KCXL in suburban Kansas City, a station devoted to rightwing talk and religion that once carried Alex Jones and claims on its website that it airs "the truth...the liberal media won't tell you," airs six hours daily of the Russian government service Radio Sputnik--three hours in morning drive and three hours in the evening, getting paid over $500,000 a week, huge money for a station with no full-time employees. The radio lobbying group the National Association of Broadcasters has called on stations to drop Sputnik (and on television, RT), but owner Pete Schartel waves the First Amendment flag and claims that the NAB is doing a disservice to "independent broadcasters":
https://radioink.com/2022/03/11/station-owner-receiving-threats/ If he's so "independent," how come he doesn't run "Democracy Now!"? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/9bf51794-5438-4c9c-b690-80e4690ed27en%40googlegroups.com.
