{"id":2229299,"date":"2024-04-24T15:34:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T19:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-rep-sounds-the-alarm-as-soros-seeks-to-circumvent-fcc-rules-to-seize-control-of-local-radio-nationwide\/"},"modified":"2024-04-24T15:39:17","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T19:39:17","slug":"gop-rep-sounds-the-alarm-as-soros-seeks-to-circumvent-fcc-rules-to-seize-control-of-local-radio-nationwide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-rep-sounds-the-alarm-as-soros-seeks-to-circumvent-fcc-rules-to-seize-control-of-local-radio-nationwide\/","title":{"rendered":"Republican Congressman Raises Concerns About Soros Bypassing FCC Rules for National Radio Takeover"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgop-rep-sounds-the-alarm-as-soros-seeks-to-circumvent-fcc-rules-to-seize-control-of-local-radio-nationwide%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2229299&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The commentary by Michael Schwarz on April 24, 2024, highlights concerns about George Soros&#8217; attempt to control \u200dlocal radio by bypassing FCC regulations. Republican\u2063 Congressman Chip Roy raised alarm over Soros&#8217; investment in a major radio \u2064company, \u200bpotentially seizing over 200\u200d stations before the 2024 election. Roy called for FCC \u200ccompliance \u200dwith the law to protect against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/larry-johnson-the-cia-has-become-the-kgb\/\" title=\"Larry Johnson: The CIA Has Become the KGB\">undue influence<\/a>.\u200c The commentary by Michael\u200b Schwarz on April 24, 2024, underscores worries about George Soros bypassing FCC rules to\u200b dominate local radio. Congressman Chip Roy voiced unease over Soros acquiring a major radio firm, aiming to\u200c control 200+ stations before the 2024\u200c election. Roy emphasized the importance of FCC adhering to regulations to \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dissent-in-wi-ballot-drop-box-victory-highlights-much-bigger-issue-our-top-jurists-dont-care-about-election-integrity\/\" title=\"Dissent In WI Ballot Drop Box Victory Highlights Much Bigger Issue: Our Top Jurists Don\u2019t Care About Election Integrity\">prevent undue influence<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/commentary\/\">  Commentary <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/michael-schwarz\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/michael-schwarz\/%20\"><span>Michael Schwarz<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   April 24, 2024 at 12:03pm <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>Supervillains with a thirst for world dominance often think and act on a grand scale.<\/p>\n<p>Ironically, however, one of the most notorious of all globalist supervillains has proven most effective by concentrating on local power.<\/p>\n<p>In a letter to Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel, published Wednesday by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/chip-roy-raises-alarms-george-soros-purchase-major-radio-company\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a>, Republican Rep. Chip Roy of Texas expressed grave concern over globalist billionaire George Soros\u2019 efforts to bypass the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-approves-new-border-wall-construction-as-illegal-immigration-continues\/\" title=\"Biden Admin. Greenlights New Border Wall Amid Ongoing Illegal Immigration.\">usual regulatory process<\/a> and secure FCC approval for his investment company\u2019s purchase of one of America\u2019s largest broadcast and Internet radio platforms.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.audacy.com\/about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Audacy<\/a>, a major owner of local broadcast radio stations across America, filed for bankruptcy in January, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/legal\/litigation\/radio-broadcaster-audacy-seeks-fast-track-bankruptcy-turnaround-2024-01-08\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reuters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>By February, Soros Fund Management \u2014 the sinister billionaire\u2019s private investment firm \u2014 had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/scary-george-soros-set-take-control-220-radio-stations-ahead-2024-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">purchased<\/a> $400 million of Audacy\u2019s $1.9 billion debt.<\/p>\n<p>That purchase raised <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/lefty-billionaire-george-soros-set-control-second-largest-us-radio-chain-ahead-2024-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">legitimate fears<\/a> that Soros hoped to control more than 200 radio stations ahead of the 2024 election.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, courts have approved Audacy\u2019s restructuring deal, according to Fox News.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, with Soros Fund Management\u2019s purchase of Audacy awaiting only FCC approval, Roy demanded that the regulatory agency not give the Hungarian-born globalist billionaire special treatment and instead follow the law.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf particular concern,\u201d Roy wrote, \u201cthe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/records-show-founder-soros-funded-partisan-propaganda-network-visited-biden-white-house-many-times\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Soros<\/a> groups are asking the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to approve a change in ownership in Audacy without the FCC running its normal, statutorily required process.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Should the FCC expedite this deal as requested by Soros Fund Management?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>That, the Texas congressman insisted, must not happen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe FCC has an obligation to complete a full and thorough review of any radio station purchase of this size and magnitude,\u201d Roy wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Roy then cited Section 310(b)(4) of the <a href=\"https:\/\/transition.fcc.gov\/Reports\/1934new.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1934 Communications Act<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>That fourth clause under sub-section (b) requires the denial of a radio station license to \u201cany corporation directly or indirectly controlled by any other corporation of which more than one-fourth of the capital stock is owned of record or voted by aliens, their representatives, or by a foreign government or representative thereof, or by any corporation organized under the laws of a foreign country, if the Commission finds that the public interest will be served by the refusal or revocation of such license.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Curiously, the first clause under the same sub-section (b) prohibits direct foreign ownership of any U.S. radio station. And it gives the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-fcc-nominees-anti-fox-news-tweets-racial-comments-come-back-haunt-senate-hearing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FCC<\/a> no discretion in the matter.<\/p>\n<p>It seems clear, therefore, that the Communications Act\u2019s authors intended to prevent exactly what Soros Fund Management\u2019s purchase of Audacy now threatens.<\/p>\n<p>The discretion afforded FCC regulators under the fourth clause, however, allows sinister actors like Soros to get around legal intent.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/soros-open-societies-foundation-announces-50-million-push-just-time-2024-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Soros<\/a> group has brazenly requested that the FCC waive its standard review requirements.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Soros group says that skipping the foreign ownership review at this time will enable the FCC to expedite its approval of the Soros applications and thus allow them to more quickly realize their ownership interests in, and take the reins at, these hundreds of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/does-hollywoods-conservative-blacklist-extend-to-the-music-industry\/\" title=\"Does Hollywood\u2019s Conservative Blacklist Extend to the Music Industry?\">local radio stations<\/a> across the country,\u201d Roy wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile this may be true, the Soros group\u2019s interest in expediency does not obviate the FCC\u2019s obligation to follow the law and protect the American people,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Soros-affiliated groups, of course, have poured millions of dollars into down-ballot\u00a0elections. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/radical-soros-funded-da-danger-losing-position-opponents-force-runoff-cut-deep-primary-night\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Democrat district attorneys<\/a> in cities <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/soros-backed-da-mother-carjacked-gunpoint\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">across the country<\/a>, for instance, have benefited from Soros largesse.<\/p>\n<p>Soros also has a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/george-soros-ghoulish-july-fourth-message-declares-war-domestic-enemies-democracy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">taste for authoritarianism<\/a>, as all globalists do.<\/p>\n<p>Some globalists, like the dour-looking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/elon-musk-unsettled-klaus-schwabs-ominous-opening-remarks-world-economic-forums-annual-meeting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Klaus Schwab<\/a>, founder and executive chairman of the sinister World Economic Forum, come straight from central casting. Others, like the dopey software-monopolist-turned-phony-medical-expert <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/time-elon-musk-called-bill-gates-ahole-core-categorically-insane\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bill Gates<\/a>, look deceptively harmless.<\/p>\n<p>On at least one level, however, Schwab and Gates pose fewer threats to freedom, for we can see them coming. We recognize their absurd pretensions to global control. And, most important of all, we imagine them operating at a distance.<\/p>\n<p>But Soros\u2019 slimy influence reaches into local communities. It oozes beneath the doors of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mother-message-soros-funded-da-going-easy-sons-alleged-killer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">soft-on-crime district attorneys\u2019<\/a> offices. 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Please don\u2019t let the America-hating left win. <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>Stand with us today<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>!<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-45760\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/michael-schwarz\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-45760\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-45760\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-45760\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-45760\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Michael Schwarz holds a Ph.D. in History and has taught at multiple colleges and universities. He has published one book and numerous essays on Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and the Early U.S. Republic. He loves dogs, baseball, and freedom. After meandering spiritually through most of early adulthood, he has rediscovered his faith in midlife and is eager to continue learning about it from the great Christian thinkers.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  Michael Schwarz holds a Ph.D. in History and has taught at multiple colleges and universities. He has published one book and numerous essays on Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and the Early U.S. Republic. He loves dogs, baseball, and freedom. After meandering spiritually through most of early adulthood, he has rediscovered his faith in midlife and is eager to continue learning about it from the great Christian thinkers. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a commentary by Michael Schwarz on April 24, 2024, supervillains aiming for world dominance often focus on grand schemes. Surprisingly, a notorious globalist villain excels by targeting local influence. 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