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SPRINT has launched SPRINT RADIO, a service of over 50 channels of streaming audio and video provided by mSPOT, The service is priced at $5.95/month and is available to SPRINT POWER VISION, SPRINT VISION, and NEXTEL customers. SPRINT is also adding enhancements to its SPRINT MUSIC STORE that include personalized recommendations, the ability to re-download accidentally deleted songs, and, on select phones, the ability to fast-forward, rewind, pause, and skip songs.

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ARBITRON announced today that it has begun installing its Portable People Meter (PPMSM) system among PHILADELPHIA-area consumers for the all-electronic radio ratings service, which is scheduled to replace the current paper and pencil diary method that the company's used since the late 1960s. The company is recruiting a panel of 2,040 consumers (age 6 and older) to carry the PPM in PHILADELPHIA.

The first release of radio ratings will take place after the completion of an audit report by the MEDIA RATING COUNCIL (MRC) and a review of the audit report findings with the MRC radio committee. The MRC audit process in PHILADELPHIA currently is under way.

ARBITRON has already signed PPM contracts with BEASLEY, CBS RADIO, GREATER MEDIA, and JERRY LEE AC WBEB in PHILADELPHIA. The 14 stations account for at least 60% of the radio advertising revenue in the market. In addition, Arbitron has signed agreements with national advertising agencies that account for more than 90% of the national radio advertising dollars spent in the market. ARBITRON reported successful PPM testing in PHILADELPHIA in 2002-2003.

ARBITRON President/Sales & Marketing PIERRE BOUVARD said, "No other system has yet to even begin to demonstrate all that we?ve shown the radio industry about the advantages of electronic audience measurement. We?ve also released a comprehensive suite of training materials and tools that the industry can use to better manage the transition to electronic measurement."

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From shortnews.com: "Radio personality Inetta 'the Moodsetta' Boykin Hinton of WBLX-FM 92.9 in Alabama decided to go public with an impromptu statement about her coworkers and announced her resignation on the radio with a famous line, 'I quit this bitch!'...Upset that she was only making $6 an hour and only got a raise once after six-years was one of many catalysts. The station did not silence her live speech, and 'after that, she left,' said the station's operations manager James Alexander."
Listen: The Inetta Boykin Hinton Remix

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A federal judge on Thursday struck down President Bush's warrantless surveillance program, saying it violated the rights to free speech and privacy, as well as the separation of powers enshrined in the Constitution.

U.S. District Judge Anna Diggs Taylor in Detroit is the first judge to rule on the legality of the National Security Agency's program, which the White House says is a key tool for fighting terrorism that has already stopped attacks.

"Plaintiffs have prevailed, and the public interest is clear, in this matter. It is the upholding of our Constitution," Taylor wrote in her 43-page opinion.

The administration said it would appeal to the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati.

"We're going to do everything we can do in the courts to allow this program to continue," Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said at a news conference in Washington.

White House press secretary Tony Snow said the Bush administration "couldn't disagree more with this ruling." He said the program carefully targets communications of suspected terrorists and "has helped stop terrorist attacks and saved American lives."

Taylor ordered an immediate halt to the program, but the government said it would ask for a stay of that order pending appeal. The American Civil Liberties Union, which brought the suit, said it would oppose a stay but agreed to delay enforcement of the injunction until Taylor hears arguments Sept. 7.

The ACLU filed the lawsuit in January on behalf of journalists, scholars and lawyers who say the program has made it difficult for them to do their jobs. They believe many of their overseas contacts are likely targets of the program, which monitors international phone calls and e-mails to or from the U.S. involving people the government suspects have terrorist links.

The ACLU says the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which set up a secret court to grant warrants for such surveillance, gave the government enough tools to monitor suspected terrorists.

The government argued that the NSA program is well within the president's authority but said proving that would require revealing state secrets.

The ACLU said the state-secrets argument was irrelevant because the Bush administration already had publicly revealed enough information about the program for Taylor to rule. The adminstration has decried leaks that led to a New York Times report about the existence of the program last year.

Taylor, a Carter appointee, said the government appeared to argue that the program is beyond judicial scrutiny.

"It was never the intent of the framers to give the president such unfettered control, particularly where his actions blatantly disregard the parameters clearly enumerated in the Bill of Rights," she wrote. "The three separate branches of government were developed as a check and balance for one another."

Administration officials said the program is essential to national security. The Justice Department said it "is lawful and protects civil liberties."

In Washington, Republicans expressed hope that the decision would be overturned, while many Democrats praised the ruling.

"It is disappointing that a judge would take it upon herself to disarm America during a time of war," Rep. Pete Hoekstra, R-Mich., chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said in a statement.

West Virginia Sen. Jay Rockefeller, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, said the decision shows the executive branch needs more external reviews.

"The administration is wrongly convinced that it can run the country without Congress or oversight. This is their tragic failure, and the courts understand it," Rockefeller said.

ACLU executive director Anthony Romero called Taylor's opinion "another nail in the coffin in the Bush administration's legal strategy in the war on terror."

"At its core, today's ruling addresses the abuse of presidential power and reaffirms the system of checks and balances that's necessary to our democracy," he told reporters.

One of the plaintiffs in the case, Detroit immigration attorney Noel Saleh, said the NSA program had made it difficult to represent his clients, some of whom the government accuses of terrorist connections.

Saleh, a leader in Michigan's large Arab-American community, also said he believes many conversations between people in the community and relatives in Lebanon were monitored in recent weeks as people here sought news of their families amid the violence in the Middle East.

"People have the right to be concerned about their family, to check on the welfare of their family and not be spied on by the government," he said.

Sen. Arlen Specter (news, bio, voting record), R-Pa., the Senate Judiciary Committee chairman, is championing a compromise that would allow Bush to submit the surveillance program to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court for a one-time test of its constitutionality. But under Thursday's ruling that would not be enough, said Richard Pildes, a professor at New York University School of Law.

Taylor suggests in her ruling that the program "would violate the Constitution even if Congress authorized it," Pildes said. "Until Congress actually addresses these questions, I would expect most appellate courts to be extremely reluctant to address many of the questions this judge was willing to weigh in on."

While siding with the ACLU on the surveillance issue, Taylor dismissed a separate claim by the group over NSA data-mining of phone records. She said not enough had been publicly revealed about that program to support the claim and further litigation would jeopardize state secrets.

The lawsuit alleged that the NSA "uses artificial intelligence aids to search for keywords and analyze patterns in millions of communications at any given time." Multiple lawsuits have been filed related to data-mining against phone companies, accusing them of improperly turning over records to the NSA.

The data-mining was only a small part of the Detroit suit, said Ann Beeson, the ACLU's associate legal director and the lead attorney on the case.

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Associated Press writer Katherine Shrader in Washington contributed to this report.

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On the Net:

Taylor's ruling: http://www.mied.uscourts.gov/eGov/taylorpdf/06%2010204.pdf

Information on the case from the ACLU: http://www.aclu.org/nsaspying

National Security Agency: http://www.nsa.gov

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From http://allaccess.com According to a MEDIA AUDIT survey, more AMERICAN adults use cell phones (73.7%) than watch prime time TV on an average day (60.7%) or regularly read the front page section of a newspaper (53%), which makes the cell phone the ideal media measurment device, according to MEDIA AUDIT President BOB JORDAN.

"A BOSTON MIT professor predicts that the cell phone and the home computer will become integrated. That bodes well for the cell phone as a media measurement device," said JORDAN.

JORDAN is referring to comments made by MIT professor PHILIP GREENSPUN, who said, "What would you call a device that has a screen, a keyboard, storage for personal information such as contacts, email, documents, the ability to play audio and video files, some games, a spreadsheet program, and a communications capability? Does this sound like a personal computer? How about 'mobile phone?' A mobile phone has substantially all of the computing capabilities desired by a large fraction of the public. Why then would someone want to go to the trouble of installing and maintaining a personal computer?"

"One of the requirements of radio's Next Generation committee, which is evaluating proposals for future radio measurement systems, is to have a solution that is appropriate today, as well as in decades to come," noted JIM HIGGINBOTHAM, Chairman and head of research at THE MEDIA AUDIT. "This means radio needs to have a monitoring device that people will agree to carry, and our studies indicate the cell phone is that device."

THE MEDIA AUDIT and partner IPSOS plan to launch a panel study of their media monitoring system in HOUSTON this fall. The study of 2,500 persons aged 12 and older will be the first multi-media study of its kind, and the companies are currently are doing research with national panels and conducting a series of technical tests in HOUSTON.

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According to http://allaccess.com The HD DIGITAL RADIO ALLIANCE has announced that 18 new, local markets will begin HD2 multicast programming this FALL, marking the third wave of stations rolling out side channels under the ALLIANCE?s format-selection program.

This latest wave will launch 140 additional HD2 channels and brings the total markets served by HD2 multicast programming to 68, all of which are in the top 100 markets In total, more than 600 radio stations nationwide belonging to ALLIANCE members now offer HD2 multicast programming.

"We?re even surprised by how fast this is moving," said HD DIGITAL RADIO ALLIANCE President & CEO PETER FERRARA. "It?s only been eight months since the ALLIANCE was formed and we are seeing HD digital radio broadcasts being launched at a much faster pace than expected. We are excited to be helping listeners discover the newest digital entertainment option around ... and of course there?s no subscription fee.

The next 18 markets to roll out HD2 multicast programming are: AUSTIN, RALEIGH, NASHVILLE, GREENSBORO, NEW ORLEANS, WEST PALM BEACH, JACKSONVILLE, MONMOUTH OCEAN, NJ, BUFFALO, OKLAHOMA CITY, ROCHESTER, LOUISVILLE, RICHMOND, GREENVILLE, HONOLULU, TUCSON, ALBANY, FT. MEYERS.

EMMIS has announced formats for the AUSTIN stations: Adult Hits KBPA (BOB-FM) will air a Smooth Jazz channel on its secondary signal, Top 40/Rhythmic KDHT (HOT 93.3) will broadcast an Old Skool/Hip-Hop hannel, Rocker KLBJ-F will air an AUSTIN Blues channel, AAA KGSRM listeners will enjoy a Deep, Deep Tracks channel, and Alternative KROX (101X) will play Hard Rock and Metal on its HD2 channel.

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Summary: On Larry King Live, Randi Rhodes accused nationally syndicated radio host Neal Boortz of making slanderous statements against Muslims, and she urged King, his producers, and viewers to "go to mediamatters.org and look up what Neal Boortz said." The next day on his radio show, Boortz continued smearing Muslims.

On the August 9 edition of CNN's Larry King Live, Air America's Randi Rhodes accused nationally syndicated radio host Neal Boortz of making slanderous statements against Muslims, and she urged King, his producers, and viewers to "go to mediamatters.org and look up what Neal Boortz has said." Rhodes accused Boortz of calling "every Muslim a raghead" and said that he "called Muhammad, who is their prophet, a raghead" and a "phony." Boortz denied Rhodes' accusations, stating, "If Randi can come up with an instance where I called all Muslims ragheads, I have a $5,000 donation to Air America."

Boortz continued smearing Muslims on the August 10 broadcast of Cox Radio Syndication's The Neal Boortz Show, during which he stated, "It is perfectly safe to say all terrorists are Muslims. All of them. If it was not for the religion of Islam, this world would be a much, much, much more peaceful place today. If it were not for the religion of Islam, there would be many thousands, maybe tens, maybe hundreds of thousands of people alive today living peaceful, happy, and fulfilled lives than there are. Agony, misery, death is occurring all over this world, brought to us by the wonderful, peaceful religion of Islam."

Although Media Matters for America has not documented Boortz using the specific term "raghead," on the July 19 edition of his radio program, he called the prophet Muhammad "a phony rag-picker" and stated that Islam is "a religion of vicious, violent, bloodthirsty cretins."

On the August 4, 2004, edition of his radio program, Boortz mocked Shahada (the Islamic creed), which reads, "There is no true God but God, and Muhammad is the messenger of God." Boortz then stated, "Say that with conviction, folks, and the next thing you know, you're strapping on a suicide bomb." During the same broadcast, Boortz read from a book titled A Brief Illustrated Guide to Understanding Islam. Boortz read a list of topic headings -- "It goes into things like the universe, and the cosmos, and how wind moves clouds" -- before making his point: "I'm looking for the part in here where it tells them to go out and kill people who aren't Muslims. And then I don't see it." Boortz then dismissed Muhammad as "a guy who got bored selling secondhand clothes," and then started a religion.

From the August 9 edition of CNN's Larry King Live:

RHODES: You know, Neal, I've heard you call every Muslim a raghead. I've heard you, you know, say horrible things about Muhammad. This doesn't help us in the world. Do you understand? This doesn't help us.

BOORTZ: Now, Randi -- Randi, I'll tell you what.

RHODES: This is really critical mass. It's not fun anymore, OK?

BOORTZ: Randi --

RHODES: If you -- if you don't understand that Lebanon --

KING: Randi --

RHODES: -- that the civilians in Lebanon did nothing, they should be rewarded for getting Syria out of there.

KING: Neal, did you --

RHODES: Condoleezza Rice, Brent Scowcroft, Richard Lugar, Chuck Hagel --

BOORTZ: Larry, Randi's not through talking yet.

RHODES: -- they can't all be wrong, and they all agree with me.

KING: Randi, hold it a second. Randi! Randi, hold it a second. Neal, did you say such a thing about Muslims by the way?

BOORTZ: No and, if Randi can show --

RHODES: No? No, you didn't say --

KING: Randi, don't interrupt. Let him respond.

BOORTZ: Larry, are you kidding? You're asking Randi not to interrupt? You've been doing this longer than that, Larry. You know better than that. If Randi can come up with an instance where I called all Muslims ragheads, I have a $5,000 donation to Air America, so come on, Randi.

RHODES: You owe me $5,000 for Habitat for Humanity. You'll hear the audio on my show because, Larry, I don't know that your producers can get it --

BOORTZ: That's fine.

RHODES : -- but it's on mediamatters.org, the actual audio.

KING: All right, we're off topic, we're off topic.

BOORTZ: Now remember, I called all Muslims ragheads? I don't use that term.

RHODES: You called --

BOORTZ: Oh, Randi, why don't you --

RHODES: You called Muhammad -- you called Muhammad, who is their prophet, a raghead. You called him a phony.

BOORTZ: No, I did not.

RHODES: Let your producers go to mediamatters.org and look up what Neal Boortz has said --

KING: Hold it, hold it, hold it. Guys, we're off topic, or I'm going to cut this short.

RHODES: -- about this religion.

KING: Please stay on topic.

RHODES: You know, it doesn't help, though, Larry. The point is --

KING: The topic -- hold it, Randi.

RHODES: It doesn't help.

KING: Randi, hold it. Randi, hold it!

RHODES: People are really dying.

KING: Randi, you don't help your cause by talking too much. Hold it, just one at a time. Neal.

From the August 10 broadcast of Cox Radio Syndication's The Neal Boortz Show:

BOORTZ: Why, why, tell me, why won't these news outlets describe these terrorists as Islamic or Muslim? There are, of course, few exceptions, because I'm going to get somebody to call in: "What about Timothy McVeigh?" I mean, there is always, there is always an exception. Damn few. So few that it is perfectly safe to say all terrorists are Muslims. All of them. If it were not for the religion of Islam, this world would be a much, much, much more peaceful place today. If it were not for the religion of Islam, there would be many thousands, maybe tens, maybe hundreds of thousands of people alive today living peaceful, happy, and fulfilled lives than there are. Agony, misery, death is occurring all over this world, brought to us by the wonderful, peaceful religion of Islam.

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