Please contact stations censoring tonight's Nightline (see story below)and Sinclair Broadcasting who has directed them to censor the show.
You can also find out who advertises with your local station and contact them.
Thanks to various DUers for contributing to this information! Any additional information and suggestions are welcome.
Stations Known to Be Pulling Nightline
**Please Look at the list further down to see if your station is owned by Sinclair if it is ABC contact them to see if they will be airing the show.
Contact the Sinclair Broadcast Group at 410-568-1500 and ask them why they refuse to acknowledge those who have served this country honorably.
You can also contact your local affiliate:
WXLV, Greensboro, Winston-Salem, High Point NC 336-274-484
WEAR, Pensacola 850-456-3333
KDNL, St. Louis
WSYX, Columbus OH 614-481-6666
WLOS, Asheville NC 828-684-1340
WCHS, Charleston, Huntington W VA 304-346-5358
WGGB, Springfield MA (413) 733-4040
WTXL, Tallahassee (850)893-4140
television stations owned by Sinclair (only ABC stations carry Nightline)
WTTA - Tampa
KMWB - Minneapolis
WPGH and WCWB - Pittsburgh
KOVR - Sacramento
KDNL - St Louis
WBFF and WNUV - Baltimore
WTTV and WTTK - Indianapolis
WLFL and WRDC - Raleigh - Durham
WZTV and WUXP - Nashville
WCGV and WVTV - Milwaukee
WSTR - Cincinnati
KSMO - Kansas City
WTTE and WSYX - Columbus
WFBC and WLOS - Asheville
KABB and KRRT - San Antonio
WTTO, WABM and WDBB - Birmingham
WTVZ - Norfolk
WUTV - Buffalo
KOCB and KOKH - Oklahoma City
WXLV and WUPN - Greensboro
WKEF and WRGT - Dayton
KVWB and KFBT - Las Vegas
WCHS and WVAH - Charleston
WRLH - Richmond
WEAR and WFGX - Mobile
WSMH - Flint
WDKY - Lexington
KDSM - Des Moines
WSYT and WNYS - Syracuse
KBSI and WDKA - Paducah
WUHF - Rochester
WGME - Portland
WMSN - Madison
WEMT - Tri-Cities
WGGB - Springfield
WYZZ - Peoria
WTWC - Tallahassee
WMMP and WTAT - Charleston
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contact info.
Alabama
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CA
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IL
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N. Carolina
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Oklahoma
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S. Carolina
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TX
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Background:
http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000103&sid=aqgo9j99xhd4&ref... Sinclair to Preempt `Nightline' on ABC Stations, Cites Politics
April 29 (Bloomberg) -- Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. ordered its ABC affiliates to preempt tomorrow's broadcast of ``Nightline,'' which will air the names and photos of U.S. military personnel who have died in combat in Iraq, saying the move is politically motivated.
``Despite the denials by a spokeswoman for the show, the action appears to be motivated by a political agenda designed to undermine the efforts of the United States in Iraq,'' the company said in a faxed statement. Sinclair, which owns 62 U.S. television stations, said ABC is disguising political statements as news content.
Nightline anchor Ted Koppel will read the names of the more than 500 members of the U.S. armed forces killed in Iraq as their photos air in pairs, the network has said. Their names, ranks, branches of service, hometowns and ages will be listed under the photos. The entire broadcast will be devoted to reading the names.
The 30-minute program airs at 11:35 p.m. New York time on ABC, a unit of the Walt Disney Co. It will include those certified as killed in action by the Pentagon between March 19, 2003, and the date of the broadcast. Because of the list's size, Nightline will only be able to devote seconds to each casualty, executive producer Leroy Sievers said Tuesday.
Sinclair owns stations affiliated with ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, WB and UPN in 39 markets.
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Mark Hyman, Sinclair corporate relations director:
Hyman donated $2,061 to Republican State Central Committee of Maryland in 2000 according to the Federal Election Commission's Web site.
Sinclair also has a political action committee that has given $37,200 to Republican candidates since 1997. The company gave $2,600 to Democratic candidates over the same time span.
The donations included $5,000 to President Bush in 1999 and to $2,000 U.S. Rep. Richard Burr, R-N.C., in 2002.
............A question of politics