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FCC Bans Mexican Station From Chinese Broadcasts to US
RADIO ONLINE | Tuesday, June 23, 2020 |
The Federal Communications Commission has rejected the request of a radio station in Mexico to continue broadcasting Mandarin Chinese language programs to southern California and ordered it to cease operations within 48 hours.
According to the FCC, Phoenix Radio's broadcast studio is wholly owned by Phoenix TV, but not listed as an applicant. The Commission rejected the request as "deficient" but said the applicants could refile the request. A temporary authorization had been granted for XEWW-AM in July 2018 pending FCC review. The following month, a group running a community radio station in southern California asked the FCC to deny the application, saying it might allow the government of the People's Republic of China to "provide its own propaganda programming."
Texas Senator Ted Cruz praised the FCC's decision to reject the bid saying, "Phoenix TV is a puppet of the Chinese Communist Party that broadcasts propaganda across the United States. Today's decision sends an important message to the world that the U.S. will not allow China to exploit FCC loopholes and spread its propaganda over our airwaves."
A lawyer for applicants GLR Southern California and H
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