This petition is to show an overwhelming interest in the creation of an exclusive heavy metal music video channel. Our goal is to achieve an outlet where our metal artists no longer have to fight the industry to get their music heard.  Our present metal artists are making videos; however we feel that one day per week is not sufficient airtime for these musicians.  Our older musicians are still producing music but not music videos and because of that, their music is never heard.  I understand that Record Labels front the artists the revenue for music video production.  The artists must then pay back as much as 50% of these expenses.  With the demise of video airplay back in the early 90s, many of our rising bands suffered.  I am certain that it became unprofitable for our talented artists to keep making music videos for their fans. We would like to maintain an outlet that would alleviate some of these struggles for our past and present artists.  One artist quoted, "There is no reason to make a video because MTV will not play it" (Don Dokken). If it were not for the demise of video airplay, our past metal artists would still be producing music videos to this day.  The metal community has finally come together to make a stand.  We are tired of the industry trying to force feed us a specific genre of music and making our decisions for us.  Do you deem our past and present artists to be non-profitable?  Are you concerned that this proposed channel will not be able to keep your rating standards?  Do you believe that our age group cannot afford to pay extra for our own channel in order for you to make a profit?  Do you believe there are not enough Heavy Metal Music Videos to keep a 24 hour metal channel in the works?  Our campaign will prove that these conclusions are false.  (All supported documentation and statistical data is located on the second page.)