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| Dave Ettl |
Ettl, who co-hosts KIT 1280-AM’s morning news show, “more
than likely” will be off the air as long as he is in the race, Cheryl
Salomone, regional manager for Townsquare Media told the Yakima Herald-Republic.
So long as Ettl is on the air, federal law says that his
challengers for City Council in the Aug. 6 primary two other opponets can get
equal time on air if they request it.
Reynaga said Townsquare Media has offered to run 240
30-second spots on KIT to make up for the 120 minutes Ettl was on air after
filing to run.
Regardless of what he’s talking about, anytime Ettl is on
air, that time counts toward equal time for his opponents. There are a few
exceptions related to news coverage, such as if another station employee
interviews Ettl, the councilman.
Ettl’s last broadcast was May 17, the day after he filed to
run for re-election, although he has continued to write on the station’s
website.
What is going on with Kit? We will be listing and then it is cut off. Also when listening to CoasttoCoast, esp week-ends we will be listing to 12:00 pm and then the program starts over again. I am being forced to search to another station. The only one I can reach that has what we like to listen to. That is in Wenatchee and often it cannot be a good station. Do I want to sit in front of my computer for 4 hours to listen to my program? Needless to say I am frustrated. A response would be appreciated. This am was the frosting on the cake, didn't have anything but 10 minutes of news and then complete cut off. Alie M. Christianson achris@fairpoint.net
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