As the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues, so do broadcasts of what critics decry as Kremlin-funded propaganda on KCXL, a radio station in Liberty, Missouri. Pressure is mounting for KCXL to end broadcasts that have kept the station in business.
Highlights
- Radio Sputnik is produced in Washington D.C.
- and funded by the Kremlin.
- KCXL radio station in Kansas City, Missouri, is receiving $160,000 a month from the Russian government.
- The National Association of Broadcasters is calling on all U.S.
- broadcasters to stop state-sponsored programming with ties to Russia.
- The NAB’s chief legal officer, Rick Kaplan, said it was an “extremely unusual” but necessary move.