Subj:  GLAAD/News
Date:  94-04-06 00:20:30 EDT
From: GLAAD ATL
To:    GLAADLA1, DR REDWING, BHaley
CC:    GLAAD ATL

GLAAD Atlanta 
GLAAD/News
April 6, 1994
by Carl Lange

Fox Tunes to Right-Wing
WATL/Channel 36 Atlanta is launching Atlanta's newest news program with the
hiring of arch 
conservative Dick Williams as news director.  Williams is currently an
editorial columnist for 
the Atlanta Journal-Constitution where he has littered the paper with
numerous anti-
gay/lesbian diatribes.  Williams' appointment comes as a surprise as WATL is
owned by the 
usually progressive Fox network.
"I don't think we'll get MTV news out of a guy who wears a bow tie," said
WATL General 
Manager Gene McHugh.  "We value Dick for his maturity."
Write WATL and Fox and let them know that there is nothing "mature" about
bigotry.  Granted, 
Mr. Williams' resume does read well, having been the news director at
Atlanta's Channel 11, 
and several other stations.  However, these qualifications will likely do
little in insuring fair 
and accurate coverage of the news.  Write Gene McHugh, General Manager ,
WATL, 1 Monroe 
Place, Atlanta, GA 30324; phone 404-881-3600.  Write Lucie Salhany,
President, Fox 
Broadcasting, PO Box 900, Beverly Hills, CA 90213, phone 310-277-2211 

ACOG Feels the Heat
At press time the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games (ACOG) is
reportedly on the verge 
of making a decision concerning the holding of volleyball matches in Cobb
County.  There have 
reportedly been more letters and calls to ACOG and the International Olympic
Committee (IOC) 
concerning this issue than any other.
If ACOG has not made a decision  let them know how upset you are that the
Olympics would be 
held in Cobb County where anti-gay/lesbian bigotry is government sanctioned. 
If ACOG does 
move the event out of Cobb write to praise the decision - and if they don't,
let them know how 
you'll protest in '96.
Write and/or call Billy Payne, President, Atlanta Committee for the Olympic
Games, PO Box 
1996, Atlanta GA 30301-1996; phone 404-224-1901; fax 404-224-1969.  Write or
fax Mr. 
Juan Antonio Samaranch, President, International Olympic Committee, Chateau
de Vidy, CH-
1007, Lausanne, Switzerland; fax 011-41-21-624-1552. For more information, or
to 
volunteer, contact the Olympics Out of Cobb Coalition, a coalition of
individuals and groups 
dedicated to fighting the decision by ACOG.  Write OOCC, PO Box 77341,
Atlanta GA 30357-
1341; phone 404-798-7822.

This column is a product of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against
Defamation/Atlanta, 
Incorporated.  For more information about GLAAD/Atlanta write PO Box 55111,
Atlanta, GA 
30308; phone 404-876-1398; fax 404-876-1398; GLAADATL@aol.com  ####