Media Minutes for May 1, 2009
Producer: Stevie Converse and Candace Clement
Length: 5:00

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An industry-backed bill in the North Carolina state legislature would squash attempts by cities and towns to follow the City of Wilson’s lead and build their own broadband networks. And local radio advocates lobbied Congress last week to pass the Local Community Radio Act.

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