# Kansas radio station goes full-on Russian Propaganda. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 18, 2020, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kansas-radio-station-goes-full-on-russian-propaganda/846616 "2020-01-18T13:31:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2020, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kansas-radio-station-goes-full-on-russian-propaganda/846616/1 "2020-01-18T13:31:11Z")
[Six hours a day playing Radio Sputnik](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1118261). 'Member when the American Right was _opposed_ to a Russian take-over of the US? ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2020, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kansas-radio-station-goes-full-on-russian-propaganda/846616/2 "2020-01-18T14:04:04Z")
That appears to be a link to the Delta Airlines fuel dump over a schoolyard. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2020, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kansas-radio-station-goes-full-on-russian-propaganda/846616/3 "2020-01-18T14:14:24Z")
Try here: [https://thehill.com/homenews/media/478898-kansas-city-radio-station-signs-deal-to-broadcast-russia-state-owned-media](https://thehill.com/homenews/media/478898-kansas-city-radio-station-signs-deal-to-broadcast-russia-state-owned-media) If I was a betting man, I’d bet the deal will be off by Sunday and no Russian stuff will be broadcast in Kansas. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2020, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kansas-radio-station-goes-full-on-russian-propaganda/846616/4 "2020-01-18T14:36:25Z")
What the actual fuck? I like this quote from the article: > [@](#): > > “They don’t pay me for anything other than the air time,” said Ferolito. “It’s costing me more money than I’m making, that’s the sad part about it.” Uh, then stop doing it? The way I read that, the owner is taking a loss in order to broadcast Russian propaganda and complaining about it. Did I miss something? They should do what **LAZombie** does and **HD** used to do – post it on here for free. That way, it’s only your time that you’re spending. It’s not money out the door. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2020, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kansas-radio-station-goes-full-on-russian-propaganda/846616/5 "2020-01-18T14:53:30Z")
So it’s finally time to drop an asteroid on Kansas. We’ve got to get our space program up to snuff for it. Maybe a ground launched Orion type nuclear craft, like they used in Footfall. That could do the job. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2020, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kansas-radio-station-goes-full-on-russian-propaganda/846616/6 "2020-01-18T15:10:04Z")
Kansas City isn’t Sputnik’s first American radio station; there’s one in DC. > **[D.C. radio station is a Russian agent, federal judge rules](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/d-c-radio-station-russian-agent-federal-judge-rules-n1005236)** > > WZHF-AM is "a Russian state-owned media enterprise created by Vladimir Putin to advance Russian interests abroad," the Justice Department contended. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2020, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kansas-radio-station-goes-full-on-russian-propaganda/846616/7 "2020-01-18T15:10:23Z")
> [@RitterSport](#): > > What the actual fuck? > > I like this quote from the article: > > > [@](#): > > > > “They don’t pay me for anything other than the air time,” said Ferolito. “It’s costing me more money than I’m making, that’s the sad part about it.” > > Uh, then stop doing it? The way I read that, the owner is taking a loss in order to broadcast Russian propaganda and complaining about it. Did I miss something? > > They should do what **LAZombie** does and **HD** used to do – post it on here for free. That way, it’s only your time that you’re spending. It’s not money out the door. Fellow seems to be following the State of Kansas fiscal policy. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2020, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kansas-radio-station-goes-full-on-russian-propaganda/846616/8 "2020-01-18T16:23:08Z")
> [@Squink](#): > > So it’s finally time to drop an asteroid on Kansas. > We’ve got to get our space program up to snuff for it. > Maybe a ground launched Orion type nuclear craft, like they used in Footfall. > That could do the job. As a native Kansan, I respectfully submit the fact that the tower for these broadcasts and the offices for the stations are located in Liberty, Missouri, a suburb of Kansas City. [Wiki link.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KCXL) So please direct the asteroid at Missouri. But do wait until after the Chiefs game on Sunday, as Arrowhead Stadium is located in Kansas City, Missouri. Thanks. > [@enipla](#): > > Fellow seems to be following the State of Kansas fiscal policy. Also, FYI, Kansas’ finances are in better shape than they were a couple of years ago. Amazing what a group of Democratic representatives, moderate Republicans, and a Democratic governor can do in a short time. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2020, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kansas-radio-station-goes-full-on-russian-propaganda/846616/9 "2020-01-18T16:35:07Z")
Excellent plan Railer13. Kansas actually has some decent spots in it.Lawrence, Dodge(?), TotoTown, or whatever it’s called (Oz?), maybe that big Federal Marijuana patch from the movie. They’ve just developed the bad habit of voting for insane billionaire interests instead of their own. I don’t think it’d take much to turn the place around, but an asteroid would be so _convenient_. If you do rebuild, could you put in a few more trees? I-70 out west is perhaps the most boring drive in the US. I’d sooner drive central Illinois. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2020, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kansas-radio-station-goes-full-on-russian-propaganda/846616/10 "2020-01-18T16:52:10Z")
> [@Squink](#): > > They’ve just developed the bad habit of voting for insane billionaire interests instead of their own. A bad habit not limited to Kansans, I might add. > [@Squink](#): > > I-70 out west is perhaps the most boring drive in the US. If you think driving I-70 through western Kansas is boring, just wait until you cross the border into Colorado. There’s absolutely nothing to look at for three hours until you reach Denver. [/hijack] ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2020, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kansas-radio-station-goes-full-on-russian-propaganda/846616/11 "2020-01-18T17:31:07Z")
[This](https://politizoom.com/2020/01/17/radio-sputnik-set-to-broadcast-in-kansas-city-not-the-onion-this-is-real/) is the link to the story I meant to put in the OP. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2020, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kansas-radio-station-goes-full-on-russian-propaganda/846616/12 "2020-01-18T21:21:14Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > 'Member when the American Right was _opposed_ to a Russian take-over of the US? That was back when Russia was\* left\* wing. Now that it’s a\* right \*wing oligarchy they are all for it. They are fundamentally treasonous people who care nothing about America, only about their own profits and hurting the people they hate. Which is nearly everyone. ---
**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2020, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kansas-radio-station-goes-full-on-russian-propaganda/846616/13 "2020-01-18T21:48:55Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > If you think driving I-70 through western Kansas is boring, just wait until you cross the border into Colorado. There’s absolutely nothing to look at for three hours until you reach Denver. > > [/hijack] The key is to take the exit in Limon and take 24 down to Colorado Springs. About 15 miles after you leave the freeway, Pike’s Peak appears on the horizon like an angry god. It’s still boring as hell up to that point, though, especially driving a box truck that’s limited to 70 mph. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2020, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kansas-radio-station-goes-full-on-russian-propaganda/846616/14 "2020-01-20T16:06:52Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > As a native Kansan, I respectfully submit the fact that the tower for these broadcasts and the offices for the stations are located in Liberty, Missouri, a suburb of Kansas City… As a guy living on the other side of the state line I was more than happy to ignore that all too familiar “Kansas City is in Kansas” error this time. So, let’s go ahead and send the asteroid to Kansas. Just do it at night as I work in Kansas during the day. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2020, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kansas-radio-station-goes-full-on-russian-propaganda/846616/15 "2020-01-20T16:33:26Z")
Perhaps a Mars size impactor would make all our troubles disappear. Not sure how to move such a mass though??? ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2020, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kansas-radio-station-goes-full-on-russian-propaganda/846616/16 "2020-01-20T18:07:24Z")
> [@Squink](#): > > Not sure how to move such a mass though??? Prayer? ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2020, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kansas-radio-station-goes-full-on-russian-propaganda/846616/17 "2020-01-20T18:58:24Z")
THAT’S IT, IKE !!! -With prayer, all things are possible, after all. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2020, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kansas-radio-station-goes-full-on-russian-propaganda/846616/18 "2020-01-20T22:36:15Z")
> [@Squink](#): > > So it’s finally time to drop an asteroid on Kansas. If I may paraphrase CBS radio commentator Dave Ross from a few years ago: The recent asteroid [2019 OK passed within 45000 miles of Kansas](https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/07/26/it-snuck-up-us-city-killer-asteroid-just-missed-earth-scientists-almost-didnt-detect-it-time/) and MISSED! :smack: (It was back in 2008 or so, he remarked that some asteroid has passed within some close-distance to Washington and MISSED!) ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2020, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kansas-radio-station-goes-full-on-russian-propaganda/846616/19 "2020-01-21T04:21:12Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > As a native Kansan, I respectfully submit the fact that the tower for these broadcasts and the offices for the stations are located in Liberty, Missouri, a suburb of Kansas City. > > [Wiki link.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KCXL) > > So please direct the asteroid at Missouri. But do wait until after the Chiefs game on Sunday, as Arrowhead Stadium is located in Kansas City, Missouri. Thanks. > > Also, FYI, Kansas’ finances are in better shape than they were a couple of years ago. Amazing what a group of Democratic representatives, moderate Republicans, and a Democratic governor can do in a short time. You might also note the fact that it’s a Florida based company that made the agreement. Don’t blame the victims. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2020, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kansas-radio-station-goes-full-on-russian-propaganda/846616/20 "2020-01-26T17:45:10Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > That was back when Russia was\* left\* wing. Now that it’s a\* right \*wing oligarchy they are all for it. > > They are fundamentally treasonous people who care nothing about America, only about their own profits and hurting the people they hate. Which is nearly everyone. This is how I see it. And STILL they fucking dare to wave the flag at the rest of the country. People better remember all this. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kansas-radio-station-goes-full-on-russian-propaganda/846616.md?page=2)