Stations opting out of Bud Billiken Parade

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: No one pays more lip service to honoring "the community" than Joe Ahern, glad-handing president and general manager of WBBM-Channel 2. : That's why staffers are still scratching their heads over the CBS-owned station's last-minute withdrawal from the 79th annual Bud Billiken Parade, the premier summer event of the South Side and largest African-American parade in the country. : "We have always supported the Bud Billiken Parade and had every intention of participating in 2008," a Channel 2 spokeswoman said. "Unfortunately, the parade organizers did not accept our annual contribution to the Defender Charities this year." : For the record, Fox Channel 32 also opted out of the parade for the third year in a row. : (Robert Feder)

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