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Dear fans, listeners and friends,

The royalty rates have been delivered and webcasts    will be shutting down over the next few months. I have decreased the number  of free listening slots as I am responsible for paying outrageous amounts for  these    slots retroactive to 2006. The amount of my first royalty bill will determine    when 12 Inch Retro will    shutdown.

The only chance we have off stopping the shutdown is by writing your representatives.  This link has a pre-written letter for you to send. Please use it, or come up with your own personal message if you prefer. You can click here to send a letter to congress.

If you become a VIP member, my fees (both this year and retroactively) will  be reduced. In light of the new royalty scale, this is significant.  Become  a VIP  Member here.

You (yes YOU) have to take a stand and write congress. If you feel like you can't write a letter or an email to congress  because you don't know the issues, please visit Save Internet Radio and educate yourself.  Drop us a line if we can help answer any questions.

Join MySpace group Save Internet Radio, sign the petition and tell your friends.  Every little bit makes a difference!

If you don't write an email or letter, then be prepared to turn off Club 80's and enjoy the silence.

- DJ Lex

So here's the game plan. There are two groups of people: those that already subscribe to XM and those that don't.

If you currently subscribe to XM, here's what you need to do...

Let them know you'd like to hear the Club 80's mixshows on Fred. DJ Lex is a well known mixshow DJ (just ask Google about 80s mixshow, 80s DJ, or 80s remix). Call or email the Fred channel and tell them how DJ Lex does a great new wave mixshow and that you would like to hear it. After, please post a comment here to let us know about your experience, especially if you hear back from them.

If you currently do not subscribe to XM, here's what you need to do...

Ask yourself this question: would I subscribe to XM if I could hear the Club 80's mixshows on the Fred channel? You know, in my car on the way to work, in the kitchen while making dinner, in the bed..er well, you get the point. If yes, tell them that! Call or email the Fred channel and let them know.

Oh - and don't forget the phone number! The Fred folks can be reached at 1-866-352-FRED (866-352-3733).

Lex contacted them years ago about doing a mixshow and they weren't interested. (The mixshows are the nonstop DJ mixes that he runs on the weekends.) Now, they are running a mixshow on Saturday nights called "Safety Dance". They don't have a DJ name or host attached to that show; which means they're probably doing it in house with some DJ software.

Here's the game plan. There are two groups of people: those that already subscribe to Sirius and those that don't.

If you currently subscribe to Sirius, here's what you need to do...

They don't have a DJ or host for "Safety Dance" - why not have DJ Lex do it? He's well known (do a Google search for 80s mixshow, 80s DJ, 80s remix). Tell them that DJ Lex would do a much better mixshow and has a huge following (which equals more listeners). So call or email the First Wave channel and tell them how DJ Lex does a great new wave mixshow and you'd like to hear him. Please post a comment when you have done this.

If you currently do not subscribe to Sirius, here's what you need to do...

Ask yourself this question: would you subscribe to Sirius if you could hear the Club 80's mixshows on the First Wave channel? If yes, tell them that! Call or email the First Wave channel and let them know.