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« on: June 19, 2012, 10:04:23 PM » |
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Yep, that brokered Colon Blow station that used to have the National Socialist Nazi show (because, how much harm can they do?) now has "Hair on Fire" with host Barbara Espinosa saying things like this. Oh, same station carries Russell Pearce, and the 6000 year earth Creationist show. by David Badash on June 19, 2012 in Bigotry Watch,Discrimination,Media,News,Politics Post image for Conservative Radio Host: Obama Not First Black President, ‘I Call Him A Monkey’ An Arizona conservative radio host on-air said that she refuses to call Barack Obama the first Black President, but she proudly acknowledged she calls him “a monkey.” Barbara Espinosa adds that she can’t be called a racist. [EDIT-truncated to comply with Fair Use standards]http://thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/conservative-radio-host-obama-not-first-black-president-i-call-him-a-monkey/politics/2012/06/19/41774 |
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« Reply #1 on: June 19, 2012, 10:19:32 PM » |
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The audio recording of this is at the link. 1100, managing to stoop to new lows.  |
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« Reply #2 on: June 20, 2012, 02:04:09 AM » |
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And people wonder why KFNX doesn't show-up in the ratings. I wonder if anyone actually listens to KFNX, except when they're broadcasting UofA football or basketball.
Our beloved Lumberyard gets more listeners than KFNX, and they're not a 50,000 watt day-time station. What a waste of a monster signal!
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« Reply #3 on: June 20, 2012, 02:05:41 AM » |
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From the station that would power up to 50KW illegal watts at night and play uncensored hardcore rap music complete with every expletive you can think of. Yeah, that station. The one I have recordings of that may be of interest to the FCC. Who runs that joint? What a waste of electricity.
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« Reply #4 on: June 20, 2012, 03:13:54 PM » |
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Any time another KFNX example is brought to light and the ensuing hand-wringing and being shocked - shocked, I tell you - I cannot help but notice the rank hypocrisy that from a purely business perspective, KFNX is being blamed for making a profit. You and I may not like the content they are broadcasting, but if the only speech permissible in public were arbitrarily limited to only warm-and-fuzzy My Little Pony, there wouldn't be any need for a First Amendment. Political correctness is a crock of B.S., and I'm not going to lend legitimacy to PC dictating what an FCC licensee may or may not broadcast. From a moral standpoint (if that's the standard we're going by), just ask any parent if they want their toddler repeating the lyrics to "Sexy And I Know It", let alone what LMFAO means, or a Lady Gaga song like "Poker Face," get *their* perspective, too, and then once the CHR's/AC's all have been whitewashed, you can sanitize the AM's, too.
A lot of people in Arizona clearly aren't bothered by racism and prejudice (otherwise, how do you account for a certain law enforcement official being re-elected time after time?), and as long as they're buying what KFNX is selling, that's how business works. Supply and demand. I'm only the messenger.
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« Reply #5 on: June 20, 2012, 04:17:22 PM » |
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And people wonder why KFNX doesn't show-up in the ratings. I wonder if anyone actually listens to KFNX, except when they're broadcasting UofA football or basketball.
Our beloved Lumberyard gets more listeners than KFNX, and they're not a 50,000 watt day-time station. What a waste of a monster signal!
Actually, over the last year, KFNX has had about 3 times the listening level of KAZG. Stations like KFNX do not usually subscribe to ratings, as they do not sell spots to agency clients. |
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« Reply #6 on: June 20, 2012, 06:52:43 PM » |
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A grown woman calling the President a monkey...I hope she feels better  ..It's not shock radio...it's just plain stupid radio..Who cares??  |
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« Reply #7 on: June 20, 2012, 07:39:01 PM » |
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A grown woman calling the President a monkey...I hope she feels better ..It's not shock radio...it's just plain stupid radio..Who cares?? Exactly. Tree falling in the forest, nobody there, and I should be outraged...why, exactly? Threads like this are essentially gift baskets of free publicity. Hit their sponsors like how Rush's & Beck's sponsors got hit, or *do* something besides "Oh, what an outrage!" KFNX-centric outrage is certainly melodramatic at this point, if not practical or effective. |
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« Reply #8 on: June 21, 2012, 01:56:26 PM » |
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« Reply #9 on: July 01, 2012, 07:01:00 AM » |
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For those of us in Southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island....none of this is unexpected, shocking, or new.
It's simply Francis Battaglia running a radio station the way he always has, since the 1990's, when he started running the now-defunct 990-WALE in the Providence market.
Some snakes never change the way they slither.
I wonder how disappointed poor old Frank Battaglia must be at how his son Francis turned out?
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