From an open letter by Cathy Hughes, founder and chairperson of RadioOne:

"...There has been only one hearing on the [Performance Rights Act] and that hearing did not have any black ownership representation."

THE FACTS: Charles Warfield, an African American who is President of ICBC Broadcast Holdings, testified at the House Judiciary Committee's July 2007 hearing on -Updating the Performance Right and Platform Parity for the 21st Century.  At the time he was the National Association of Broadcaster's Radio Board Second Vice Chair and told the Committee that ICBC served, "primarily African American communities in New York City, San Francisco, Columbia, South Carolina and Jackson, Mississippi."

The Senate Judiciary Committee subsequently held two additional hearings on the subject matter - one on November 13, 2007 and one on July 29, 2008.