WOSU-PBS Columbus, OH – Listeners respond
May 13, 2008 | Ohio, WOSU, customers, industry, media coverage, regulation, states | Comments (0)|
Ohio’s public radio station reports that, following their coverage of last week’s rally in Colulmbus, they received the followed email from a listener:
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”YOU ALL SOUNDED LIKE ELITIST PIGS. I AM A 51-YEAR-OLD FULLTIME WORKER, BUT I HAVE NEEDED TO USE PAYDAY LENDERS FROM TIME TO TIME. THEY ARE MUCH BETTER THAN USING CREDIT CARDS IF YOU GET IN A PINCH. COME DOWN FROM YOUR RICH, LOFTY POSITIONS AND TRY LOOKING AT THINGS FROM THE PERSPECTIVE FROM AN AVERAGE WORKING PERSON.” |
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Ohio Public Radio’s Bill Cohen reports on Tuesday’s rally
May 10, 2008 | NPR, Ohio, employees, industry, media coverage, positive media coverage, regulation, states | Comments (0)With songs such as “Freedom” and “Save our Jobs” chants in the background, reporter Bill Cohen reports on the “massive rally” earlier this week with the “folks who own and work at the stores who came from across Ohio.”
With soundbites from D. Lynn DeVault (CFSA president), Jamie Frauenberg (Checksmart Sr VP), Karen Findlay (Advance America employee), Senators Bob Schuler and Joy Padgett as well as those who want to ban the industry, Cohen presents a balanced piece on the debate in Ohio. Thanks to Cohen for taking the time to attend the rally and speak to those most impacted by the proposed ban. Journalism as it should be.
Ohio rally for payday lending makes broadcast waves
May 7, 2008 | Ohio, industry, media coverage, positive media coverage, regulation, states | Comments (0)Yesterday’s rally at the Ohio capitol picked up some good broadcast coverage. Stories on the event ran on 11 stations and reached an estimated 2,663,781 according to Nielsen ratings.
- ONN-OHIO CABLE Ohio Statewide
- WKYC-NBC Cleveland-Akron-Canton
- WCMH-NBC Columbus
- WSYX-ABC Columbus
- WBNS-CBS Columbus
- WHIO-CBS Dayton
- WTOV-NBC Steubenville, OH
- WTOL-CBS Toledo
- WUPW-FOX Toledo
- WYTV-ABC Youngstown
- WYFX-FOX Youngstown
Here’s NBC News 4′s coverage of the Ohio payday lending rally
May 6, 2008 | Ohio, WCMH, employees, industry, media coverage, positive media coverage, regulation, states | Comments (1)Click here.
More Ohio rally coverage!
May 6, 2008 | Columbus Dispatch, Ohio, employees, industry, media coverage, regulation, states | Comments (0)Columbus Dispatch estimates our crowd at 2,500:
An estimated 2,500 supporters of the payday-lending industry held a rally today at the Statehouse to urge the Ohio Senate to reject new legislation to regulate the industry.
Read the whole thing here.
First coverage of the Ohio rally
May 6, 2008 | Ohio, WBNS, employees, industry, media coverage, positive media coverage, regulation, states | Comments (0)Please note that this segment from WBNS was taken before the rally started and didn’t capture the 2000+ employees that were there.
Final rally shot: Advance America employees on the capitol steps
May 6, 2008 | Ohio, employees, industry, regulation, states | Comments (0)
“Save Our Jobs” Chant Ends Ohio Rally
May 6, 2008 | Ohio, employees, industry, regulation, states | Comments (1)Rally was a huge success. Well over 2,000 employees. Speakers included industry CEOs, employees, a state senator and small lenders. Lots of media to get the message out.
Ohio payday lending crowd is really fired up
May 6, 2008 | Ohio, customers, industry, regulation, states | Comments (0)The word from people on the ground is that more than 2,000 payday lending employees are there and they’re really letting lawmakers hear them. Lots of media coverage as well.
More pics to come.
Gloria Hayter. Co-owner CashPal: Ohio-based small lender
May 6, 2008 | Ohio, employees, industry, regulation, states | Comments (0)
