July 14, 200421 yr It's about time Hicks get's his head out of his ass. The notorious republican will not let an anti war billboard go up right before The Republican Convention. They're paying and they should have the right to put it up. Clear Channel has before allowed personal billboards to go up but I guess it's pick and choose with them.
July 14, 200421 yr He owns the billboard, he can do what he pleases. Clear Channel just leased out their 940 WRFX here in South Florida to Air (Head) America Radio. Every action has an equal and opposite reaction.
July 14, 200421 yr Author He owns the billboard, he can do what he pleases. Clear Channel just leased out their 940 WRFX here in South Florida to Air (Head) America Radio. Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. 456639[/snapback] He owns them, so his main purpose is for profit unless he's an idiot. He was profiting from that leasing so tell me Cape what's the problem. He's donated numerous sums to The Republican Campaign and I have a hard time believing this would not be an issue if it was anti dem ad in Boston. A billboard where I live that is a Clear Channel recently advertised The Passion of The Christ ad except it was paid for by some born again Christian Church. Now if someone who does not believe in Jesus Christ saw that and was offended do you think Clear Channel would have taken it down or put it up in the first place but it's perfectly fine to take down an anti war ad during The Republican Convention because some people there won't like. Boo hoo
July 14, 200421 yr BTW - apparently Marriot complained about the image to be used. Since its on their building, one would think they have some say in the matter... Given the 9/11 destruction in NYC, the bomb imagry seems a bit much. 456929[/snapback] That ad is over the top. A bomb with the American flag on it in New York City after 9/11? That is not appropriate.
July 14, 200421 yr These moves were made by different managers. The choice to lease WRFX now WINZ to Air America was made by Clear Channel's South Florida manager in Miramar. Billboards are different. The owner of the board is the hotel. They contract Clear Channel to sell it. The hotel was the one who said no. Clear Channel Aims to Defuse Bomb Billboard Dispute Tue Jul 13, 2004 06:53 PM ET By Gail Appleson NEW YORK (Reuters) - Clear Channel Communications Inc. hopes to defuse a dispute over a Times Square antiwar billboard picturing a lighted bomb by finding it another spot, a lawyer for the media giant said on Tuesday. Clear Channel was sued on Monday by public interest group Project Billboard, which has a $368,000 contract for the sign on the Marriott Marquis Hotel. However, a lawyer for Clear Channel told a hearing on Tuesday it had to reject the display because Marriott prohibits political advertising on its billboard. The sign was to read "Democracy is best taught by example, not by war," accompanied by a picture of a bomb with lighted fuse decorated in Stars and Stripes. The contract called for it to be posted from Aug. 2 until Election Day in November, a period including the Republican National Convention this summer. "We do not place ads with political content on the billboard," Marriott spokeswoman Kathleen Duffy told Reuters. The suit charged that Clear Channel Outdoor, a division of Clear Channel that leases billboard space, rejected the group's plan, saying the display was of a "political nature and includes an image that is distasteful to the community." Project Billboard said it had offered to substitute the image of a dove for the bomb. Duffy said the hotel, which holds the right to clear ads in its contract with Clear Channel, rejected the sign either way. Clear Channel lawyer Robert Pees said the company was confident it could find another "big splashy billboard" to substitute for the one at the Marquis. But he added that his client still had concerns about the bomb image. "Those of us who have been in New York for a while understand the sensitivity many New Yorkers have to bombs," he said, referring to the explosive attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. After the hearing, Project Billboard official Deborah Rappaport told reporters the group was prepared to accept a comparable location but still wanted to use the bomb image. She said the suggestion of replacing the bomb with the dove was "a last ditch effort" to avoid litigation and to meet what they thought was a deadline for copy and art. "We are convinced we will be able to get our message out on Times Square," she said. (additional reporting by Sue Zeidler)
July 14, 200421 yr BTW, The Marriott Company lost it's Millenium hotel in the 9/11 attacks at 3 World Trade Center.
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