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News Radio’s Most Severe Silencing Hits Rural America

Network news, public funding, and local on-air talent are all being stripped out of American radio within the same 12 months.

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Luis G
Apr 23, 2026
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American radio is dying faster, reaching populations newspapers never did, and getting a fraction of the coverage. And I think we have about five wee…

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