You can still see them on my website, www.davidgleason.com under the bio section and KTNQ.
They even got us mentioned in an LA City Council meeting by Gloria Molina, who our afternoon team quickly renamed "Malona" which means "big bad woman".
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They even got us mentioned in an LA City Council meeting by Gloria Molina, who our afternoon team quickly renamed "Malona" which means "big bad woman".
This part already looks to be starting
https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/editorials/article262158022.html
Unfortunately, this looks like it’s shaping up to be a deeply political fight.
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K.M. Richards
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What we don't know is what payments (if any) and in what amounts Smiley is paying Liu while he gets those extensions. That goes a long way toward getting more time at the FCC to consummate the transfer.
Maybe Smiley is paying Liu more than the latter had made brokering time on 1580. We don't know that either.
And now in Florida, Gov. DeSantis' takes aim at the new company:
"They are coming with their ideological agenda," it continues. "Soros and his minions know what this community represents in the fight against socialism in America. This community will not get confused. Under Governor Ron DeSantis’ leadership Florida is standing against the corporate media and leftist disinformation."
"They are coming with their ideological agenda," it continues. "Soros and his minions know what this community represents in the fight against socialism in America. This community will not get confused. Under Governor Ron DeSantis’ leadership Florida is standing against the corporate media and leftist disinformation."
The problem is the new owner is NOT a corporate media company. And the governor of Florida has absolutely no role in whether the sale gets approved or not. Nobody knows what this company will do with these stations. It doesn't matter because the content of the programming is not an issue in whether or not the sale gets approved. And we should be clear that when the shoe was on the other foot, politics didn't matter in whether the station got sold or not.
This is all about DeSantis politicizing this for his own personal political purpose. No big surprise. He will politicize Jesus if it helps him win.
But this type of controversy can slow the proceedings. One monkey wrench that can be tossed at the transfer application is a questioning of the funding and actual ownership. While there is likely nothing improper there, they can stall the proceedings.
There are a variety of annoyances that can be employed to slow this down.
He will also win great favor among most Florida Hispanics. Absolutely with the Cuban heritage voters, and predominantly with the Puerto Rican group.
As I said, that's why he's doing this. He's not buying ads anywhere else. This is all about getting re-elected.
This is what happened two years ago when a Democrat attempted to stop the sale of WSUA also for political reasons. DeSantis didn't say anything at the time. It's different now that the shoe is on the other foot.
www.insideradio.com
The same First Amendment cited by Carr in his quote applies in this case. Both sides have money, and both sides are allowed to use their money for political benefit.
FCC’s Brendan Carr Counters Democrats’ Move To Halt Sale Of Miami Radio Station.
The efforts by Democrats to have the FCC deny the sale of Spanish news/talk “Caracol 1260” WSUA Miami are being countered by FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr. The Republican Commissioner says
The same First Amendment cited by Carr in his quote applies in this case. Both sides have money, and both sides are allowed to use their money for political benefit.
Notice DeSantis and his likeminded friends don't say the same about Salem, which also owns Florida radio stations and clearly has a political agenda.
And whose ratings in most cases are not much better than Air America's were.
And whose ratings in most cases are not much better than Air America's were.
But it makes sense to only voice opposition to Spanish media issues in Spanish language media. Who else really cares?
Yes, however, there are a few names on the board, like Al Cardenas and María Elena Salinas, who have some experience connecting with that audience.
However, despite his connection to Cuba, Cardenas is an outsider in Florida politics now, as the party turns increasingly conservative.
As will any other politician.
But Salem doesn't spread leftist misinformation.
Neither does the Latino Media Network. In fact, they haven't taken ownership of these stations, and so we really don't know what kind of programming they'll have. Everything said so far is speculation.
We can certainly make assumptions within a specific area of the political spectrum based on the careers of the two organizers and the principal finance provider.
However, what we do consider very probable is the ending of the anti-Castro, Anti-Maduro, Anti-Ortega position of WAQI. Even the name "Mambí" refers to the democratic principles of Cuban freedom fighters from the 18th Century.
The term mambi refers to the guerrilla Cuban independence soldiers who fought against Spain in the Ten Years' War (1868–78) and Cuban War of Independence (1895–98). The term is found applied in different history texts to any person who fought for independence during the wars of independence including soldiers of Chinese, American, African, and Spanish origin.n (Wikipedia)
Here is the website launched to oppose the liberalization of Hispanic media in Florida:
(There is an English version)
The main point in the radio ads is that Miami Hispanics know and fear socialism and "need to stop Soros".
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As I've said, everyone likes to pick on Soros. Maybe he's just helping out minority broadcasters. The FCC has had a decades long campaign to encourage support of minority owned broadcasting, and that's what this is. There's nothing illegal or unfair about it. A lot of conservative benefactors have supported their causes, and it would be unfair for a governor or a government to target them. Just because you don't like someone doesn't give anyone the right to call them "socialists." Especially when they're not.
Soros has done nothing for the last several decades that did not conform to and enhance his political view of the world.
Of course, the lien holders will be anything but minority entities.
The viewpoints of the entire progressive wing of the Democratic party are seen by Cuban exiles as radically socialist. When you've had family members killed or imprisoned in Cuba, you have a more tactile and real vision of socialism.
They can believe whatever they want to believe. That's our system of government. That's no reason for the governor of a state to threaten a perfectly legal transfer of ownership that has nothing to do with him and doesn't require his approval. He's behaving like an autocrat, something Cubans know very well. The people of Miami should have access to differing viewpoints. If they choose not to listen, that's also their right.
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That negates the long history of Radio Mambí as a staunch opponent to the repressive governments of Cuba and, later, Nicaragua and Venezuela.
All three of those pseudo-socialist authoritarian regimes began by repressing opposition or contrarian voices, just as this deal will do. Most of the Cuban, Venezuelan and Nicaraguan residents in Miami left their country because they had no choice, not because they wanted to; most were vastly better off in their own country until the leftists took over.
And opposing something you find dangerous in your value system is very American.
As I said, they have every right to not listen to any station or any viewpoint. But the FCC doesn't base ownership of a broadcasting stations on the owner's political views. A card carrying Communist could own a radio station, and I'm sure a few do. I have no reason to believe the Latino Media Network is intending to be a socialist propaganda tool. But even if they did, it's not against the law. Some people are behaving like Chicken Little, telling us how the sky is falling, as a means of preventing someone else from expressing their opinion.
Every day someone in conservative media calls the president of the United States an extremist far left socialist. Shouldn't the people of Miami have a chance to hear the other side?
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