'A Complete Shock:' Long-Running Freeform Radio Station WBAI Abruptly Shut Down

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34. Sad about WBAI. Plenty of folks in many US areas listen to NPR

at home mainly, not necessarily in a car. NPR offers some quality programming, features, classical music and more.

Last year I was glad that actor SETH MACFARLANE donated $2 Mill to NPR and 500K to the LA affiliate in one effort against Fox and RW radio domination. There needs to be much more obviously, but when? RW radio began in mid 80s, Fox in 1995 and the influence is widespread.



The Hollywood Reporter, 6/19/18. Seth MacFarlane Donates $2.5M to NPR After Criticizing Fox News.

After saying he's "embarrassed" to work for Fox because of Fox News' "fringe" reporting, MacFarlane lends major financial support to NPR and its L.A. affiliate. Seth MacFarlane slammed Fox this weekend after Fox News host Tucker Carlson told viewers not to trust other news networks' coverage during Friday night's broadcast of his eponymous show. Now, the writer and producer is lending major financial support to NPR and its Los Angeles affiliate.

MacFarlane is donating $2 million to NPR and $500,000 to L.A.'s NPR membership station, KPCC, Southern California's top news distributor for NPR content, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. MacFarlane's donation will directly benefit NPR’s Collaborative Journalism Network, which connects NPR’s nearly 1,800 journalists so they are able to share resources and eliminate "news deserts" in the U.S.

On Saturday, MacFarlane — who is responsible for hit Fox series like Family Guy, American Dad, Cleveland and his latest offering, the space dramedy Orville — tweeted that he is "embarrassed" to work for the company.
> "In other words, don’t think critically, don’t consult multiple news sources, and in general, don’t use your brain. Just blindly obey Fox News," he wrote in response to Carlson's comments about Fox News' rivals."This is fringe shit, and it’s business like this that makes me embarrassed to work for this company."

MacFarlane's tweet inspired Judd Apatow to speak out against Fox, too. In a string of tweets posted Monday afternoon, the director urged Fox showrunners and talent to publicly condemn the network for Fox News and its reporting. Apatow particularly took issue with Fox News' coverage of the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" immigration policy that has separated children from their parents at the southern U.S. border.
"I haven’t worked with Fox since 2002. That family promotes evil ideas and greed and corruption. We all choose who to work with. I understand why that is easier for some than others but many powerful people are powerful enough to speak up to their bosses at a moment like this," Apatow wrote of Rupert Murdoch, executive chairman of Fox News' parent company, 21st Century Fox...
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/seth-macfarlane-donates-25m-npr-fox-news-tweet-1121333