Comments on: Why is the City of Dallas Broadcasting Fire And Brimstone?

By: LBJ's Love Child

LBJ's Love Child — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:14:04 +0000

WRR is a commercial station. While it is owned by the City of Dallas, it is not tax payer funded, but generates income for the City (and for the owners, the tax payers).

There is no issue with “Separation of Church and State”.

You might as well complain about the Dallas Symphony performing Handel’s “Messiah” at the City-owned Meyerson concert hall next Easter.

By: Bus Reilly

Bus Reilly — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 23:18:43 +0000

On WRR, listen to the 9 a.m. service live from Landover Baptist church or check out its Web site, http://www.landoverbaptist.org.

Now *this* is a church with spunk!

By: Not Me

Not Me — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 23:04:29 +0000

So much for doing a little homework before trying to play Woodward or Bernstein.

By: Dave Moore

Dave Moore — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 22:08:02 +0000

@Edward: The station manager tells me the religious broadcasts are paid spots. He didn’t know off the top of his head how much the city gets for them.

By: Edward

Edward — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:41:51 +0000

I can’t speak specifically with regard to the Dallas market, but it’s not uncommon for radio stations to play Christian programming as a PSA. Normally a station will play PSA’s only during the (very) early morning hours on the weekends, but WRR would be fully within their rights to play a normal 11am Sunday morning service. Most stations play their PSA’s in the early morning hours because no one is listening anyway.

Radio and TV stations are required to devote a certain amount of broadcast time to PSA’s in order to maintain their FCC licenses. Even though the station is owned by the city it still operates under the same FCC guidelines as a privately owned station and so the PSA requirement applies.

By: Jeremy Dunck

Jeremy Dunck — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:36:33 +0000

Joan,
You have no idea what you’re talking about.

By: Dave Moore

Dave Moore — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:58:17 +0000

Nat “King” Cole is rolling in his grave right now. Thanks, Joan.

By: Joan

Joan — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:28:46 +0000

I hear tell the Pagans have WRR lined up for a live remote of their Yule baby-roasting festival December 21. (Yum, yum! Better than chestnuts!)

By: Bill

Bill — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:02:17 +0000

WRR has been broadcasting PHPC’s 11am service for decades.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:56:48 +0000

Underfunded? Nobody even knows who they were … or where they came from. But oh, how they danced! the little people of Stonehenge!