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The pogrom at WBAL radio - UPDATED

Sunday, 5 August 2007 5:37 P GMT-04
Jeff Beauchamp owes Baltimoreans an explanation about the way the management of WBAL has "disappeared" Chip Franklin and Rob Douglas.

Machiavelli in Caracas

Monday, 4 December 2006 7:44 P GMT-04
It was Machiavelli who suggested that an early task for would-be dictators is to seize control of the newspapers (which at his time were the sole source of public information.)

Michael Richards is no Lenny Bruce

Monday, 20 November 2006 10:14 P GMT-04
It is not often that we can pinpoint the exact moment an entertainer's career ends, but Michael Richards has afforded us the opportunity.

FCC Gets To Reconsider Profanity Rulings

Sunday, 10 September 2006 10:01 P GMT-04
Profanity, humor and high-sewage-level alert.

Time to pull the plug on NPR and PBS

Monday, 26 June 2006 5:09 P GMT-04
A friend sent a petition to save NPR and PBS from those evil Republicans who have been trying to un-fund them for 30 years. I hope they succeed.

Decency, Schmecency

Monday, 22 May 2006 11:59 P GMT-04
If you are of a certain age, you will remember how Justice Potter Stewart immortalized himself in a 1964 SCOTUS decision, when he wrote that while he could not define obscenity, he knew it when he saw it. Such is the lather that the pecksniffs of th

Not All Celebrity Drug Addicts are Rock musicians

Friday, 5 May 2006 9:20 P GMT-04
What's the probability that Patrick Kennedy will be even investigated for doctor-shopping, in the wake of his latest crack-up? This supremely dysfunctional family needs to consider retiring from the public eye, but that's another rant for another day

The obvious solution to Broadcast indecency.

Tuesday, 2 May 2006 5:32 P GMT-04
In this letter to Brent Bozell, I suggest that Parents Television Council has overlooked the obvious. I'll post his response, when and if it arrives.

HDTV: Fixing what is not broken

Monday, 17 April 2006 9:31 A GMT-04
Why would anyone WANT HDTV?

Who is in charge of the store at the FCC?

Wednesday, 22 March 2006 10:38 A GMT-04
Your eyes are not deceiving you.

The race for new call signs

Monday, 20 March 2006 10:00 A GMT-04
Every time some new broadcasting trend comes along, station managers stage a riot, trying to get choice call letters to reflect their new programming. Allow me to suggest a few: KRUL - wrestling, reality TV and domestic violence court cases KYTV -

FCC overreaching

Saturday, 18 March 2006 10:00 A GMT-04
The FCC is working hard to justify its existence.