Posted on 06/13/2007 12:11:13 PM PDT by OPS4
Wednesday, June 13, 2007 1:26 p.m. EDT Cancel Rush Limbaugh Or Lose Contract
The government in Broward County, Fla., is seeking to cut ties with a local radio station – because it also broadcasts Rush Limbaugh’s show.
Station WIOD AM-610 has been the official channel for emergency information from the county government for the past year. But the County Commission, made up of all Democrats, refused to renew the relationship on Tuesday.
Commissioner Stacy Ritter said she did not want the county to be linked to a station "that’s out of step with area politics,” the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports.
She cited talk shows hosted by conservatives Limbaugh and Sean Hannity and WIOD’s partnership with Fox News.
"They have every right to speak, but we don’t have to do business with them,” she said.
But Ken Charles, WIOD’s director of AM programming, told the Sun-Sentinel: "It’s a shame that people would let politics get in the way of saving lives in a hurricane.”
The county’s contract with the station was about to be rejected when commissioners decided to delay a final decision until next week.
© NewsMax 2007. All rights reserved.
And right here at the beginning of hurricane season, too.
Let's see, what would some good songs be to rip off for her situation.....
Do we really need much more evidence that democrats are the new Stalinists?
It’s a hard rain, gonna fall.
Hey, that’s a good one.
Or maybe ‘raindrops keep fallin on my head’.
But that doesn’t mean WOID will soon be turnin’ RED.
Randy Rhodes is not for me.
etc etc
None whatsoever--unless you happen to be a socialist, and like having the government fund your propaganda.
Not according to the ratings.
Perhaps it's Ritter who is just plain lying.
these folks need to be re-educated....
Oooo. My bad! I didn't see the elephant until too late.
These days, though, there's little difference.
Ms. Ritter,
Would it not be advantageous to the your public at large that emergency broadcasts be aired to the largest possible audience? If political sensibilities are to be weighed in giving particular stations the responsibility of broadcasting emergency alerts and information, why not also contract with a local liberal station(s) or Air America (if their still around)? That way, you fulfill your duty of putting the citizen’s safety and well-being first and fulfill your personal political agenda of furthering your ideals. Look at it this way: 70% coverage with Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity, the remaining 30% spread around the other station(s). With the added benefit of not being accused of censorship. Of course, to cancel contract with the station in question only proves Rush right when he avers that in the marketplace of ideas, no one is buying what you are selling.
On a final note, Hugo Chavez in Venezuela canceled now and forever the government contract (license) with an unabashed oppositional television station. With a little more power, you could the same. Isn’t it just a pity that you and yours have only a fraction of the power he does? I imagine you drooling at the thought, for after-all, your actions are but a paler shade...
...of green.
Sincerely,
Yeah, but now the typos make me look like an idiot...
Well. I guess our city will be next. We are 88% straight-ticket voter Democrats in this place. We have two talk-radio stations and Rush is King.
It's one thing for station management to make such a statement. It is quite another for a GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL to say the same.
Iwasn’t quite so polite...
It is beyond comprehension that you would put you Fascist agenda ahead of the safety of the citizens of Broward County.
Well, you have clearly showed your true colors, and now the whole world knows that Fascism is alive and well in Florida. May God help the people of Broward County.
Perhaps you could go a step further, so that when a real disaster occurs, you could demand proof of Democrat Party membership before rendering any assistance to anyone. Perhaps make all Republicans display a sign on their homes or wear a red cloth patch on their clothing?
That like-thinking, fellow National Socialist, Adolf Hitler, would have been proud of you.
Government censorship.
It’s comin’ folks......
>> “that’s out of step with area politics,”
Presumptuous and dictatorial.
btt
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