{"id":12094,"date":"2017-04-05T17:48:21","date_gmt":"2017-04-06T00:48:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=12094"},"modified":"2017-04-05T18:26:26","modified_gmt":"2017-04-06T01:26:26","slug":"putting-the-public-back-in-public-interest-bradcast-452017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=12094","title":{"rendered":"Putting the ‘Public’ Back in ‘Public Interest’: ‘BradCast’ 4\/5\/2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

On today’s BradCast<\/i><\/a>: With Republicans in the U.S. Senate on the verge of completing their brazen and historically unprecedented theft of the U.S. Supreme Court majority for a generation — and still grimmer news elsewhere around the world — we’re happy to cover an inspiring David v. Goliath story about a media activist who took on a major media conglomerate (and the FCC) and seems to have won! At least mostly. [Audio link to show follows below.<\/i>]\n

Former award-winning broadcast journalist turned media reformer Sue Wilson<\/b> of Media Action Center<\/a> joins us today to detail an encouraging ending to what began ten years ago as an unspeakably tragic story. After the death of a listener, following a stunt contest on Entercom Communication’s KDND 107.9 “The End” in Sacramento, and a trial finding the company liable for that death, Wilson decided to file a Petition to Deny renewal of the company’s license with the FCC for its 50,000 watt powerhouse frequency.<\/p>\n

The FCC has not revoked any corporate license to use our public airwaves in the federal agency’s memory. What happened next, however, was detailed over the weekend by Dan Morain at the Sacramento Bee<\/i><\/a>, by Wilson herself today at The BRAD BLOG<\/a>, and, in person on today’s BradCast<\/i>, where she details the difficulties she had in finding any of the larger, more established media reform organizations or attorneys willing to join her effort.<\/p>\n

This story is a remarkably encouraging (and timely) reminder that, yes, one person actually can<\/i> make a difference by taking on both corporate giants and intransigent federal agencies — and win! But, as importantly, it’s also an important reminder that those for-profit corporations entrusted with controlling our<\/i> public airwaves, still<\/i> have a legal responsibility to use those airwaves in the public interest<\/i>.<\/p>\n

Also today: Breaking down the GOP lie at the center of their SCOTUS theft (and what you<\/i> can still try and do about it); Steve Bannon dumped from the National Security Council; The first city council in the nation (that we know of) adopts a resolution calling for the impeachment of Donald Trump; a Republican Governor bans fracking in his state; some U.S. House special election news; and Desi Doyen joins us with the latest Green News Report<\/i><\/a>…<\/p>\n

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