Soros takeover: FCC clears path for liberal group to buy Spanish-language conservative talk radio stations
Decision rekindles concerns that a ‘radical political agenda’ will influence Hispanic voters
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By Brian Flood | Fox News
Soros-backed group’s takeover of Miami’s conservative Radio Mambi ‘is about power,’ Jorge Bonilla says
A liberal group linked to billionaire George Soros has been cleared by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to purchase Spanish-language radio stations throughout the country, rekindling concerns that a “radical political agenda” will influence information provided to Hispanic voters.
Miami’s iconic, Spanish-language conservative talk radio station Radio Mambi is one of the 18 stations the Soros-backed Latino Media Network will purchase from Televisa Univision for a reported $60 million. Radio Mambi, which is historically linked to the Cuban exile community and offers an anti-communism view, will be controlled by liberals once the deal is finalized.
Latino Media Network, which is partially financed by an investment group affiliated with Soros Fund Management, is controlled by Jess Morales Rocketto, a former Hillary for America and AFL-CIO employee, and former Obama White House staffer Stephanie Valencia.
The FCC rejected a petition to block the proposed sale.
“We have reviewed the applications and find that Univision is qualified to assign, and LMN is qualified to hold, the licenses for the stations,” FCC Audio Division chief Albert Shuldiner said in a decision released on Monday and first reported by Inside Radio.
Spanish-language stations in other major markets, including New York, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Las Vegas, Los Angeles and San Antonio are also set to be controlled by the Soros-linked group. Some conservatives, particularly right-leaning Hispanics, have called it an attempt by the left to control the information made available to Spanish-speaking voters.
Radio Mambi staffers have been furious for months, and some of the station’s biggest stars walked away before the FCC even paved way for the deal to happen. Conservative host Lourdes Ubieta quit in July, saying she would never accept a paycheck from anyone connected to Soros.
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Snowedin
1 year ago
Soros has to have another media outlet to put another stake in the heart of America with his lies and deceit.
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ed
1 year ago
$oro$ should have been kicked out of the USA YEARS ago….
Both Russuia and Hungary would love to have and prosecute him for crimes he committed.
vinnynewyork
1 year ago
If C. S. Lewis depicts the world in OUT OF THE SILENT PLANET as the devil’s home in the universe … then the devil is … George Soros.
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garry pollack
1 year ago
They steal the $ from us 2 do these things! Nuremberg 2.0!!!
jerry snaper
1 year ago
Let us pray for the world to be free of Soros.
Steve
1 year ago
Why hasn’t Soros not been investigated.Why is he allowed to get away with this sort of stuff.
Steve
1 year ago
Money talks and Freedom walks. Yet, Yet McCarthy gets elected Speaker and McConnell gets to be the GOP Senate Leader. So who is to blame for all this? The aforementioned or the voters that keep sending this trash back to D.C. It really amazes me how so many Americans complain, moan, and groan but will not look into the mirror to see not only the source of the problem but the solution. If YOU do not care then do not expect anyone else to.
Steve
1 year ago
Just great. My comment needs to be approved. Just like the last three that were approved after 3 to 7 days in the same email to me which means they were approved for OLD news that no one will read. What is the point of posting any more?
Just had another post as well that is awaiting approval.
Jerome from Layton
1 year ago
Saw a change like this in SLC. Changed the format from talk to Muzak. Result: Old audience moved to other carriers and now they have a new audience (younger, poorer, brain dead).
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