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That's why AM radio these days is incredibly weird. Lots of fire and brimstone, and right wing talk radio. Which isn't that weird, it's what you'd expect give

by RajT88 4y ago

That's why AM radio these days is incredibly weird. Lots of fire and brimstone, and right wing talk radio. Which isn't that weird, it's what you'd expect given our media ecosystem. But also really niche stuff. A friend of mine told me there's an AM radio station in NYC which plays nothing but Black Metal. Many of these stations carry Coast to Coast late at night, which is about as weird as you get.

JKCalhoun 4y ago
Sounds like shortwave which is, apparently, primarily religious proselytizing these days.
- RajT88 4y ago
  Free-To-Air Satellite TV as well. Anything a little less mainstream which is cheap to get into.
jhallenworld 4y ago
On shortwave you get the "Supreme Master"- who owns the Loving Hut chain of vegan restaurants. They are nice, but possibly a cult.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ching_Hai https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ching_Hai But late night AM, you get "Ministry in the Marketplace with Dr. Richard Hamlet" on WEZE 590. This is the craziest right wingnut radio I've ever heard, even including shortwave. Last week they were ranting on about the "death vaccine". "By the 1950s, America had forgotten the Biblical principles that it was founded on. In the mid-60s, government-controlled education was implemented. At that time, The Foundation for American Christian Education was formed to help limit that control by educating families and even schools on the . . ."
- UncleOxidant 4y ago
  That last paragraph just sounds like your average right-wing Christian radio station of which there are thousands across the US. Heck, your last paragraph there could've been from Dr. Dobson on the Focus on the Family radio show which is quite mainstream among American Evangelicals (of which there are many). As for the Loving Hut restaurants... oh, that's what I went to downtown? It did seem culty. They were playing some video on a loop about world peace, etc. I've gotta say, though, their vegan shrimp were quite good - a very good approximation down to the texture.
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by RajT88 4y ago

JKCalhoun 4y ago

Sounds like shortwave which is, apparently, primarily religious proselytizing these days.

RajT88 4y ago
Free-To-Air Satellite TV as well. Anything a little less mainstream which is cheap to get into.

jhallenworld 4y ago

On shortwave you get the "Supreme Master"- who owns the Loving Hut chain of vegan restaurants. They are nice, but possibly a cult.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ching_Hai https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ching_Hai But late night AM, you get "Ministry in the Marketplace with Dr. Richard Hamlet" on WEZE 590. This is the craziest right wingnut radio I've ever heard, even including shortwave. Last week they were ranting on about the "death vaccine". "By the 1950s, America had forgotten the Biblical principles that it was founded on. In the mid-60s, government-controlled education was implemented. At that time, The Foundation for American Christian Education was formed to help limit that control by educating families and even schools on the . . ."

UncleOxidant 4y ago
That last paragraph just sounds like your average right-wing Christian radio station of which there are thousands across the US. Heck, your last paragraph there could've been from Dr. Dobson on the Focus on the Family radio show which is quite mainstream among American Evangelicals (of which there are many). As for the Loving Hut restaurants... oh, that's what I went to downtown? It did seem culty. They were playing some video on a loop about world peace, etc. I've gotta say, though, their vegan shrimp were quite good - a very good approximation down to the texture.
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