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Trouble On The Air Waves In America

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Yesterday, congress in the USA voted to defund Public Media in America. That means that PBS and NPR, which made up a small part of the total budget, will not receive aid from the government and that will impact Public TV and Radio stations from coast to coast. This is a problem because many of those stations provide an essential informational and instructional service to communities where there isn’t a good commercial option. Everything from news to Sesame Street will be impacted. This move is an act of political aggression if you ask me.

Then came word yesterday that Late Night with Stephen Colbert is ending after May 2026. The whole show has been canceled, and that means an essential voice in calling truth to power will go silent. Stephen Colbert always spoke truth to power, and in these days that is so needed. The parent company of his network, CBS says it’s a cost-cutting move, but that isn’t true if you ask me it’s political for sure. Colbert is a decent man with a wicked sense of humor that will be sorely missed.

It’s like some folks can’t handle the truth that comes with abusing power. To me, we are on a slippery slope, and that is never a good thing. The whole thing is wrong, and I am not happy about any of this. Now we wait for the next shoe to drop, impacting the culture of the USA.

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Something About Cuts To Public Media

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I’ve said it before that cutting funding to NPR and PBS is a horrible thing. They are worth every penny in making our communities better, more informed, and connected. My local public media stations WTCI-PBS and WUTC-NPR in Chattanooga, Tennessee are vital to creating a culture where everyone can learn and grow. Without public media America is certainly not great.

For more information visit Protect My Public Media to get involved. https://protectmypublicmedia.org/

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Finding A New Daily Radio Station

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I might have mentioned that my favorite local radio station has gone off the air because they were sold recently. This saddens me because this station is one I have listened to daily for years and we grew to like the morning and afternoon personalities that got us to work and home each day. Its format was the hits of the 70s through the 90s so that was the perfect mix.

So this leaves us with a dilemma to find another daily radio station to listen to. This morning we heard some hits from the 2000s including Taylor Swift, and other current chart toppers. I do like some of the artists that are creating the soundtrack for this generation but it is going to be hard to replace that station called Big FM 106.9.

We will find a new station with some of the best of the old with some of the new. Music can help set the tone of the day. Like anything you have to give it a chance and some time. I can say I was raised in part on local radio.

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Some Sunday Irony

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This morning we were going to church and the radio station we listened to started playing AC/DC’s “Highway To Hell”. Talk about irony. It was no big deal though.

Our favorite radio station was off the air because it was sold and will be changing formats from the hits of the 70s to the 90s to something religious which seems to be further irony.