F-L-N NY state radio news network?

[Element9]

The big question is who will pay the bills and what do they expect in return? Remember this is a religious organization that is running things and I am concerned that their agenda will influence the news content.

Most likely, the bills will be paid by the people who listen. Pay for pray is a big business and in many parts of the country, a cash cow. Sad to say. For anyone who's concerned about an "agenda" (which there will likely be) the remedy is simple: Don't listen. And if you're inclined to listen, be a discerning listener. Just like listening/watching Fox News, MSNBC or the so-called "Big Three."

As to the operation, sounds like it's going to run on an angel's wing and a prayer.

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[dampier]

A couple of comments: what will be the editorial control and slant of this? I would have a great concern over a religious network controlling the content. If you have listened to their news, there is a slant to it, in terms of a "moral viewpoint". They also air SRN news, I believe. I agree a statewide news network would be welcome and useful, but one based in Bath and run by a religious group, is not what I would have in mind.

On the LPFM issue, even restoring the 3rd adjacents would not bring LPFM to metro areas. They are pretty much left out.

SRN is garbage. They routinely follow the White House line on rhetoric, such as referring to all insurgency elements in Iraq as "al-Qaeda insurgents" and the war in Iraq is the "war on terror" and "the war against Islamofacism" which is a nonsense phrase to begin with. Nobody is going to run to any Family Life station for news. I am glad they are actually investing in something other than the tape mill and satellite fed boredom that make up most of these infestations on the non commercial FM band.

One of the operations has enough translators in Rochester I can clearly hear the exact same thing here in Brighton on at least five frequencies. A complete and total waste.

I used to argue with USA Radio back in the 1980s who admitted they followed the Reagan and Bush Administration line on matters, such as always calling the Contras "freedom fighters" and always carried anything the president said at the time. "Mysteriously" this policy was dropped in January 1993 (I wonder what happened then... hmmm...) and the was brought back into play in January 2001. How coincidental.

Fox News Radio is marginally better than it was last summer, but is still cheaper than cheap in delivering a quality news product. I'd take CNN, ABC Radio, or even the AP over Fox News anyday.