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Re:Is Am Radio Dead? by irjustin on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @08:41PM (#34605178)
> That's tragic and shortsighted

Tragic absolutely, shortsighted - no. You can't operate without money and news organizations can't survive in todays environment. The way we consume and gather around information simply isn't the same anymore.

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Re:Is Am Radio Dead? by ruined on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @08:44PM (#34605202)
it's the bbc, they are state funded.
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Re:Is Am Radio Dead? by sn_master on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @10:29PM (#34605964)
They were funded by a separate tax that everyone had to pay which got discontinued recently.
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Re:Is Am Radio Dead? by Quarrelsome on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @11:11PM (#34606249)
The TV license is still in effect and not everyone has to pay it. [1]

How on earth have you obtained such obvious misinformation and why are you posting it so confidently?

[1] https://www.gov.uk/tv-licence

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Re:Is Am Radio Dead? by midasuni on Wednesday February 01, 2023 @10:28AM (#34611810)
World service was funded separately from general taxation until a few years ago.
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