[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 55 (Wednesday, May 6, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H2823]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      RECOGNIZING PUBLIC SERVICE BY WASHINGTON STATE BROADCASTERS

  (Mr. NETHERCUTT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. NETHERCUTT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to call attention to the 
outstanding public service work being done by broadcasters across 
America and especially in my district in eastern Washington.
  The Washington State Association of Broadcasters recently completed a 
survey of its membership and the results were extremely encouraging 
about the level and types of public service rendered on a daily basis 
by radio and TV stations in my State.
  I want to particularly praise the fine work done by stations in my 
district, the fifth of Washington. KXLY-TV created a school attendance 
award that helped decrease truancy in Spokane middle schools. KHQ-TV 
spent hundreds of thousands of dollars for the ``Success by Six'' 
program that is helping children throughout Spokane middle schools 
learn to read by the time they are 6 years old. KREM-TV recently raised 
more than $166,000 for programs benefiting women and children, such as 
the YWCA Transitional School for Homeless Children. And KAYU-TV is 
teaching kids lessons about fire safety with PSAs throughout their 
children's programming.
  There are many more examples of this kind of public service provided 
on a daily basis by local broadcasters in Washington State and across 
the Nation. We should thank these outstanding broadcasters who truly 
share the spirit of outstanding public service.

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