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(Some Guy) Interesting Zambia shuts down radio station for "becoming a platform for confrontation, controversies and a channel of insults and misinformation." Looks like they've perfected talk radio, all right   (afrol.com) divider line 48
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marymarch 2007-12-15 12:20:42 PM  
Whats a startion????

 
TemporarySanity 2007-12-15 12:22:21 PM  
kinda like a station on mars. or a station that starts.

 
AuCinaoaMie 2007-12-15 12:22:50 PM  
So let me guess, they dont have CNN, FOX, or CNBC either then...


Got it.

 
marymarch 2007-12-15 12:23:01 PM  
Oh. I thought it was Zambian. I don't speak Zambian.

 
Goldeneye007 2007-12-15 12:23:38 PM  
startion??

subby, plz.

 
drjekel_mrhyde 2007-12-15 12:24:03 PM  
but is each hour filled with 45 mins of Ads and product placements

 
BitwiseShift 2007-12-15 12:24:47 PM  
This spokesman doesn't approve.
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LargeCanine 2007-12-15 12:24:47 PM  
i78.photobucket.com

 
mikey15 2007-12-15 12:24:55 PM  
does their wacky morning show get all its stuff from fark ?

 
Gobobo 2007-12-15 12:26:15 PM  
www.afropop.org
Got nuthin'.

 
Brick Top 2007-12-15 12:26:59 PM  
Only ~4% of Zambians have any internet access whatsoever. Radio is probably their only passive public forum for learning about politics and so forth. This is a fascist step by the Zambian government, and as usual it is couched in terms of "protecting decency" or some similar nonsense.

 
DeerNuts 2007-12-15 12:27:28 PM  
In other words, Fark Radio.

 
I'm over it now 2007-12-15 12:30:49 PM  
I didn't know Fark had a radio station in Zambia.

 
Jamrock 2007-12-15 12:32:29 PM  
Brick Top: Only ~4% of Zambians have any internet access whatsoever. Radio is probably their only passive public forum for learning about politics and so forth. This is a fascist step by the Zambian government, and as usual it is couched in terms of "protecting decency" or some similar nonsense.

So do you um work for this station or something. I hate to tell you guys this, but not all nations have the freedom to say whatever you'd like. You start going off the deep end like some of these guys on talk radio, and they'll shut you up, and they can do that, according to their laws. It may be sort of fascist in the case, but I'm sure there were some crazies on the radio that gave the government all the justification they needed. Really, I don't know. I don't know anything about Zambia

 
wrightb71 2007-12-15 12:32:56 PM  
Welcome to Zambia Com.

 
Jamrock 2007-12-15 12:34:14 PM  
DeerNuts: In other words, Fark Radio.

Talk Radio is already basically Fark, just in a much more primitive form. Or you could say it the other way around..

 
MacNasty 2007-12-15 12:34:26 PM  
marymarch: Whats a startion????

I came here to find out the answer to this as well.

 
Makh [TotalFark] 2007-12-15 12:36:48 PM  
Clearly showing his disapproval to this.

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watox 2007-12-15 12:36:53 PM  
On his way with a can of righteous whoop ass!!

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Tabatha Static 2007-12-15 12:37:25 PM  
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Manic_Repressive [TotalFark] 2007-12-15 12:40:40 PM  
wrightb71: Welcome to Zambia Com.

You can do anything at Zambia Com!

 
sneaky jesus 2007-12-15 12:41:08 PM  
Jamrock: Brick Top: Only ~4% of Zambians have any internet access whatsoever. Radio is probably their only passive public forum for learning about politics and so forth. This is a fascist step by the Zambian government, and as usual it is couched in terms of "protecting decency" or some similar nonsense.


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/Approve of the fascist nonsense

 
Yodacat 2007-12-15 12:44:41 PM  
I'm still waiting for more explanations as to what these "startions" are... Do we have them in america? are they poisonous? Delicious? Purple?

 
Dick_Hertz 2007-12-15 12:44:48 PM  
Sounds like the Clinton Campaign Headquarters!

 
Brick Top 2007-12-15 12:48:26 PM  
Jamrock
I don't know anything about Zambia

Thanks for the hint, Captain Obvious.

You ever wonder why all the African governments are so corrupt, yet nobody does anything about it? The reason is that most people don't experience that corruption firsthand, or know about alternatives, or know what's going on. At all.

Look at Somalia in the late 80s. Everyone knew that Siad Barre was an asshole, but nobody really knew how much of an asshole he was. If he had his thugs go and murder a political rival, all you might hear was rumors and hearsay a month after the fact. If Bush so much as pisses off center, we have the talk shows biatching about it within seconds. That dissemination of information is a luxury we take for granted.

It also happens to be vital to the health of a free country, which is why Zambia squashing radio stations in the named of "decency" or some shiat is nonsense.

Are you starting to get it?

 
shucherfase 2007-12-15 12:50:02 PM  
Back in college I managed the campus radio startion so I'm really getting a kick out of these replies.

 
oh_noes111 2007-12-15 12:51:12 PM  
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Fluid 2007-12-15 12:55:07 PM  
That's a fine radio stortion they gots there.

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Fluzing 2007-12-15 01:02:02 PM  
Brick Top: You ever wonder why all the African governments are so corrupt, yet nobody does anything about it?

You have some nerve calling a foreign government corrupt, Mr. USA.

Pot meet kettle.

 
genzoman 2007-12-15 01:06:19 PM  
i have a friend from zambia. her name is bijal. and also im drunk.

 
watox 2007-12-15 01:19:21 PM  
Fluzing: Brick Top: You ever wonder why all the African governments are so corrupt, yet nobody does anything about it?

You have some nerve calling a foreign government corrupt, Mr. USA.

Pot meet kettle.


Wouldn't Brick Top have to BE the US government for that to work?

Just b/c his gov't is corrupt (not saying it is) doesn't mean he can't see corruption elsewhere - right?

/just sayin'

 
Dome [TotalFark] 2007-12-15 01:24:26 PM  
i read the headline as "zombie shuts down..." and was extremely excited, then i looked again, and was extremely disappointed

 
CygnusDarius [TotalFark] 2007-12-15 01:32:38 PM  
marymarch: Whats a startion????

Is the place you go to talk about vodak.

 
margarine of error 2007-12-15 01:32:56 PM  
Fluzing

Have you ever been to the USA? If not then STFU. And even if you have, you cannot claim that our government compares in corruption to regimes like Zambia or Venezuela. The easy access to information, the ability to vote the creeps out, and other things we have going here make for a government that has controls in place over rampant corruption. Yes, we have problems, but not at all like other countries.

 
libbynomore2 2007-12-15 01:36:09 PM  
Zambia shuts down radio station for "becoming a platform for confrontation, controversies and a channel of insults and misinformation." Looks like they've perfected talk radio, all right

If that's the standard then I guess Fark.com is next

 
Alphax 2007-12-15 01:58:01 PM  
Brick Top: If Bush so much as pisses off center, we have the talk shows biatching about it within seconds.

Or in most cases, saying Bush was right to miss the toilet..

 
Breaker Moran 2007-12-15 02:02:16 PM  
Anybody remember (or even) know about Radio Television Libre des Mille Collines in Rwanda during the genocide there? Just wonderin'.

/margarine of error
You're in Musgrave's district, aren't you?

 
Triaxis 2007-12-15 02:23:22 PM  
I thought Air America went out of business?

 
Brick Top 2007-12-15 02:34:01 PM  
Fluzing
You have some nerve calling a foreign government corrupt, Mr. USA.

Pot meet kettle.

So only citizens of pure, uncorrupted nations can point out the foibles of other nations?

This is gonna be a long night.

 
margarine of error 2007-12-15 03:33:34 PM  
Breaker Moran
Anybody remember (or even) know about Radio Television Libre des Mille Collines in Rwanda during the genocide there? Just wonderin'.

/margarine of error
You're in Musgrave's district, aren't you?

I make no claim to Musgrave. I'm conservative but I'm not in her camp. Don't understand how she got elected. Oh wait....it must be the corrupt government!

 
SgtArkie 2007-12-15 03:44:56 PM  

/approves

mediamatters.org

On the December 12 broadcast of his nationally syndicated radio show, Michael Savage referred to Rep. Jane Harman (D-CA), Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA), and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) as "yentas," said Harman should "[g]o home and cook verenikis," and suggested that the three were in office because they "have rich husbands who put them in power with their money, so they could have a little hobby in between getting their nails done." Savage later asked his "board operator" if he would rather "be waterboarded for 30 seconds or eat Jane Harman's ravioli" and whether he'd rather "be waterboarded or eat Nancy Pelosi's tortellini."

I aint fugging touching the tortellini HURL!!!


 
dbrian56 2007-12-15 04:28:02 PM  
A lot of nations have different values, Russia for one is doing the same thing (with newspapers) in order to keep their country stable right now. They value stability over questioning their government. It sounds odd, but we're not them.

On the other hand though, Zambia does enjoy democratic values, and I would think a freedom of expression would be mandatory.

 
bigKW 2007-12-15 06:41:11 PM  
I guess there is no love for The Love Doctors. Listen online monday through Friday 10:00 a.m eastern time to 3:00p.m. It's not your daddys' kinda show. Besides, music radio sucks! www.wzzr.com click on listen live. Or try looking at the wikipedia for The Love doctors.
Now it's your turn to call in 1.877.927.6969 Talk about whatever is on your mind. It doesn't even have to be a true story. As long as it is fascinating, or just keeps Dr. Rich amused. No, it does not matter what area of the country you are in, just call!!

 
Phocas 2007-12-15 07:48:02 PM  
"Keep your friends close and your enemies closer"

Jeez, don't the people in power know anything? Keep it on the air, let people vent, and figure out who supports you and who doesn't. Sure beats sleeping behind a wall of security guards every night.

 
SoxSweepAgain 2007-12-15 09:21:09 PM  
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Been there, done that.

 
SoxSweepAgain 2007-12-15 09:26:06 PM  
Brick Top: If Bush so much as pisses off center, we have the talk shows biatching about it within seconds.

Personally, I'm outraged that the oxygen I breathe might have once flowed through his filthy lungs.

/Pissing off-center needs to be investigated, and perhaps tried criminally. That's government property owned by the people; Bush has fouled the White House enough. He shouldn't be permitted to pee on its sacred floors.

 
KrispyKritter 2007-12-15 09:37:26 PM  
up next: Sirius welcomes Mongu radio station. kidding.

quite amusing to read views of non-usa government corruption. we have access to so much info here in the usa yet some still can't see the forest for the trees. wake up. we only know what they tell us but for gawds sake surely you can read between the lines. power, wealth and corruption: our leaders have it all.

 
hexboy 2007-12-16 04:20:54 AM  
quite amusing to read views of non-usa government corruption. we have access to so much info here in the usa yet some still can't see the forest for the trees. wake up. we only know what they tell us but for gawds sake surely you can read between the lines. power, wealth and corruption: our leaders have it all.


The only thing we have is too many people who've never known true adversity or traveled to places where corruption is real. You wake up... When you're gone in 4-8 years, you don't start worldwide conspiracies.

 
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