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- From: George DeVinney <73437.1501@CompuServe.COM>
- Subject: NBC & Domestic Violence
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.194437.19467@mont.cs.missouri.edu>
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- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 19:44:37 GMT
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- For those interested in the following repost on encouraging NBC to do a
- superbown PSA on domestic violence, NBC Sports pres Dick Ebersol's fax
- number is (212) 664-5835. NBC voice in (212) 664-4444. They are doing a PSA
- during the *pre game* but not during game time. I guess the $850,000 per 30
- second paid commercial is more important to NBC than a few battered women.
-
- George DeVinney
-
- repost follows
-
- Forwarded message:
- >From POMONA.CLAREMONT.EDU!JRYCENGA Wed Jan 20 11:52:44 1993
-
- >> Super Bowl Sunday - which this year is January 31, here in southern
- California at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena - is the single worst day for
- domestic violence in the USA. There is an increase of as much as 40% in the
- volume handled by domestic violence shelters on this day.
-
- ....
-
- >> What I am asking of you - and all your friends (please PLEASE cross-post
- this to _any_ lists you can think of) - is to help us with a FAX/LETTER
- blitz on NBC, asking for these PSA's. Here is a sample letter:
-
- Dick Ebersol
- President, NBC Sports
- NBC
- 30 Rockefeller Plaza
- New York, NY 10112
-
- Dear Mr. Ebersol:
-
- I would like to add my support to FAIR's request that you air two Public
- Service Announcements on domestic violence during the Super Bowl game. The
- Super Bowl is one of the most widely viewed television events of the year;
- it is also the day, according to women's shelters, when calls for help
- increase by as much as 40%.
-
- Your broadcast of the Super Bowl will reach a huge audience. By airing
- PSAs, NBC will be bringing a national audience's attention to the critical
- issue of domestic violence.
-
- Sincerely,
-
-
-
-