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marble falls

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3. I don't know where your PBS feed comes from, but Austin's KUT has gone after both of them ...

Reply to 4bonhoffer (Original post)

Fri Jun 5, 2026, 08:18 PM

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... in spite of laws regarding public broadcasters from overly mentioning negative commentary on elected state officials.

When I was a young hippie freshman at the University of Akron (also known as Hill Top High or Polymer High due to the money the rubber companies poured into the Chemical Engineering, including the largest class building up to the time. HUGE.) I was a news reader for WAUP and got air suspended for referring to then Governor Rhodes as "Governor James "Windy" Rhodes" during a news break of a basketball game and a listener reported me.

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PBS lying by omission [View all] 4bonhoffer Friday OP

PBS went neo-liberal during Bush Cheney LuvLoogie Friday #1

Not for many years now, I am afraid... displacedvermoter Friday #2

I don't know where your PBS feed comes from, but Austin's KUT has gone after both of them ... marble falls Friday #3

was windy a bad word in akron? was it a nickname for the gov? were you just being funny (or a smart ass)? orleans Friday #4

I thought it was a joke my beautiful radio voice could slip in. AU is a state school and state law says institutions ... marble falls Friday #5