WGN-TV forbids online museum from streaming its classic programming

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: This is from FuzzyMemories.tv, an online museum featuring classic Chicago TV programming: : The Museum of Classic Chicago Television - www.FuzzyMemories.TV : In case you're wondering... : WGN-TV has blocked us from displaying WGN content on our museum website. : WGN says that it has an "exclusive agreement" with the Museum of Broadcast Communications (MBC) to display its material. : We think this is... unfair. It's unfair for a museum, which is a public institution, to effectively have a "monopoly" on display of WGN's vintage content. : Museums should serve the public interest, not just their own. Local TV stations also have a responsibility to serve the public interest. : Instead, we are seeing the freezing out of our museum over the promotion of another one. : All because of WGN-TV's close relationship with the Museum of Broadcast Communications. : We have a lot of WGN material that isn't being preserved anywhere else. : Isn't there room for more than one museum to honor WGN's grand history? : Our WGN material won't be seen by the public until WGN-TV stops giving preferential treatment to a single museum. : In the end, who loses? : You do. : ...by not getting to see the vintage WGN bumpers, promos, news segments, Family Classics, Sunday Matinee, and other movie show openings, long-lost : Ray Rayner, Bozo clips and more. : If you think WGN's decision not to allow these clips to be seen here is unfair, why not let them know about it? : Send a letter or e-mail to WGN-TV's General Manager, Ms. Marty Wilke. : You can write her here: : Marty Wilke : General Manager,WGN-TV : 2501 West Bradley Place : Chicago, IL 60618-4718 : You can also call her office and leave a message, or e-mail her directly. : (773) 528-2311 : mwilke@tribune.com : Be polite and respectful... : but help us express the point that our online museum should be given the same right to honor and preserve WGN's history, and to share that history with others. : If enough people speak up, maybe they'll change their mind. : No one should be allowed a monopoly on history. : Thank you for your support. : Rick "Fuzzy" Klein : President / Curator : The Museum of Classic Chicago Television (www.FuzzyMemories.TV) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization registered in the state of Illinois.

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