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In reply to the discussion: Why Some Public Radio Supporters Won't Be Donating to NPR This Year [View all]Festivito
(13,452 posts)12. Trouble is, what else do we have? My local progressive station was torn down.
Clear channel "donated" the station call letters to a "minority" group, then quickly tore down the antennas and disposed of the equipment a few days after new years.
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spent 2002 in a place where NPR was the best thing going. the fear mongering and war cheerleading
KG
Jan 2013
#8
Trouble is, what else do we have? My local progressive station was torn down.
Festivito
Jan 2013
#12
Yes, like the BBC they were made useless though fear of the loss of government funding. nt
bemildred
Jan 2013
#14