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Public Radio Public radio Rep. Don Young: I'm sorry for calling Latino workers 'wetbacks'

Rep. Don Young: I'm sorry for calling Latino workers 'wetbacks'

Friday, 29 March 2013 14:14 Public radio - Public Radio
Alaskan Rep. Don Young sent out a quick apology Thursday for referring to Latinos who worked his family farm as "wetbacks" on a radio show. The Republican lawmaker said he wasn't aware the term was derogatory. "During a sit-down interview with Ketchikan Public Radio this week, I used a term ...


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Shortwave

Free entry-level Amateur Radio class, Feb. 22 and 29

The Yavapai Amateur Radio Club is offering a free class for people who want their entry-level license. The classes will be Feb. 22 and 29 at the Univ. of AZ Ext...

Chino Valley in Brief: Yavapai Amateur Radio Club offering free class Feb. 22, 29

Yavapai Amateur Radio Club offering free class Feb. 22, 29. The Yavapai Amateur Radio Club is offering a free class for people who want their entry level licens...

Vulcan wins feature event

Vulcan, ridden by A. Sandesh, won the Cricket Club Of India Trophy, the feature event of Sunday’s (Feb.16) afternoon races. The winner is owned by M/s. Kishore ...

Happy (belated) World Radio Day!

This week on The Sound Kitchen, you'll hear the answer to the question about the new Austrian chancellor and his coalition partner. You'll hear World Radio Day ...

Vulcan should make amends

Trainer Adhirajsingh Jodha’s ward Vulcan, who ran third in his last start, should make amends in the Cricket Club Of India Trophy, the feature event of the Sund...
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International broadcasting

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Get on world radio & TV now!

Why this site?

This site contains links to specialized media information courtesy of NEXUS-International Broadcasting Association (NEXUS-IBA), a non profit org...

COPE decides to ask CID to probe SLC over awarding of international broadcasting rights

February 20, 2020, 9:56 pm By Rathindra Kuruwita The Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) yesterday decided to ask the CID to investigate the alleged irregula...

Dele Alli's £5m Tottenham transfer in 2015 raises eyebrows as battle for credit ensues

Dele Alli is one of English football’s best recent success stories, signed by Tottenham for just £5m and now a huge England star. But the story behind Alli’s ar...

Fantasy Island: a new owner, then complaints, now closure

Shortly after Apex Parks Group bought Martin's Fantasy Island in 2016, the complaints started rolling in. The more than 50-year-old family favorite on Grand Isl...

Fantasy Island confirms it has closed

The ride has stopped at Fantasy Island. The theme park posted a graphic to its website homepage Wednesday afternoon that read "Permanently closed." The park's o...
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Satellite TV

GERMANY-BERLIN-BERLINALE 2020-OPENING

(200221) -- BERLIN, Feb. 21, 2020 (Xinhua) -- Berlinale Executive Director Mariette Rissenbeek (2nd L), Berlinale Artistic Director Carlo Chatrian (3rd L) and m...

IATA: Virus may slash $29 billion from airlines’ revenue

TOKYO (AP) — The International Air Transport Association says the outbreak of the new virus is threatening to erase $29 billion of this year’s revenue for globa...

Complete List of Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival Awards 2020 Winners

The Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival Awards 2020 were held on February 20 in Mumbai. Actor Ravi Dubey served as the host of the evening and many cel...

Donald Trump mocks Oscar-winning South Korean film Parasite

Director Bong Joon-ho's commentary on class struggle made history when it became the first foreign language film to win the top prize at the Academy Awards this...

Gallery: The best photos from around the world

10 Images The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors. Follow us on February 21, 2020 — 4.16pm 1 10. Women in costume...
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AM

Sensors, Vol. 20, Pages 900: DMD Mask Construction to Suppress Blocky Structural Artifacts for Medium Wave Infrared Focal Plane Array-Based Compressive Imaging

With medium wave infrared (MWIR) focal plane array-based (FPA) compressive imaging (CI), high-resolution images can be obtained with a low-resolution MWIR senso...

AIR battles 5-hr ‘blackout’ hitch as Prasar Bharti eyes digital switch

Avid radio listeners in many parts of Uttar Pradesh have reported what they call, a “curious disturbance” during the transmission from Lucknow centre of All Ind...

BBC to close Whitehaven medium wave transmitter which broadcasts Radio Cumbria

RADIO: A medium wave transmitter which broadcasts BBC Radio Cumbria in and around Whitehaven will be switched off later this year Picture: Google Maps. A MEDIU...

Medium Wave Infrared Heater Market Size, Share, Development by 2024

Global Info Research offers a latest published report on Medium Wave Infrared Heater Market Analysis and Forecast 2019-2025 delivering key insights and providin...

Medium Wave Infrared Heater Market Size, Share, Development by 2024

Global Info Research offers a latest published report on Translation-Interpretation Booth Market Analysis and Forecast 2019-2025 delivering key insights and pro...
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Christian broadcasting

FM home of WAAF sold to contemporary Christian broadcaster

The home of WAAF, the FM station that’s rocked Boston for decades, has been sold to a California-based, contemporary Christian radio broadcaster, its parent com...

Charities steered $65M to Trump lawyer Sekulow and family

But Sekulow, 63, is registered as chief counsel at the American Center for Law and Justice, a non-profit Christian legal advocacy group based in an expansive Ca...

Charities steered $65M to Trump lawyer Sekulow and family

But Sekulow, 63, is registered as chief counsel at the American Center for Law and Justice, a non-profit Christian legal advocacy group based in an expansive Ca...

The imperfect vessel: why white evangelicals see Trump as King Cyrus

B efore the end of 2016 there was little in Donald Trump’s life, or frequently offensive political campaign, to suggest that as president he would be hailed as ...

The Evangelicals Who Pray for War With Iran

Last Friday, a day after Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani and nine others were killed in a U.S. drone strike in Iraq, the Christian Zionist advocacy group Chr...
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Christian radio

Sex and Love Meet the Northern Ireland couples who prove it's never too late to fall in love

"He was doing some work with Premier Christian Radio, doing interviews with a Northern Ireland slant. He thought that I might make a good piece to do. He tracke...

Online sports network helps fill coverage void left after WFCO FM sale

LANCASTER - When long-time Christian radio station 90.9 WFCO FM become 90.9 The River WFCO in November, it meant a major loss of local high school sports covera...

Clarence Thomas named as keynote speaker for dedication of Nathan Deal Judicial Center

ATLANTA, Ga. (CBS46) Associate Justice Clarence Thomas of the U.S. Supreme Court will be the keynote speaker at the dedication of the state’s new Nathan Deal Ju...

Justice Thomas to help dedicate Georgia judicial building

ATLANTA — (AP) — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is scheduled to be the keynote speaker at the dedication of Georgia's new judicial center. Georgia ...

Justice Thomas to help dedicate Georgia judicial building

ATLANTA — (AP) — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is scheduled to be the keynote speaker at the dedication of Georgia's new judicial center. Georgia ...
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Christian TV

An understanding of one's salvation

Now, what is one’s salvation? What must we do for salvation? Turn on almost any Christian TV station or go to most all churches and you will hear a similar plea...

Israel’s anti-ICC campaign leaves Canada caught in the middle January 21 Updated

A fierce Israeli campaign against the International Criminal Court, including a demand for punishment of the court’s officials, has left Canada caught in a dile...

Christian missionaries boasted the 'God TV' network had stopped ALL suicides in Aboriginal towns

Christian evangelists are forced to take down claim that 'God TV' has stopped ALL suicides in Aboriginal communities after a dark discovery God TV is a televang...

Christian missionaries retract claim that God TV is preventing suicide in remote Indigenous communities

God TV is the most popular channel that comes with Instal-Life Christian TV, a satellite and cable service of televangelist-style programming, which has been in...

Christian missionaries retract claim that God TV is preventing suicide in remote Indigenous communities

God TV is the most popular channel that comes with Instal-Life Christian TV, a satellite and cable service of televangelist-style programming, which has been in...
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Digital Radio

'Absolute disgrace': RTÉ Gold listeners wrote to Dee Forbes expressing 'devastation' over station closure

LISTENERS TO RTÉ Gold told RTÉ Director General Dee Forbes that she must be “absolutely mad” to axe the digital radio service and called on her to review the de...

All set for Star FM Awards

Senior Arts Reporter All is set for the second edition of the Star FM Music Awards show to be held at Jay’s Steak House in Avondale, Harare on Saturday. The eve...

‘RTÉ Gold needs to be saved!’ – listeners ready for action as station axed

‘RTÉ Gold needs to be saved!’ listeners ready for action as station axed Some 30 upset listeners petition RTÉ boss Dee Forbes to halt closure of radio station. ...

Celebrating the diversity of radio, the medium people use the most

In a message for World Radio Day 2020, celebrated on Thursday, António Guterres highlighted how the pioneering medium celebrates diversity and contributes to gl...

WA Huawei rail radio project's CCTV, body cam and live-tracking potential revealed

A mobile data network under construction for Perth's public trains by Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei could be used to support body-worn cameras, CCTV a...
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Digital TV

Dish TV

MUMBAI: The deal between direct-to-home (DTH) operator Dish TV’s promoter Essel Group and Bharti Airtel has been called off due to differences over valuation, a...

$500 million loan not for NTA upgrade alone – Lai Mohammed

Nigeria’s minister of information and culture, Lai Mohammed, on Thursday said the controversial $500 million loan his ministry is seeking is not only to “upgrad...

$500m loan not for NTA alone, Lai Mohammed clarifies

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has clarified that the 500 million dollar loan being sought from China is not for the Nigeria Telev...

News 32 mins ago FG responds to PDP, Nigerians, reveal reasons for $500m loan request The federal government has reacted to the public outcry by Nigerians over the purported move to secure $500 million dollars (N182 billion) loan to upgrade the...

The federal government has reacted to the public outcry by Nigerians over the purported move to secure $500 million dollars (N182 billion) loan to upgrade the N...

Zimbabwe gov't invites applications for digital television, community radio licenses

HARARE, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- The Zimbabwe Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (BAZ) on Thursday invited applications for broadcasting service licenses as governme...
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LTE

T-Mobile and Sprint Announce Amendment to Business Combination Agreement Business Wire

Companies drive forward toward closing the merger to become the New T-Mobile as early as April 1, 2020. T-Mobile US, Inc. (NASDAQ: TMUS) and Sprint Corporation ...

NDMA is neither a recent invention nor is it engaged in spying on citizens

Please permit us to respond to the fallacies proffered by Mr. Sasenarine Singh in his article titled `Increased spending by Granger Administration questionable”...

Here’s what you need to know about the Samsung Galaxy S20 Series pre order

Last week, Samsung unveiled their new line of flagship phones, the Galaxy S20 Series , at the “Samsung Unpacked” media event. And if you’ve been waiting for the...

9mobile extends 4G services to 16 cities

By Lucas Ajanaku. Nigeria’s leading innovative telecommunication company, 9mobile, on Thursday said it is expanding its 4G LTE deployment to more cities as part...

Here’s where you can preorder the Samsung Galaxy S20

If you’re hoping to score a Samsung Galaxy S20, S20 Plus, or S20 Ultra on launch day (Friday, March 6th), it’s a good idea to preorder one. You can do that righ...
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Public Radio

Texas Coronavirus quarantine in San Antonio ends for 90 evacuees from China Bonnie Petrie and Brian Krkpatrick, Texas Public Radio 10:09 PM, Feb 20, 2020

Coronavirus quarantine in San Antonio ends for 90 evacuees from China. By: Bonnie Petrie and Brian Krkpatrick, Texas Public Radio. SAN ANTONIO, TX — The first...

Inside the Beltway: Bernie Sanders: 'Socialist or communist?'

Over the years, presidential hopeful Sen. Bernard Sanders has often said he is a “democratic socialist.” In recent days, the Vermont lawmaker has retooled that ...

Report: Blue and White officials do not rule out Rafi Peretz and Smotrich

. Officials in the Blue and White Party say that as far as they're concerned, rightwing faction leaders Rafi Peretz and Bezalel Smotrich are not disqualified f...

4th Israeli passenger on 'corona ship' infected with virus

. The Ministries of Health and Foreign affairs have confirmed a report by public radio that another Israeli on the Diamond Princess, docked off Yokohama, teste...

Israelis on 'corona ship' undergoing pre-release medical examinations

. The Israelis who are on the "corona ship" in Japan are undergoing medical tests to make sure that everyone who is released is not suffering from the virus, a...
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Pirate Radio

Tony Blackburn on his exciting pirate radio days, his love of 60s music and meeting Frank Sinatra

Tony Blackburn’s career nearly sank before it started.. He was working for Radio Caroline, the pirate radio station, at the time. “It was exciting and sometimes...

The DJ on going from playing pirates as a child in Dorset to hosting pirate radio

I fell in love with soul music when, as a child, I heard my father playing a Jackie Wilson record. And I suppose I fell in love with America then, too. By 1966,...

The DJ on going from playing pirates as a child in Dorset to hosting pirate radio

I fell in love with soul music when, as a child, I heard my father playing a Jackie Wilson record. And I suppose I fell in love with America then, too. By 1966,...

EDITORIAL Give radio pirates chance to go legit

Shut down a pirate radio station, and you might be shutting down a community’s lifeline. While there can be good cause for the federal government to close down ...