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

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64. podcasting is elitism

Have lived in three markets in the south most of my life; Mobile, Al; New Orleans, La; & Macon, Ga. In all markets the only 'full-time' counter to rw or Neo-fascist Christine radio is 'NPR.' Which is a far cry from being true counter weigh or offering diverse ideas. Although, New Orleans has WTUL (college station) which is really good.

Macon is the only market that doesn't have the run-of-the-mill rw radio (Hannity, Limbaugh, Levin, etc) it however has the most extreme Neo-fascist Christine radio I've ever heard. The stuff they say is bonkers.

In short I agree with you. We need more diversity of ideas on the air waves. I'm currently looking to get my FCC licensing for at least HAM to start. In most rural place around the world, short wave radio is king given the distances it covers. So I would think shortwave with a VHF or AM complement is the way to move on this idea.

The issue will be 1) cost to maintain and 2) cost of equipment for listeners.

Another issue is the young folks simply don't understand how valuable this infrastructure is. This thread expose this issue. People seem to think the internetz is some how the golden cow to warship.But we should all careful study how foreign authoritarians use the internetz against their citizens. To think this wont or isn't already happening here is beyond foolish. So is thinking we wont need such infrastructure one day.