Diego City Beat, AUTHOR: Dave Maass] 7/12/10
This past Friday, San Diego’s cultural elite took San Diego Union-Tribune editor Jeff Light to task at a public discussion in La Jolla for laying off Robert Pincus, the paper...
We are now accepting applications for this program, which has successfully placed over a dozen writers in television shows.
[SOURCE: The Huffington Post] 7/9/10
by Alex Nogales
President & CEO, NHMC
When Comcast announced last fall that it planned to merge with NBC Universal, few were more skeptical of the deal than I was.
As I stated in my testimony...
CPB/PBS Diversity and Innovation Fund
Request for Proposals
Weekly, Primetime Television Series
Objective
This RFP, the first from the Diversity and Innovation Fund, is designed to solicit proposals to provide the NPS with a new, weekly,...
Daily Variety
June 8, 2010
The conventional wisdom in Washington continues to be that Comcast's combination with NBC Universal will eventually get the greenlight, so the hearing before five members of the House Judiciary Committee was less about...
NHMC Testifies on Proposed Comcast and NBCU Merger at the Judiciary Committee Hearing
Los Angeles, CA - On June 7, 2010 NHMC President and CEO, Alex Nogales, testified on the proposed merger of Comcast and NBC Universal at a hearing before the U.S....
May 11, 2010
America's Voice and America's Voice Education Fund wrote a letter to the Commissioner of Baseball- American League Baseball, Bud Selig, asking that he denounces the law by cancelling the 2011 Major League Baseball's All Star Game in...
In the wake of Arizona Governor Jan Brewer’s decision to sign SB 1070, state legislation that essentially
sanctions racial profiling as accepted police practice, the undersigned organizations join a growing
number of groups across the country...
Broadcasting & Cable
May 7, 2010
Legislators Call For Multiple Comcast/NBCU Hearings
Members want full review on diversity, labor and community relations
Some four dozen legislators led by Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) have called on the FCC to hold...
The Wrap
May 6, 2010
Black, Hispanic Congressmen Question Comcast/NBCU Diversity
Forty-six congressmen -- many from the Congressional Black Caucus and from the Congressional Hispanic Caucus – Thursday night called on the Federal Communications...
32 Organizations Urge the FCC to Address
Hate Speech in Media
Groups ask the Commission to act now!
Washington, D.C. - Today (May 7, 2010), the National Hispanic Media Coalition (NHMC) filed comments in the FCC's proceeding on the Future...
Latin Heat Online
The National Hispanic Media Coalition (NHMC) celebrated its 13th Annual Impact Awards Gala at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel on a beautiful Friday night. ...
World News
March 12, 2010
U.S. census is immigration debate's newest flashpoint - Worldnews.com
Alex Nogales discusses Immigration Reform updates as well as giving information on the ... Alex Nogales of the National Hispanic Media Coalition...
For years certain groups have been dehumanized and misrepresented on mainstream media. Now YOU can do something about it!
In January of 2009, the National Hispanic Media Coalition filed a petition for inquiry at the Federal...
FMQB: Radio Industry News, Music Industry Updates, Arbitron Ratings, Music News and More!
March 9, 2010
A coalition of public interest organizations - including the Center for Media Justice, Center for Rural Strategies, Free Press, Media Access...
Playing Iraq vet, helicopter pilot and sometime EMT Marisa Benez on NBC’s Trauma, which returns to Monday nights on Mar. 8, Aimee Garcia never gets to glam it up in designer dresses, diamonds, dramatic makeup, or daring hairdos. No...
The Wall Street Journal-3/5/2010
The Telenovela Goes Narco
The drug lords of Latin America cross the border, from Telemundo to 'Breaking Bad'
By AMY CHOZICK
Blinded by a world of easy money, Catalina, a beautiful but poverty-stricken young girl,...
On top of that were comedy albums that friends and I bought, shared, swapped. A terrific mix of old and new. I loved Bob Newhart's button-down mind, both Bill Cosby's high-concept and well-observed family stuff, Allan Sherman, Nichols and May,...
Following on NALIP's tradition of honoring media advocates including Lilian Jimenez in 2001, Ricardo Montalban in 2002, Richie Perez in 2004, Raul Yzaguirre in 2005, Helen Hernandez in 2006, Edward James Olmos in 2007, Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez in...
Regarded as one of the entertainment industry’s leading spokespersons for Hispanic media advocacy, Alex Nogales has dedicated his career to creating employment opportunities for American Latinos in front of and behind the camera in...
Alex Nogales, president and CEO of the National Hispanic Media Coalition, and actor Tony Plana, currently on Ugly Betty, talk about how the networks are doing in their efforts to increase Latino involvement in their productions.
Approximately 1,000 leaders and activists attended the 4th NationalLatino Congreso (NLC) in El Paso at the Camino Real during Jan 29-31. The NLC hosted delegations from over 100 organizations and elected officials for the three day convention on...
Narrative and Report Card
Washington, D.C. - This afternoon the National Hispanic Media Coalition (NHMC) submitted comments to the Federal Communications Commission urging the agency to adopt regulations to promote and preserve an open, neutral and nondiscriminatory...
A response to the decision of the Federal Communications Commission(FCC) that Logan Airport cannot prevent Continental Airlines from operating an independent Wifi system for the benefit of Continental customers...
To read the full press release...
2006 City of Philadelphia Resolution - October, 2006
http://webapps.phila.gov/council/attachments/2924.pdf
The National Hispanic Media Coalition is mentioned in this Wikipedia article about the FCC. The information is under the Diversity section, please click here to read the full article:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Communications_Commission#Diversity.
Latino television viewers are undercounted by the company that has a monopoly on measuring TV audiences, hurting the odds of success for Latino-oriented programs, a group claims.Nielsen Media Research's methodology is at fault, a study released this...
