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Washington Post
For a few seconds every hour, WZHF-AM interrupts its round-the-clock schedule of talk to air a curious disclaimer: This radio programming is distributed by RM Broadcasting on behalf of the Federal State Unitary Enterprise Rossiya Segodnya International Information Agency, Moscow, Russia. Additional information is available at the Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.
The cryptic notification masks a larger story. WZHF, a former Spanish-language station 11 miles east of the White House in Marylands Capitol Heights, is the flagship of Russian President Vladimir Putins effort to harness Americas radio airwaves to sell the Kremlins point of view. Despite periodic legal and political challenges, and the imposition of sanctions against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, the station has stayed on the air, broadcasting its Kremlin-approved message.
The station at 1390 AM is one of only five outlets in the United States that air English-language broadcasts of Radio Sputnik, produced in Moscow and Washington under the Russian governments supervision.
Sputnik is the radio and digital arm of Rossiya Segodnya (Russia Today), the same Kremlin-controlled media agency that directs RT and RT America, the better-known TV and digital media operations founded by Putins regime in 2005.
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AllaN01Bear
(18,016 posts)SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)maxsolomon
(33,252 posts)Got to be a reason they haven't stopped it. Maybe a republican owns it, because IOKIYAR.
summer_in_TX
(2,710 posts)I'm on the board of an low power FM radio station and no more than 20 percent of the board of directors can be a non-US citizen. Unless the station is skirting the rules by being owned by naturalized Russian-Americans.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)who they are is certainly warranted, rebuttal is too. Of course, terrorism, and the like, should get them restricted.
Note: Could not read article other than whats in OP.
Wicked Blue
(5,821 posts)Wish someone could hack the station
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)besides spreading Russian propaganda to more than a small number of listeners? Are they calling for assasinations, Russian terrorism targeted here or elsewhere, or something similar?
I dont listen, along with probably 99.99% of population, but not sure censorship is warranted. Again, if there are examples other than Putins junk on denazification, etc., Id support taking them out. I certainly support monitoring them and pulling plug immediately with a court order.