Freedom
Of Speech Under Attack
Peoples
Community Radio Link (P.C.R.L 103.5 FM)
Website: www.pcrlfm.co.uk
e-mail: pcrl103fm@hotmail.com
On Friday
23rd January 2004 @ Birmingham Crown Court, Three Founder Members Of
Europe's longest and first Black Radio Station Peoples Community
Radio Link (P.C.R.L), Were Fined A Total Of £13,000.
Cecil
Morris: Founder
and Former Head Of Station Was fined £8,000 and also given a 9
Month Prison Sentence Suspended For 2 Years.
Anthony Jeffers: Former
Head Of Programming Was Fined £3,000 + 200 Hours Community Service.
Michael Norton:
DJ & Black Historian Was Fined £2,000 + 120 Hours Community Service.
Brief History.
Birmingham
Based P.C.R.L & its Forerunner Radio Star have served the
community of Birmingham and the surrounding area for the past 25
years. Radio Star Came about After The Riots In Handsworth In 1981,
Through Frustration and Lack Of Opportunity Of The Dis-Enfranchised
Community. In May 1985 After Continued Unrest In the Community
P.C.R.L Was Formed.
Some Of
Our Achievements:-
-
Raised
Monies For Birmingham Children's Hospital (£1,500) and Sickle
Cell Anaemia.
-
Promoting
Black History.
-
Promoted
Health & Educational Themes.
-
Promoted Empowerment.
-
Addressed
Political & Religious Issues From A Black Perspective.
-
Sponsored
Various Sports Teams. (Capricorn Netball Team £800)
-
Sponsored
Jamaican University Student To The Tune Of £1,000
-
Promoting
Young Talent.
-
Daily
Gospel Programmes.
-
Campaign
Against Gun Violence.
-
Re-Dressed
The Imbalance In Media.
-
Created
An Outlet For Free Speech!
-
-
What
Can The Community Do?
-
Contribute
Monies To Pay The £13,000 P.C.R.L Court Fine To:
Name
Of Bank: Lloyds TSB 162 Soho Road Handsworth Birmingham
Bank
Account Name: Handsworth Defence Campaign.
Sort
Code: 77-85-20
Account
No: 18550860
(Remember
You can Contribute At Any Branch In The World.)
BLACK
PEOPLE WE HAVE BEEN THERE FOR YOU, 25 YEARS! - WILL YOU BE
THERE FOR US?
PCRL
would like to thank all the people for the donations made in
particular Beenie Brown and The Nation of Islam (UK)
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BACKGROUND:
Birmingham
based Peoples Community Radio Link (P,C.R.L) came into being in May
1985 out of the frustration and lack of representation in media for
certain dis-franchised groups, the ethos was about self
determination, freedom of speech and to provide an opportunity to
redress the imbalance in the media which up to today here in 2004
still exists.
Our
presence has given people with an interest in broadcasting an outlet
which was not afforded them.
I'm sure
many of us will remember vividly the disturbances particularly in
Handsworth, P.C.R.L played a great part in providing a calming
influence within the community by putting out positive messages to
the people of all age groups, going into the heart of the
disturbances and providing the public with honest reporting, not the
usual inflammatory reporting we se so much in the main stream media.
On more than one occasion help and assistance to the West Midlands
Police in solving crime, City Council and other statutory bodies in
the City.
Monies
have been raised through charitable causes for sickle cell anemia,
hospitals both here and abroad. PCRL's campaign against gun violence
is legendary in the promotion of the merits of education has always
been an integral part of our broadcasts.
You must
recognize that since 1896 when Guglielmo Marconi used a transmitter
designed to Heinrich Hert, on Salisbury Plain and broadcast a signal
over a distance of 4 miles after this he achieved a distance of 9
miles and then in 1903 went on to transmit a simple 54 word message
across the Atlantic ocean.
Anyone
who understands history will recognize that awesome power would not
be left to the masses to control but would be used to communicate
propaganda and control the thinking of us. We only have to look at
recent events to bare witness.
We have
always broadcast truthfully and honestly for the benefit of the
community. The cost of which has been high in terms of equipment
confiscated by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)
PCRL
is under attack
On
Wednesday 14th. February 2004
Cecil
Morris, A|nthony Jeffers and Michael Norton
Will
be on trial at Queen Elizabeth II Law Courts
Answering
charges contrary to Section 1 (1) & 1 (1)(a) of the Wireless
Telegraphy act 1949 (as amended) and section 1 (1) of the Criminal
Law Act 1977
The Trial
is due to last for 7 days so if you care about democracy,
you're radio station and most of all, freedom
of speech,
come out and support us!
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