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Our Pal LapDog Brendan wants in your ears

Carr Urges Broadcasters to Get Patriotic
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Carr Urges Broadcasters to Get Patriotic
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr’s list of examples connected with the 250th anniversary of the U.S. included starting each broadcast day with the “Star Spangled Banner” or Pledge of Allegiance, and airing music by composers such as John Philip Sousa. Friday’s announcement does not require radio stations to air the programming, though Carr used the phrases “taking the pledge” and “fulfilling their public interest mandate” in the same sentence.
[We got a nice track from Jimi Hendrix that fits the bill perfectly]

FCC stomps on the First Amendment…again

FCC chairman Brendan Carr, in his in-your-face partisanship, continues to overtly push his henchmen (and henchwomen) in the corporate media to silence voices critical of the current regime, coercing CBS bosses to pull Stephen Colbert’s Monday night interview with a Texas congressman running for Senate. This is very very alarming to those of us who hold FCC licenses (and those who care about democracy). What’s next? Will they threaten to pull our licenses if we don’t stop playing Steve Earle or Jesse Wells? If they thought we had an audience large enough that mattered, there is a little doubt that they would.
This is getting scarier by the day. Please let your elected reps know, if you care. We do, and we are. November is right around the corner.