Industry | Radio broadcasting |
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Founded | January 12, 2010 [1] |
Founder | Arnold P. Ferolito |
Headquarters | , |
RM Broadcasting is a United States radio company based in Jupiter, Florida owned and operated by Arnold Ferolito. The company engages in time brokerage agreements, [2] and is primarily known for platforming Russian government programming Radio Sputnik [3] [4] and a legal battle over initially refusing to register as a foreign agent. [5] [6]
The company has received press over selling time to Rossiya Segodnya and playing a part in disseminating pro-Russian propaganda in the United States. [7] Ferolito frequently defended his comportment on the grounds of allowing free speech, and repeated that justification after facing increased scrutiny from the National Association of Broadcasters following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. [8]
RM Broadcasting has arranged time brokerage agreements with Alpine Broadcasting [9] and several stations, including KJJZ (formerly KAJR and KLCX), [10] WZHF, [11] KRHQ, [12] and KCXL. [3] [6]
Voice of America is the state-owned international radio broadcaster of the United States of America. It is the largest and oldest U.S.-funded international broadcaster. VOA produces digital, TV, and radio content in 47 languages which it distributes to affiliate stations around the globe. It is primarily viewed by a non-American audience.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) is a United States government funded organization that broadcasts and reports news, information, and analysis to countries in Eastern Europe, Central Asia, Caucasus, and the Middle East where it says that "the free flow of information is either banned by government authorities or not fully developed". RFE/RL is a private, non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation supervised by the U.S. Agency for Global Media, an independent government agency overseeing all U.S. federal government international broadcasting services. Daisy Sindelar is the vice president and editor-in-chief of RFE.
Radio Televisión Martí is an American state-run radio and television international broadcaster based in Miami, Florida, financed by the federal government of the United States through the U.S. Agency for Global Media, which transmits news in Spanish to Cuba. Its broadcasts can also be heard and viewed worldwide through their website and on shortwave radio frequencies.
WJAS is a commercial AM radio station in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The station has a talk radio format, and uses the slogan "The Talk of Pittsburgh". It is owned by St. Barnabas Broadcasting, a division of the Saint Barnabas Health System, with studios and offices on Fleet Street in Green Tree.
KCXL is a commercial radio station licensed to Liberty, Missouri, and features a conservative talk format. Owned by Alpine Broadcasting, this station serves the Kansas City metropolitan area with studios and transmitter both located in Liberty. In addition to a standard analog transmission, KCXL is available online and relayed over two low-power translators licensed to Kansas City: K275BQ and K284CH.
KPHN is a religious-formatted broadcast radio station licensed to El Dorado, Kansas, serving the Wichita metropolitan area. The station is owned by the Catholic Radio Network, Inc.; the KPHN broadcast license is held by Kansas City Catholic Network, Inc.
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KCTU-LD, virtual channel 5, is a low-powered This TV-affiliated television station licensed to Wichita, Kansas, United States. The station is owned by River City Broadcasters, Inc. KCTU-LD's studios are located on Water Street in Wichita's Midtown neighborhood, and its transmitter is located atop 250 Douglas Place in downtown.
KMCC is a television station licensed to Laughlin, Nevada, United States, broadcasting the Ion Television network to the Las Vegas area. It is owned and operated by the Ion Media subsidiary of the E. W. Scripps Company alongside ABC affiliate KTNV-TV. KMCC's main transmitter is located near Dolan Springs, Arizona, with a secondary transmitter on Mount Arden near Henderson, Nevada.
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The Russian Television and Radio Broadcasting Company, also known as Russian Television and Radio, is a state-owned broadcaster which operates many television and radio channels in 53 of Russia's languages. The company was founded in 1990 and is based in Moscow.
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MIA Rossiya Segodnya is a media group owned and operated by the Russian government, created by on the basis of RIA Novosti. The group owns and operates Sputnik, RIA Novosti, inoSMI and several other entities. The head of the organisation is Dmitry Kiselyov. Margarita Simonyan is the chief editor.
RT America, also known as Russia Today, was a U.S.-based news channel headquartered in Washington, D.C. Owned by TV Novosti and operated by production company T&R Productions, it was a part of the RT network, a global multilingual television news network based in Moscow funded by the Russian government. The channel said it reached an audience of 85 million people in the United States, but this figure is disputed. It was distributed through select cable providers, over-the-top services, a live stream through its website, and three low-power digital subchannels. Since the channel's closure, viewers who tune into the cable channel or their live stream are being shown a live feed of an RT International broadcast instead.
Dozhd, also known as TV Rain, is an independent Russian television channel founded in 2010. It focuses on news, discussions, culture, politics, business reports, and documentaries. Most Dozhd shows are live broadcasts. The channel's motto is "talk about important things with those who are important to us". It is owned by journalist Natalya Sindeyeva.
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