Minnesota media phone numbers for Kerry Media Corps

[Dickie Flatt]

Today's email to Kerry Media Corps members said: To prepare yourself or your Media Corps group, please make sure you have the telephone numbers for local and state radio stations and TV networks ready.

NOTE: Unless otherwise noted, these numbers are general numbers for the station. You will need to ask for the news desk/news director or someone to get to the person we really want to talk to, I'm guessing.

For reference, here are phone numbers for major Twin Cities TV and radio stations:
KARE 11 - [phone]
KMSP 9 - [phone] (News Desk)
KSTP 5 - 612-588-6397 (News Room)
WCCO 4 - [phone]
WFTC 29 - [phone] (News Desk)

KNOW 91.1 (NPR) - [phone]
KSTP 1500 - [phone]
MPR Headquarters - [phone]
WCCO 830 - [phone]

And some TV and radio in Duluth:
KBJR 6 - 218-720-9600
KDLH 3 - [phone] (Newsroom)
WDIO 10 - [phone]

KDAL 610 - [phone]

And others:
Austin: KAAL 6 - [phone]
Bemidji: KKBJ 1360 - [phone]
Mankato: KEYC 12 - [phone]
Rochester: KTTC 10 - [phone]
Rochester: KXLT 47 - [phone]
St. Cloud: WJON 1240 - 320-252-5852 (News Director Lee Voss: 320-257-7202)

If I've missed anything important, or if there are any errors here please add info in replies. Thanks!


And for those of you who aren't already Media Corps members, please sign up now.

[Eric J in MN]

1. How are we supposed to use these numbers? nt

nt

[Dickie Flatt]

2. for tomorrow night

The email message from Kerry Media Corps said to have them handy, and also said that they cannot provide any further information until immediately after the debates. If you are not signed up for Kerry Media Corps then sign up here now. This message was sent to members of the Kerry Media Corps:

Dear ---,

Tomorrow night, John Kerry and George Bush will debate foreign policy for 90 minutes. As far as swing voters and the media are concerned, the real debate will begin once Kerry and Bush leave the stage: Who really won? Why?

This is where you come in.

As members of Media Corps, you have lots of experience interacting with the media -- print, radio, online. We are organizing a national post-debate, rapid-response effort that will reinforce Kerry's position on Iraq and we need Media Corps to set the pace. As soon as the debate ends, we will first e-mail Media Corps members the rapid-response assignment.

Please make sure you check your e-mail the moment the debate ends. Then, please act as quickly as possible.

We can't provide you any more detail until the debate is over, except that all you'll need is access to e-mail and/or a telephone. To prepare yourself or your Media Corps group, please make sure you have the telephone numbers for local and state radio stations and TV networks ready. Please look up that information today using Congress.org. Any other information, such as the e-mail addresses for major news networks, we will provide you.

Best,

Amanda Michel
Internet Team

[Eric J in MN]

3. OK, I signed up (nt)

nt

[Eric J in MN]

4. BEFORE the debates, please contact

a pundit or two about judging on substance, not style.

See my thread on this topic at:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x909019