Posted by Randall Bloomquist on July 22, 2009
From yesterday’s Taylor on Radio newsletter… Emmis breaks up KLBJ, Austin’s Todd & Don Show, after the “wetback” protests. That’s considered to be a particularly objectionable term of derision by many Mexican-Americans, and Don Pryor kept employing it on last Tuesday’s show… Wetback? What broadcaster in his right mind is using that kind of language in 2009? The answer [...]
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Posted by Randall Bloomquist on July 10, 2009
The Federal Communications Commission is studying the state of broadcast journalism with an eye towards possible policy changes to “improve” the quality of news content. Given the influence of the media “reform” group Free Press at the highest level of the Commission, the report could have a dramatic impact on talk radio. According to press [...]
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Posted by Randall Bloomquist on July 2, 2009
In yet another sign of the challenge commercial broadcasters now face in Washington, new FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski has chosen a well-known media activist to serve as his press secretary. Jen Lewis comes to Genachowski’s staff from Free Press, an advocacy group that opposes “Big Media” and would like to see government “intervention” ($) to save newspapers and boost [...]
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Posted by Randall Bloomquist on June 9, 2009
The morning show at rocker KRXQ-FM/Sacramento is set to return to work on Thursday after igniting a firestorm on May 28th by making some harsh remarks about sexually-confused and transgender teens. The “Rob, Arnie and Dawn in the Morning” team plans a huge show of penance, including an on-air apology and an interview with a representative of a gay/lesbian/transgender advocacy group. KRXQ will [...]
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