Bee-otches of the Day: the Republican Party

In this podcast...

-Chuck talked about the assassination of a Minnesota Congresswoman and her husband by a MAGA Republican.

-He claims that the Republicans are all about spreading misinformation and screwing up the Federal Communications Commission was the beginning. 

-Chuck explains that the FCC once did good things, such as limiting what media outlets could own and forcing TV manufacturers to put on a UHF knob on their sets. The biggie was enacting the Fairness Doctrine, which forced broadcasters to present views and opinions from all sides.

-Chuck brought up Jackson, Mississippi TV station WLBT-TV, which violated the Doctrine by censoring Black people and was stripped of its license.

-Chuck said that however, things started falling apart with the FCC when the Supreme Court ruled that they could fine broadcasters for airing indecent content. He bought up that most members of the Court at the time were Nixon appointees. One of those who voted against the FCC was Thurgood Marshall, who was censored by the WLBT in the 1950s.

-That particular case was brought up by a conservative Catholic father who was listening to a broadcast of George Carlin's "Seven Dirty Words" routine on a New York radio station in the early 70s with his teenage son.

-Reagan's FCC abolished the Fairness Doctrine in 1987, which paved the way for right-wing talk radio hosts like Rush Limbaugh. Clinton's Telecommunications Act of 1996 only made things worse. Things got even more disastrous with Janet Jackson's wardrobe malfunction. 

-Chuck brought up Air America, which was dumped on iHeartMedia stations after Mitt Romney's firm bought it. They ended up bankrupt.

-Chuck thinks that Drumpf might still consider outlawing pornography because of Project 2025. He thinks that those who have tried to outlaw porn and certain types of music over the years have worse problems in their lives.

-Chuck remembered a story about an old man in Alabama years ago who kidnapped a little boy from his school bus. The man had right wing talk radio blaring non-stop. 

-On closing, Chuck tells people to support independent media to know the truth because corporations don't care about you.

Bee-otch of the Day: Donald Trump

On today's short-but-sweet podcast...

-Chuck talked about a post author Stephen King made on Twitter of a video of Drumpf's disastrous $45 million parade this weekend in Washington, DC.

-Only 10,000 people attended Drumpf's parade. Meanwhile, millions attended the No More Kings marches in America. 

-A popular 1990s alternative rock star participated in the march in Chuck's hometown of Traverse City, Michigan. 

-Drumpf's approval ratings are tanking.

-A pro-Drumpf country and rock festival was held in the town of Hastings, not far from where Chuck lives. 2000s rock has-beens Kid Rock and Nickelback headlined. Chuck talked about how he went from playing house parties in Detroit attended by black people to being an asshole bowing to Drumpf. He also called Nickelback sellouts because two of their hits sounded too similar to each other.

-Afroman also played the festival. Chuck thinks he was high when he agreed to play it.

-Chuck talked about the murder of the Minnesota Congresswoman and the roughhousing of a California Senator. He says that right-wingers don't care about intelligence and they'll stop at nothing to censor the truth.

-Chuck mentioned that people told him that he was a failure. He pointed out that both Walt Disney and Oprah Winfrey had the same comments hurled to them.

-Chuck urges people to vote for the most-progressive candidates in the primaries in 2026 to amp up a blue wave.

Bee-otch of the Day: northern Michigan media

In today's BOTD podcast, once again at the park with our canine executive producer (apologies for occasional wind issues)...

-Chuck proclaims how embarrassing it is that Traverse City has no Detroit Tiger radio affiliate, and the Record-Eagle newspaper recently covered the story. 

-He said that he visited the Traverse City area last year and tried to pick up the nearest Tiger station, Cadillac's 93.7 The Ticket in Williamsburg, but got severe bleeding from WKLT's Boyne City repeater at 93.5. At the time, they were playing one of Kid Rock's more-recent songs. He ended up flipping to satellite radio to pick up the game.

-Chuck goes over the history of Tigers radio in Traverse City. He says that WTCM picking up The Rush Limbaugh Show, plus the Tigers' poor record played a role in the station wanting to dump the team. It was a huge reason why station owner Ross Biederman bought WCCW 1310 and moved the team there.

-He then explains that another broadcaster took over the rights to the Tigers for Traverse City, but they were only leasing the stations and were forced off those frequencies. Two of the three-biggest radio companies serving Traverse City air the Tigers elsewhere. 

-WTCM and WCCW's general manager told the Record-Eagle that if he aired the Tigers, people call and complain. Chuck explained that several of the stations he manages have lousy-to-no ratings.

-The Lions air on local classic rock station The Bear. Chuck explains that they've been getting mauled by KLT for years and should consider a format change.

-Chuck visited Traverse City recently and now, the FM dial is overrun with Christian radio stations. 

-He does say that Rock 105 and 95-5 isn't a bad station. However...

-Chuck touches on CBS affiliate WWTV 9&10 and their move to Traverse City after being in the Cadillac area for 71 years. On social media, people praise the station for being locally owned and not run by an ultra-right-winged firm like Sinclair, who owns NBC affiliate WPBN-TV 7&4 and WGTU ABC 29&8. Chuck explains that local isn't always better. 

-He talks about the fact that 9&10 dropped Howard Stern's ill-fated Saturday night show for NRA infomercials starring Charleton Heston in 1999. He also criticized the station for dumping a CBS 9/11 documentary for a bad Robin Williams movie over profanity. Chuck claims that it all boiled down to money from a notorious billionaire. 

-Chuck touched on a former 9&10 anchor who was fired from a station in El Paso, Texas for conducting a one-sided interview with embattled attorney general Ken Paxton. He also heard rumors of a toxic work environment at the station that caused a revolving door. 

-Chuck explained that the fact that 9&10 is paying the owner's friend to own the local Fox affiliate for them to operate makes them as shady as Sinclair. The fact that 9&10 moved from a giant mausoleum-style building to what looks like a town house is karma. Chuck also commented that their new studio is quite tiny.

-He ends the podcast by praising a new community radio station in his childhood hometown and that people need to continue to support independent voices. 

Bee-otch of the Day: Tyrone Bynum

In this podcast, recorded during a walk in the park with his trusty canine companion,

-Chuck talks about how Bynum ran WMFN 640 into the ground and the mistake WMFN's previous owners made.

-He also talked about a religious cult WMFN's owners are doing business with, which was started by a pedophile. Plus, he pointed out that a well-known rapper was part of that cult. 

-Chuck also talked about how Tyrone screwed over Detroit Tiger fans in west Michigan. 

-He also gives a brief history of WPRR 1680 and the creation of Public Reality Radio. 

-Chuck then talks about the feud between Tyrone and WPRR's programming director, Darren Gibson and the truth as to why Gibson got fired.

-Chuck talked about the karma that hit WPRR's owner and is now hitting Tyrone. 

-He then explains the FCC violations Tyrone is making and one that got him slapped with a Notice of Violation notice.

-Chuck says that sadly, too many black-owned media companies - not just Tyrone's - are poorly-run.

-He then brought up the incompetence of West Michigan broadcasters, especially WOOD-TV 8.

-He also blames Tyrone for Drumpf winning the 2016 presidential election. 

We're now doing a podcast!

In this podcast...

-We talk about the last Bee-otch of the Day, Hulk Hogan.

-We explain why most Bee-otches of the Day will be a podcast vs. a blog from now on.

-We also explain why podcasts are important these days with the recent announcements that two of Chuck's favorite hosts quit their shows. 

-Chuck critiques The MeidasTouch, one of the fastest-growing podcasts on the web today.