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Proving you can't impose morality.
Just coming back to this thread. What even is going on here?? Can we please get back to the actual topic so it doesn't get shut down?
While the tread is on a tangent of its own, the whole legality of gambling is related to the format on 650. This is relevant to radio. One of the interesting issues is whether a station with a tiny audience can make money by reaching the core "big spender" of a particular type of business or service.
I agree. The discussion of the promotion of gambling on KIKK AM 650 is a vlid topic, since it is related to radio, radio formatting, and a licensed radio station in Houston. What makes it fodder for closing the thread is when it becomes a shouting match and unsubstantiated arguments are presented. Please see the headline post by @frankberry for further clarification.
Are you suggesting gentlemens' clubs are immoral?
You brought it up.
I noticed that the primary promoter of legalized gambling in Texas is the Las Vegas Sands Corporation. They have financed the airing of promotional spots featuring teachers and small business owners who seem very enthuased to bring gambling to the Lone Star State.
Who is the Las Vegas Sands Corporation? Well, they originally purchased the Sands Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, then demolished it to build the Venetian on the same property. Now they own no casinos in the United States, however they do own several in China. Yes, China. So, why would they be so interested in casino gaming in Texas?
You failed to answer my question.
I'm not in the morality business. I don't care if radio stations program sports betting or advertise for gentlemen's clubs or even play songs about ladies of the night. It's all good with me.
Why does it have to be on this thread though? Not only is it not (at least directly) related to the subject at hand (KTHT), but the new topic (KIKK) has clearly generated enough discussion to warrant its own thread
Isn’t marijuana still illegal at the federal level? Don’t stations advertise cbd products all the time nowadays?
They advertise CBD products often. However, CBD is absent of THC, which is the hallucinogenic substance found in marajuana, Therefore, it is legal in all 50 states.
I believe this thread started discussing classic country (Country Legends isn't exactly classic country, due to its limited playlist of 200 songs), which moved toward KIKK (not the current incarnation, but the one when Urban Cowboys drove agressively on Houston thoroughfares on their way to jobs in the refineries), which noted that the current incarnation of KIKK features content dedicated to promoting an illegal activity, specifically sports gambling.
Sports gambling is illegal in Texas, which is encouraging Texans to go to the legal casinos in Lake Charles, as evidenced by the number of Texas license plates on cars in the parking lots associated with them. However, there are two legal casinos in Texas, both of which are on Native American reservations, however this is apparently unacceptable because the money derived is benefiting the Indian tribes rather than the Las Vegas Sands Comporation, which is promoting a referendum despite the only casinos they own are in China (and we know what they gave us in 2019).
There you go. You're completely up-to-date on the thread. You're welcome.
And now COVID and its toxic discussion companion, Sinophobia, have entered the thread. Thanks loads, Engineering. Now, can this thread be closed?
Once again, they aren't promoting it, but rather discussing it. Two different things. Both are legal.
If your employer saw you hitting CBD, THC, or hemp in a joint in a parking lot. I’m sure they’d raise questions morally
There's nothing illegal about listening to a betting station in a state that's illegal. There's nothing illegal about CBD advertising. Nothing new is being added to this topic. So can we drop it until we get some kind of news about the Country Legends format or 97.1 like the title of this post indicates?
Morally? No, your use of those substances would raise questions of job performance. Even a casino or a strip club doesn't want its employees to work stoned or excessively tranquilized.
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However, cocaine usage is a requisite. Believe me, I've known a couple of blackjack dealers, countless bartenders, and a slew of strippers in my lifetime.
Back to this topic, (in a way)
Those Urban One/ Radio One have experience in running country stations and Classic Rock? Do they have plans to change the formats of any of these stations they purchased? Do they have plans to keep them as is? Did they keep all the programmers? Like same business just different owners or are they going to try to run the station and fail?
Those Urban One/ Radio One have experience in running country stations and Classic Rock? Do they have plans to change the formats of any of these stations they purchased? Do they have plans to keep them as is? Did they keep all the programmers? Like same business just different owners or are they going to try to run the station and fail?
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