The Charlotte Observer from Charlotte, North Carolina • 11

THE cHARLorrE OBSERVER Tuesday October 20 1987 1 IA Others Have Questioned Station Sale Gantt Camp Resists Myrick's Agenda 170'76 SUE MYRICK FOR fillaltstl Thank You for your Prayers and Suppport Paid For by TERRY WAPNER Gantt who has a 15 interest in Metro-Crescent could make as much as $450000 plus interest from the station's sale according to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) documents Metro-Crescent applied with the FCC March 13 to sell the station to Capitol Broadcasting of Raleigh a white-owned company Capitol bought 49 of the station last year for $15 million Gantt received $227850 Capitol plans to buy the remaining 51 for another $15 million once the FCC approves Gantt still holds 765 interest Republican mayoral candidate Sue Myrick is the latest critic to raise questions of wrongdoing about how Metro Crescent Communications Inc obtained a license for WJZY (channel 46) and how it plans to sell the station Mayor Harvey Gantt is treasurer and one of seven partners in Metro-Crescent majority owner of WJZY Charlotte's newest television station Metro-Crescent created from the merger of two applicant groups won the license in 1985 Gantt was part of one of the groups a white-majority partnership Gantt and three black partners control gives special consideration to minority applicants and others not already in broadcasting But It doesn't say how long owners must stay with the station after It goes on the air Gantt other partners and station officials deny they used either race or the mayor's office to obtain the license or any other impropriety A local civil rights group and two competing television stations filed complaints against WRY but all three withdrew them The FCC has no active Investigation Another challenge to the sale which also seeks to rescind the station's license is pending before the FCC ADVERTISEMENT i cratic Chairman Louise Brennan 'I don't think Harvey has to an swer the charges but in the way they were made for self-respect he has to say I'm not going to let her get away with that'" Observers said any lasting political impact depends on how effectively Myrick follows up and repeats the charges and how much Gantt departs from his campaign themes to defend himself "The real key is not how defensive he is" UNCC political scientist Ted Arrington said "but how defensive voters see him to be" Some answers may come this week as the campaign hits full stride The first full-fledged debate is scheduled for Wednesday night at UNCC The campaign's only televised debate is scheduled for Sunday afternoon God said "Say ye to the right eous that it shall be well with him for they shall eat the fruit of their doings" God said "Say ye to the right eous that it shall be well with him for they shall eat the fruit of I In awarding licenses the FCC Isaiah 3:10 God said "Woe unto the wicked! It shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him" Isaiah 3:11 Pray For America Personalized Shopping Is Economical In the classified pages Call 377-5555 111111t st ibis NI u'' I 11 i MS kx0 ssport a I ouva4 I 411111 Ai' 4 4 2 111)( 41 0 0 Your ire INK urittstil--11tion 11114 4 IP) tat' I hi Continued From Page lA to go until the Nov 3 election some say Myrick is setting the campaign's agenda and putting Gantt on the defensive And Baker conceded Monday that responding to the attacks has sidetracked the campaign somewhat "Of course it takes away from the campaign not to talk about issues he said "More important it takes away from the voters" "Anytime a candidate responds to another candidate's charges that allows the other candidate to set the agenda of discussion said UNC-Charlotte political scientist Schley Lyons "If any points are being scored right now she's scoring them" "To some extent it puts him in a defensive posture" added Meck lenburg Elections Supervisor Bill Culp Gantt disagreed Monday: "I I' don't think we're on the defensive We're not going to spend a lot of time gearing up to defend our' selves against what Sue Myrick says" But the Gantt campaign may be spending more time than it expected in part because it didn't expect the attacks to be so per sonal Two years ago a "dreamer" was about the worst GOP mayoral candidate Dave Berryhill called Gantt Gantt largely ignored Berryhill's barbs But in two news conferences this month one on Gantt's record on roads the other on Gantt's part-ownership of a television station he and partners are selling for a large profit Myrick character: ized Gantt as "self-serving" and "nearsighted" and charged that he had "abused" the public trust and "betrayed" local blacks This time Gantt reacted immediately and strongly to the criti- cism labeling it vitriolic irrespon- sible and desperate "It's silly to say that we'll not respond to something like that" Gantt said Myrick said Monday her campaign strategy is "right on target" "I hope we're setting the agenda" she said "That's what we intend to do My momentum was building before I raised these questions but the questions are getting people to take a second look" Gantt and his advisers said that while he's spending some time responding to Myrick's charges the campaign's focus remains his message of progress and continued leadership "It's impossible for him not to respond" Baker said "But at the same time we haven't seen a change in the focus of our campaign" "Responding and reacting are two different things" said Gantt adviser Mel Watt "I don't see the campaign changing and reacting" Gantt could have ignored the attacks or dismissed them with a few words But observers said that wouldn't be consistent with his record or personality particularly when the attacks impugned his credibility and integrity "Harvey's a fighter a competitive guy" Lyons said "He would really be biting his tongue not to comment Whether that's smart 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