WCCO gives Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty access to its airwaves once a week. DFLers are not allowed to respond in any way. This isn't exactly fair.
In a letter to WCCO radio in the Twin Cities, Senate Majority Leader Larry Pogemiller, DFL-Minneapolis, wrote that the station has provided the Republican governor "unfettered and unanswered access to the public's airwaves."
He asked Mick Anselmo, a CBS Radio senior vice president in charge of WCCO, to "provide a periodic segment following the governor's show for lawmakers of the opposing party to provide a different point of view."
Pogemiller added: "A publicly licensed station such as yours should be interested in ending the ongoing monologue and embrace a dialogue of the ideas and issues facing our state."
(South Washington County Bulletin)
