BIRD v. WEIS BROADCASTING CORP.

A89A1459.

193 Ga. App. 657 (1989)

388 S.E.2d 710

BIRD v. WEIS BROADCASTING CORPORATION.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Rehearing Denied November 27, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Downing, McAleer & Gaskin, James E. McAleer, D. Ray Gaskin, Mark H. Johnson, Thomas E. Maddox, Jr., for appellant.

Stanley M. Karsman, Sharie S. Miltiades, for appellee.


POPE, Judge.

Plaintiff Chris Bird operates a vehicle towing service in Savannah. The record shows that during the summer of 1986 the towing of automobiles from privately or publicly owned property was an issue of public discussion and debate and a topic of reporting and commentary in the Savannah news media. Between August 4 and August 8 a disc jockey employed by defendant WEIS Broadcasting Corporation played a recording of a song he wrote and performed during radio...

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