A Note From ValleyPBS

Posted on | by jpmktg

ValleyPBS urgently needs your help. Please read the message from the 170 Million Americans listserve below. If you have not already signed up to stay abreast of important public broadcasting federal funding alerts, please do so now at 170MillionAmericans.org, and please tell a friend to do the same through Facebook or by email.

 

We’ve got another hurdle to clear. Just last week we asked you to contact your Senators and urge them to oppose Senator Jim DeMint’s (R-SC) efforts to eliminate funding for public broadcasting. And you and your fellow advocates responded in volumes – sending over 12,000 emails and placing countless calls to Senators, while tweeting and Facebooking hundreds of messages pledging support of public broadcasting. And we thank you for using your voice to help protect public broadcasting.Unfortunately, a new threat to public broadcasting has surfaced. Congressman Doug Lamborn (R-CO) is circulating a letter in the House of Representatives asking that the federal government eliminate funding for public broadcasting. To make matters worse, Congressman Lamborn has introduced legislation, H.R. 68, to cut all funding for public broadcasting.

Today, we ask you to make your voice heard in the House of Representatives as you and your fellow advocates did last week in the Senate –sending thousands of emails, placing numerous calls, tweeting and Facebooking your support of public broadcasting.

Call, email, tweet or Facebook your Representative in the House of Representatives today and ask them to SUPPORT PUBLIC BROADCASTING and urge them NOT TO SIGN CONGRESSMAN LAMBORN’S LETTER and NOT TO COSPONSOR H.R. 68, both of which would eliminate funding for public broadcasting.

Please call Rep. Jeff Denham at (202) 225-4540 TODAY and tell them to support public broadcasting, and oppose Congressman Lamborn’s letter and legislation (HR 68).

To send an email to your Member of Congress, click here.
Tweet: @Your Member of Congress I urge you to support public broadcasting: I do. http://170MillionAmericans.org #standupforpublicbroadcasting

Facebook: Congressman Doug Lamborn from Colorado is pushing a letter and legislation to eliminate funding for public broadcasting. This would cut unparalleled in-depth news, educational shows for all ages, and local programming. These are programs that are important to us all. More than 170 Million Americans access public media every month!  Protect your local station: Join us at 170 Million Americans for Public Broadcasting and call your Representative today and ask them to support public broadcasting!

Please call your Representative today and ask them to support public broadcasting and urge them NOT to sign Congressman Lamborn’s Letter and NOT   to co-sponsor H.R. 68.

Thanks for all that you do,

Stacey Karp and Lisa Radzak
170 Million Americans for Public Broadcasting

P.S. Please forward this message to any friends or family members that value their local public broadcasting station and would be interested in protecting its future.