• Undercover Martian@midwest.social
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    1 year ago

    Listening to local radio after paying for seamlessly ad-free and unaltered music and podcasts makes me so uncomfortable, I hate capitalism, I hate ads, all of it can miss me

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      1 year ago

      This actually isn’t capitalism! Regulations from the FCC mandate that any broadcaster using open airwaves like FM radio stations to broadcast an “IDENT” every so often, usually at least once an hour. This is why you hear the random letters in their intro like “WHEG The Fox”, thats their FCC license.