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Audacy, the radio and podcast giant, it filed plans for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection to reduce its debt. The restructuring agreement will allow Audacy to slash its total debt load by 80% to about $350 million from around $1.9 billion ... Audacy , the radio and podcast giant, said Sunday it filed plans for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Texas to reduce its debt. The restructuring agreement will allow Audacy to slash its total debt load by 80% to about $350 million from around $1.9 billion ... The Philadelphia-based company owns hundreds of radio stations and is one of the...

The left-leaning billionaire George Soros will be purchasing the second-largest radio company in America, according to court filings and sources close to the situation. The Soros Fund Management has bought up $400 million of debt in Audacy, which owns over 220 radio stations across the country. According to a Republican insider that spoke to the New York Post, he believes it was possible Soros was buying the stake to help influence public opinion for the months prior to the 2024 presidential election.

Joy Behar told her co-hosts Thursday on ABC’s “The View” that Republicans were “flooding the airwaves with nasty, nasty lies about the Democrats,” as Nazi chief propagandist Joseph Goebbels did during World War II. Behar said, “So, you know, the only reason these Republicans are surging the way they are, I talked about this in the meeting this morning, is because of this dark money that’s going into the Republican candidates. They’re buying the Senate races, and then they’re flooding the airwaves with nasty, nasty lies about the Democrats, and that’s it. People are fooled by that. You know, if...

Brainless Hollywood stars continue to pollute the airwaves in America During the presidential campaign, several dozen brainless Hollywood stars were so upset at Donald Trump that they promised to leave the country if he won. Well we are still waiting for them to do everyone a favor and exit stage left. Of course, they lied and continue to pollute the airwaves here in America.

The FCC is currently seeking public comments on whether or not it is appropriate and feasible to grant local police forces the power to shut down mobile phone networks.The request for the public’s input comes after BATR officials in San Fransisco shut down cell towers in an attempt to stop a first amendment protected protest for “public safety” reasons.An article published by CFO World broke down the FCC request in an easy to understand fashion: The FCC asks several questions in its request for comments. Among them:– When have government agencies in the U.S. considered interrupting mobile service?– When would...

In the wake of the murders in Tucson, our leaders once again are calling for civility in public discourse. We forget that for almost 40 years, we didn't have to plead for civility. We demanded it. The story of how we did so, and why we stopped, illuminates the intersection of politics and culture. At the dawn of the broadcasting era, the government declared that the airwaves belonged to the public, and it fashioned rules to protect the public interest. Broadcasters paid no money for their licenses; in return license renewals depended on whether the station served the public interest....

Jan 9, 2011 - 13:15 - Sheriff: 'Free speech' has consequences

MOGADISHU, Somalia – Somali radio stations stopped playing music on Tuesday after hardline militants called it un-Islamic and ordered stations to take songs off the air. The edict is the latest unpopular order from Islamists, who also have banned bras, musical ringtones and movies. The order to stop the music echoes the Taliban's strict social rules imposed on Afghans beginning in the late 1990s. Somalia has a tradition of music and most residents greeted the ban with dismay. Rock, rap and love songs from the U.S., Europe and Africa could be heard on Somali stations before the ban. "Now I...

NURISTAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan, Dec. 1, 2009 – Nuristan Provincial Reconstruction Team servicemembers recently took to the airwaves to combat misinformation about the spread of the H1N1 flu virus here. Navy Lt. Jennifer Dreiling, a senior medical officer for the Nuristan Provincial Reconstruction Team, records a radio message on Radio Kalagush, a U.S.-funded Afghan radio station that broadcasts from Forward Operating Base Kalagush in eastern Afghanistan’s Nuristan province, educating locals about the H1N1 flu virus, Nov. 19, 2009. U.S. Air Force photo by 2nd Lt. Natassia Cherne  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. Navy Lt. Jennifer Dreiling, team senior medical officer...

The other big battle on Nov. 4 is over wireless airwaves, and it pits tech stalwarts against TV stations, evangelical preachers—even Dolly Parton ### Besides the Presidential election, there's another big political battle brewing in Washington on Nov. 4. This one is over the airwaves that are used to deliver communications signals to consumers across the country, and like the race for the White House, this contest has created a big divide. The same day that the country is picking its next President, the Federal Communication Commission will decide whether to make available a large swath of airwaves for wireless...

It's been awhile since a comphrehensive discussion on Talk Radio, it's been in the news lately also. I realize we often stream Talk Radio, but there are some of us who just enjoy old fashion talk radio too. Some possible subjects could be: 1. What kind of AM radio do you use, or is your favorite? 2. Do you listen to talk radio on an antique radio? Or Tube Radio? 3. Do you listen to talk radio on a radio you built yourself? 4. Whats your favorite TR show, or host? 5. Is there a local TR show you listen...

FM mullahs fill the airwaves with hatred By Isambard Wilkinson in Charsadda (Filed: 06/03/2006) Pakistan's North West Frontier Province is always hard to control, but it now poses a new challenge, with scores of illegal radio stations transmitting a message of jihad and sectarian hatred. This has so alarmed the central government in Islamabad that it is has closed 40 stations in the mountainous region along the Afghan-Pakistan border. Mullah Mohammed Hashim who has set up a pirate radio station Charsadda is a town bristling with the antennae of pirate radios. Mullah Mohammed Hashim, 45, keeps his "radio station" -...

Air America is just a year old and the darling of the liberal media, who've touted it like there's no tomorrow. Despite the help, Air America may be heading for the dustbin of liberal media history. Writing in the Los Angeles Times, Brian C. Anderson, senior editor of City Journal and author of the new book "South Park Conservatives: The Revolt Against Liberal Media Bias," says that the "left's answer to conservative talk radio is failing, just as previous efforts to find liberal Rush Limbaughs have failed." Despite the widely publicized fact that the liberal talk network has grown to...

Ronald Reagan was American's most telegenic President, and television said goodbye to him yesterday with the fondness often reserved for one of its own. All major stations and networks except Channel 4, which stayed with Arena Football and the Belmont Stakes, began saluting Reagan as soon as they got word of his death at 4:09 p.m. Much of the familiar footage showed how the former President came to be called The Great Communicator, showcasing his wit, his ease in public speaking and his reassuring grandfatherly tone. Networks also made note of his long and loving relationship with his wife, Nancy,...

"Bubba the Love Sponge" is gone and radio shock Howard Stern is on hiatus from some stations. TV networks are time-delaying certain shows to make sure inappropriate material doesn't make it onto the airwaves. Broadcast executives cited these and other examples Thursday as evidence they are taking heed of the government's call to clean up the airwaves. "We at Fox have heard your concerns loud and clear," said Gail Berman, the network's president of entertainment. "We sincerely regret that a few incidents of inappropriate programming have overshadowed the good shows we proudly air on Fox each week." It was the...

MEDIA MATTERSDemocrats' radio try sputters after 2 daysHost quits show, saying he couldn't be funny, provocative doing 'infomercial' Posted: December 10, 20031:00 a.m. Eastern © 2003 WorldNetDaily.com An attempt by Democrats to provide an alternative to what they consider is conservative-dominated talk radio flopped after just two days when the show's host quit. Jeff Gerbino, a comedian who hosted "High Ground" on Minneapolis' WMNN for the first two days of the show's existence said the former Democratic candidate who created the show was forcing him to make it a "shameless plug for the DFL," according to the Star Tribune newspaper. DFL is...

<p>NEW YORK  — It almost sounds too Star Trek to be possible: A multipurpose cell phone that also serves as an FM radio, walkie-talkie, garage door opener and TV remote control.</p> <p>And what if every time you made a call with that handset it increased the performance of other phones already in use — instead of competing for airwaves with them?</p>

Mounties could use wood to combat G8 cyber-terror Japanese magnetic wood blocks radio signalsBy Tony Dennis, 27/06/2002 12:24:52 BST AS THE INQ recently reported, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police monitoring the G8 summit had to be granted special permission to jam the airwaves thereby preventing terrorists from using radio signals to remotely explode devices. That's because radio jammers are illegal in certain countries including North America, Britain and Australia. However, a Japanese scientist, Hideo Oka and his team from Iwate University in Morioka, Japan, has developed a special magnetic wood that can effectively block common radio signals. According to a...