Can AM Radio Be Saved? Should It Be?
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Can AM Radio Be Saved? Should It Be?
2023-06-02 17:28:03
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — Nearly 60 years after an edict by the Federal Communications Commission inadvertently began the long, slow decline of AM radio, Congress suddenly appears to be besotted with a broadcast band many radio listeners left largely for dead decades... Read More

Corporation for Public Broadcasting to Fund More Urban Alternative Stations
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Corporation for Public Broadcasting to Fund More Urban Alternative Stations
2022-09-01 20:24:33
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — In its ongoing bid to attract a younger, more diverse audience to public radio the Corporation for Public Broadcasting announced this week it is seeking proposals to expand the Urban Alternative music format to three additional public radio... Read More

DC Circuit Court Rules Against FCC
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DC Circuit Court Rules Against FCC
2022-07-12 21:23:47
by Madeline Hughes

WASHINGTON — The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals vacated part of a rule from the Federal Communications Commission that sought to require broadcasters to disclose if foreign governments purchase time on American television and radio airwaves in a Tuesday ruling.... Read More

MN Senate: Jason Lewis (R)
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MN Senate: Jason Lewis (R)
2020-10-29 22:56:26
by TWN Staff

About Lewis: Jason Lewis represented Minnesota's 2nd congressional district in the 115th Congress, but he is perhaps best known to most state residents as the host of a popular conservative radio show. Lewis voted for the Republican tax cuts of... Read More

DC-Area Radio Station Registers As Foreign Agent of Russians
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DC-Area Radio Station Registers As Foreign Agent of Russians
2019-07-08 23:45:45
by Tom Ramstack

WASHINGTON - The Russian government paid a middleman company more than $1.4 million to broadcast propaganda for the past two years on Washington, D.C., area radio station WZHF 1390, according to recently-released foreign agent registration records. The registration by Florida-based... Read More

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