Radio station whose FCC license was revoked for Fairness Doctrine violations. Radio station, Media PA; purchased by McIntire 1965; 600-station network; lost license 1973.
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…ter My Lai. He rejected Billy Graham as compromised by liberal support. ## The WXUR Fight McIntire purchased WXUR in Media, Pennsylvania in 1965. Beginning 1967, the FCC challenged the station's complia…
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…he Furniture Principle deployed for ideological narrowing. When the FCC revoked WXUR's license for Fairness Doctrine violations, he transplanted the transmitter onto the MV Oceanic and broadcast "Radio Fr…
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…l Council. *Twentieth Century Reformation Hour* explicitly anti-communist. Lost WXUR license 1973; attempted to broadcast from a boat in international waters ("Radio Free America"), Coast Guard delivered…
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…pirate_radio_2026-04-12.md. MV *Columbus* (renamed WWII minesweeper), 140 feet, WXUR's own 10,000-watt transmitter transplanted onto a boat. Broadcast September 19, 1973 for ~10 hours before signal interf…