WCFL Chicago a.m. - "The Voice of Labor", the first "public" radio
The FCC tried to keep them off the air.
They fought.
And won.
So can we.
You win by standing up to them, and not accepting their "no" as an answer.
"In 1922, the American Federation of Labor began discussions regarding owning and operating its own radio station. By 1925, the AFL decided not to enter the broadcasting business but to purchase time for organized labor's message on commercially operated radio. The dream stayed alive with the Chicago Federation of Labor, who believed having an owned and operated radio station would be an effective way to spread its message. In 1924, the Federation gave its approval to work toward establishing a radio station.[3] The original plan for WCFL called for it to be a non-commercial station, operating on the support of its listeners; in a sense it was one of the first large-scale efforts at public radio.[4] Spearheading the drive to make WCFL a reality was the Federation's Secretary, Edward Nockels (1869–1937[5]); without his efforts, there would have been no radio station at all.[3][6]
WCFL officially began on December 4, 1925; the Federation's hopes were temporarily dashed when the US Department of Commerce (there was no Federal Communications Commission until 1934 and no Federal Radio Commission which preceded it until 1927) refused to grant WCFL a wavelength on January 13, 1926. Just five days after what could have become an end to the station, the Federation announced it would go ahead with building it anyway.[7][8][9][10]"
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCFL_(AM)
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So, someone had the idea to build a radio station that was FOR THE PEOPLE.
The exact opposite of right wing hate radio.
And unlike public radio of today, they didn't have to worry about offending corporate masters.
Hmmm....
Hay market
I remember when my brother took a corporate job and he had to work late and did not get OT plus he would go in on weekends for free to "catch up" before Monday
And my mother who grew up here in another era, yelling at him Don't you know people in this city gave thier lives for an 8 hour workday and to get Sunday off?? She was so mad at him and she would be livid to see all the contract work now or OT exempt low end management
https://www.iww.org/history/library/misc/origins_of_mayday
WCFL had great 60's DJs and the biggest competition was WLS (Sears -World's. Largest. Store) top 40 tunes
Guess what's on WLS now?? Yep Rush and all crazy righties all the time except when they broadcast university games
Unions have taken a big hit in town and the righties have risen up even here
