Jeff Cotton
Our Pal LapDog Brendan wants in your ears
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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]
Who’s really pulling the strings? Those Putin girls?
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.
Give a Bunny a listen?
Jiveradio is one of the few ‘Americana’ music stations that regularly plays music from artists singing in another language besides English. To wit; Edith Piaf, Cesaria Evoria, and El Vez among others, admittedly sometimes unnerving some of our gringo-leaning listeners. But, overall, we know that most Jive listeners have come to expect and enjoy diversity in our programming and are far more tolerant than the average Spotify subscriber, who wants only comfortable, familiar music with no surprises, ever.
So, for those of you who missed Sunday’s bang-em-up game called football, and it’s halftime show with one Bad Bunny, we offer this chance to see it for the first time, or enjoy it again. Lyrical content aside, we found the music to be incredibly uplifting and the storytelling through the imagery, dance, and staging nothing short of frikkin’ great. It oozed with the glorious joy of diversity, coming from the most diverse nation in the world.
Arlo posts some Verdi history about ‘a very decent gig’:
…and to top that off, here’s the Official Rancho Nevada radio jingle by Dan Hicks: