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[Letter from Mario Marcel Salas to Center Atkins]

Description: Letter from Mario Marcel Salas to Center Atkins of KAPE radio. According to Mr. Salas, requests for an invitation and prior correspondences have gone unanswered, and the lack of concern has left him no choice but to file a report with the Federal Communications Commission(FCC).
Date: 1978~
Creator: Salas, Mario Marcel
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from Mario Marcel Salas to William B. Ray - October 12, 1974]

Description: Letter from Mario Marcel Salas, chairman of the Black Coalition on Mass Media(BCMM), to William B. Ray of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The letter was sent as a formal complaint to the FCC after a local radio station in San Antonio - KAPE radio - refused to meet with the BCMM to discuss the disregard they had shown towards the African-American community.
Date: October 12, 1974
Creator: Salas, Mario Marcel
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from Mario Marcel Salas to David Honig - October 20, 1975]

Description: Letter from Mario Marcel Salas, president of the Black Coalition on Mass Media, to David Honig, research analyst at the National Black Media Coalition. He is writing to ask for advice concerning an ongoing conflict with KAPE radio, a San Antonio radio station that was heavily criticized by the BCMM for its treatment of the African-American community.
Date: October 20, 1975
Creator: Salas, Mario Marcel
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Reply by Black Coalition on Mass Media to FCC Regarding KAPE Radio License]

Description: Reply by the Black Coalition on Mass Media (BCMM) to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regarding a dismissal of the KAPE radio license. In prior records, the BCMM filed a petition to get KAPE radio off the air, criticizing the San Antonio broadcasters for their poor track record with the African-American community. According to the document, this petition was blocked by KAPE on grounds of being untimely filed. It is the intention of this particular document to refute KAPE and persu… more
Date: 1974
Creator: Richardson, Carlos & Salas, Mario Marcel
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Petition by Black Coalition on Mass Media Against KAPE Radio License]

Description: Petition filed by the Black Coalition on Mass Media (BCMM) with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) against the KAPE radio license. The radio station, a local broadcaster in San Antonio, is criticized by the BCMM for its poor track record with the African-American community. The petition is an attempt to intervene in their license renewal and get them off the air, listing various reasons for their rationale.
Date: 1974
Creator: Richardson, Carlos & Salas, Mario Marcel
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from Mario Marcel Salas to Complaints Division of the FCC - April 23, 1979]

Description: Letter from Mario Marcel Salas, president of the Black Coalition on Mass Media, to the complaints and compliance division of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). It seems that, after buying a political advertisement to air on KAPE radio, the BCMM's ad was pulled from the air by the station when an official from the FCC ruled it to be a personal attack. The letter Mr. Salas sends is to inquire about the validity of the ruling, if such a ruling even occurred.
Date: April 23, 1979
Creator: Salas, Mario Marcel
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from Mario Marcel Salas to KSAT Television - May 3, 1979]

Description: Letter from Mario Marcel Salas, president of the Black Coalition on Mass Media, to KSAT Television. He writes to complain to the television station about a Bugs Bunny cartoon that was aired in which various racial slurs were used towards Japanese people. He hopes the airing was a mistake and an oversight on the part of the television station.
Date: May 3, 1979
Creator: Salas, Mario Marcel
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections
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