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Be Responsible Broadcasters

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“The real world media continues to loose it’s grounding lug, and it is our responsibility to represent and protect our broadcasters by continuing to have a level of competency that is ‘professional’ in nature and working in mass media is a privilege not a right.”


For Immediate Release

(Copenhagen, Minibrick) 28 May 2025 – The Minibrick State Association of Broadcasters or MISAB occasionally likes to remind it’s hundreds of member stations that local media serves the community. What does that really mean? Some local media operations may claim to “serve” or “represent” a community. Media operations may claim they are “representing” certain types of community. Some media outlets have in the past will represent authority members (heads of state agencies, some critical non profits) by giving them a voice; while often in news reports will degrade the average citizen.

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UPDATE – MISAB Has Relocated

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We’re Back to Business.

For Immediate Release

19 May 2025 (Copenhagen, Minibrick)  In May 2025, we have relocated from our old office in Old Haven to two new offices, in Copenhagen and in Miniland and as part of this relocation we have also changed our technical infrastructure to go mostly cloud based, and we have a quasi remote workforce, with our two offices to be used for our full time employees. Our headquarters 448 Pillsbury Causeway, Copenhagen Minibrick and Metro/Downstate offices are at 774 East 52nd St, Suite 727 in Miniland, Minibrick.

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MISAB Opposes Cuts to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting

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The Unintended Consequences for cutting the Corporation for Public Broadcasting will be noticed sooner than later.

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(Copenhagen Minibrick) 19 May 2025

The Minibrick State Association of Broadcasters wants to warn the public that the cuts to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting will have dire consequences sooner than later.

The CPB founded in 1967 was part of the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, a couple years later the Public Broadcasting Service was founded; aired more than a year after; and National Public Radio was founded in 1971. This was in reaction to the unraveling of the National Educational Television network or NET that was due to the severe cuts by the Ford Foundation. While the CPB is accused for funding so called “woke” TV shows like Sesame Street or Arthur or Frontline and many more; while CPB is considered to be “PBS’ and NPR’s ATM”, this type of funding should be seen as “seed” money rather than a government handout.

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MISAB Opposes Media Consolidation

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While we defend our broadcasters in our state, we do not think this serves the public interest which is our core standing here at the MISAB. We encourage you to write a letter or memo to the Minifig Communications Commission to oppose changes to the existing rules.

(Copenhagen Minibrick) – For Immediate Release

19 May 2025. The Minibrick State Association of Broadcasters opposes recent proposals by the Minifig Communications Commission and the National Minifig Broadcasters Association. The MCC has bending to the knee to the NMBA for way to long. The MISAB strongly opposes continued consolidation of the proposed 50% of the airwaves per company by the NMBA and MCC.

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MISAB Policy on Statewide Franchise Fees

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

August 13th, 2018

MISAB DOES NOT SUPPORT STATEWIDE CABLE FRANCHISE FEES.

(Copenhagen) – The Minibrick State Association of Broadcasters, that represents community media is urging local lawmakers to not have state-control of cable franchise fees. A proposed Assembly Bill due for the legislative process in late September, with a possibility this could become law in January, would null and void future franchise agreements with local communities by 2021, and current cable communications providers would have to make franchise agreements with a new regulatory agency. The collection of fees by the users, would be going into a general fund and any public, educational or government (PEG) programming that in many MIS communities would be in question for funding and content.

The current rules and regulations would not give any level of support for cities and towns. MISAB also feel there is too much control from the state, and could result in reallocating funds to the current state access networks for Copenhagen are customers to see state legislature affairs.

MISAB feels that local content is very important, despite a small audience, and radical forces on various political parties want to silence it only because it’s a small audience. All cable access channels do not have any measurements for ratings because the technology prohibits it. Social media is huge driver, and while social media content has been extended by PEG networks, this does not imply a sustainability of local public access stations.

MISAB recommends the MIS Assembly to revisit potential unintended consequences.

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