Alec Baldwin, and Jann Wenner are among the big name people who are making efforts to keep National Public Radio alive and well in Southampton at WLIU radio. The station, which is being sold, has many prominent names in the area concerned.
In fact, a charity fund has been set up that you can donate to to keep the radio station alive.
The amount of public support has been large, but it may not be large enough, and there is talk that the top bidder for the radio station may not be the best bidder. People are fearing that the top bidder could be a group that wants the station shut down for its liberal viewpoints and shows.
The Associated Press has reported that Porter Bibb, an investment banker that specializes in media and is working as a volunteer advisor to save the station said, “A well-financed religious broadcaster with reputations for buying out financially strapped public radio stations may swamp other bidders, because the religious stations simulcast the same programming on hundreds of stations, they could keep their overhead low.”
A lot of people care about this radio station and I love getting my dish of Bonnie Grice in the morning, so click on the charity link and send some money!
