***Emergency action to stop Vlaams Belang broadcast from Dorset***
My friend Justin has alerted me to the rather disconcerting news that the Vlaams Belang - the renamed Vlaams Blok - the far-right Flemish nationalists and, sadly, the most popular party in Flanders - are due to transmit the first broadcast of their radio programme, ZwartofVit (Black or White) tomorrow. Domestic broadcasters have been sensibly wary of offering these fascist scum airtime, as have their German counterparts when the Vlaams Belang tried to broadcast from
'According to the Media Network Weblog, the Vlaams Belang broadcast is set to be transmitted this Sunday from Rampisham, Dorset, a site owned by the VT Group's VT Communications division.'
First of all, if you're reading this from the U.K., while there isn't much time to stop these vermin from going ahead with the distribution of their propaganda, as the show is set to go out tomorrow, please call, fax and e-mail the VT Group to demand they halt the broadcast:
Tel: (023) 8083 9001
Fax: (023) 8083 9002
E-mail: vtgroup@vtplc.com
Or, call the VT Communications subsidiary directly:
Tel: (0)20 7969 0000
Fax: (0)20 7396 6223
Also, please make sure you complain to Ofcom, the communications regulator:
contact@ofcom.org.uk
Ofcom contact centre numbers: 020 7981 3040 or 0845 456 3000
Fax: 0845 456 3333
Main Ofcom switchboard: 020 7981 3000
Main Ofcom Fax: 020 7981 3333
And, of course, if you're in or near Rampisham, you might actually want to pay them a visit, anti-Nazi placards in hand, should you have any lying around: The transmitter site itself is owned by a VT Communications division, Merlin Communications and is located alongside the A356.
Update: Obviously, most of the numbers above will only offer you voicemail, as it's the weekend. Still, leave a message. Even if nobody reacts to them in time, at least if there is a number of complaints, perhaps the company will be more reluctant in the future to broadcast Vlaams Belang programmes.
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