Isn't it amazing it takes 91% of the airwaves to keep the President of the United States at a 26% approval rating....

by Dennis Diehl (71 articles, 0 quicklinks, 3 diaries, 58 comments) on Sunday, Jun 24, 2007 at 8:18:45 AM

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When Sean Hannity and the other low-brow, rightwing hacks sit there with Rick Santorum praising him for "finding the missing WMDs", even as Bush himself is refuting it, that isn't right-wing "talk", it's plain old rot-gut rightwing LYING !

And it has no place on the radio.

It is a Disgrace, is what it is.

If Mr. Sean Hannity really loved his country and was a "Great American" he wouldn't deliberately Defile it and cheapen it with crude lying on a daily basis.

Same goes for all the other low-brow rightwing incubi.

by Jay Diamond (8 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 12 comments) on Sunday, Jun 24, 2007 at 8:24:31 AM

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Democracy Now 

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Friday, June 22nd, 2007
As Concern Over Media Consolidation Intensifies, New Measures Could Bring Influx of New Noncommercial Radio to the Airwaves

Hannah Sassaman of the Prometheus Radio Project joins us to talk about a series of developments that could result in the creation of hundreds – if not thousands – of new noncommercial radio stations. Legislation has been introduced that would allow the FCC to grant more licenses to low-power FM stations. Meanwhile the FCC is opening the door for new noncommercial and education full-power radio stations. [includes rush transcript]

As concern over media consolidation intensifies, a series of developments have occurred in Washington that could result in the creation of hundreds – if not thousands – of new noncommercial radio stations. On Thursday Congressmembers Mike Doyle and Lee Terry introduced the Local Community Radio Act of 2007 to allow the FCC to grant more licenses to low-power FM stations. A similar bill is being introduced in the Senate. Meanwhile the FCC is opening the door for new noncommercial and education full-power radio stations. The FCC has announced there will be a weeklong window beginning in mid-October for applications to be filed.

• Hannah Sassaman. Program director at the Philadelphia-based Prometheus Radio Project.

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AMY GOODMAN: As concern over media consolidation intensifies, a series of developments have occurred in Washington that could result in the creation of hundreds, if not thousands, of new non-commercial radio stations. On Thursday, Congressmembers Mike Doyle and Lee Terry introduced the Local Community Radio Act of 2007 to allow the FCC to grant more licenses to low-power FM stations. A similar bill is being introduced in the Senate. Meanwhile, the FCC is opening the door for new noncommercial and education full-power radio stations. The FCC has announced there will be a weeklong window beginning in mid-October for applications to be filed.

To talk more about these developments, Hannah Sassaman joins us here in the firehouse studio. She’s the program director of Prometheus Radio Project. Welcome.

HANNAH SASSAMAN: Thank you so much.

AMY GOODMAN: So explain this bill.

HANNAH SASSAMAN: Well, it’s really exciting. And listening to the headlines that you just read just now, it really makes me think how many communities out there, especially urban communities, don't have their own news, aren't able to communicate the diverse information that happens in their communities. Senators John McCain and Maria Cantwell, as well as Congressmembers Mike Doyle and Lee Terry -- so these are bipartisan teams -- just introduced the Local Community Radio Act of 2007. What this bill will do, if passed, is it will let the FCC grant hundreds, if not thousands of new community radio stations in urban areas.

When the FCC established the low-power FM radio service, low-power FM, groups in cities like New Orleans, Minneapolis, Albuquerque, San Francisco, would have been able to have their own community radio stations. One fantastic group, the Hmong Community Art Center in Minneapolis, was raring to go. They were about to build their station, but because the National Association of Broadcasters, which is the large lobbying agency that represents Clear Channel, Cumulus, ABC, all the big broadcasters, worked together with NPR to convince Congress that low-power FM, if you built these community stations -- 100 watts -- in big cities would interfere with large stations of 50,000 watts or higher. So Congress limited low-power FM to towns like Opelousas, Louisiana, rather than New Orleans, and Oroville, California, rather than San Francisco.

These bills would reverse that ban, taking into account essential research conducted by the FCC that proves there's plenty of room for these stations. Now is the time when we have to act to let thousands of communities have their own community radio.

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by Blue Pilgrim (0 articles, 3 quicklinks, 2 diaries, 997 comments) on Sunday, Jun 24, 2007 at 2:00:03 PM

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Are Rightists allowed to speak on campus?  Are Rightists allowed to protest at abortion clinics?

by Barker (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 120 comments) on Sunday, Jun 24, 2007 at 7:31:46 PM

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they do it the time

by Blue Pilgrim (0 articles, 3 quicklinks, 2 diaries, 997 comments) on Monday, Jun 25, 2007 at 1:57:12 AM

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The left wing had their chance, and they gave the country Airhead America. Splat!

by Scott (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 745 comments [30 recommended, 3 rejected]) on Monday, Jun 25, 2007 at 12:43:37 AM

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The right wing listen to the radio and are told what to think.

The left wing blog and rip each other to shreds while developing ideas that will lead to progress for society.

by Robert Chapman (28 articles, 0 quicklinks, 2 diaries, 556 comments) on Monday, Jun 25, 2007 at 8:39:08 AM

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