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| Soros takeover: Outrage as Miami's anti-communism Radio Mambi could be controlled by Obama, Clinton staffers |
| 2022-07-06 |
| From June 14th. [FoxNews] Miami’s iconic, Spanish-language conservative talk radio station Radio Mambi could soon be controlled by political strategists who worked for President Obama and Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign. The pending sale to a George Soros-linked group has caused outrage inside the station, throughout Miami’s Cuban-American community and among conservative media watchdogs. Radio Mambi, which is historically linked to the Cuban exile community and offers an anti-communism view, would be controlled by a group of liberals partially funded by Soros, a far-left billionaire, if the $60 million deal is approved by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Media Research Center director of MRC Latino Jorge Bonilla blasted the move as a power grab by the left. "This is about power, this is about control. This is not about free speech. This is not about this misinformation. This is about controlling the flow of information to a specific community for political purposes, and that is what makes this deal, I think, so controversial," Bonilla told Fox News Digital. Bonilla believes the looming takeover has a specific, strategic purpose as influential liberals are set to control Miami's "mainstay of the right" in addition to Spanish-language stations in other major markets, including New York, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Las Vegas, Los Angeles and San Antonio. The formation of the Latino Media Network, a new network set to be made up of 18 Hispanic radio stations including Radio Mambi, was partially financed by Lakestar Finance, an investment group affiliated with Soros Fund Management. The stations, currently owned by Univision, would be controlled by Jess Morales Rocketto, a former Hillary for America and AFL-CIO employee, and Stephanie Valencia, a former Obama White House staffer, if the venture receives FCC approval. Bonilla believes it’s an "unprecedented" situation, and he had a hard time coming up with a comparison until conservative radio legend Rush Limbaugh came to mind. "I guess the closest equivalent would be to imagine Rush Limbaugh's affiliate in New York City. His flagship in New York City at the height of when he first came out and made a ruckus in the '90s," Bonilla said. "Imagine a Clintonite group coming in and buying that station out and basically setting up [former left-wing radio network] Air America in its place and knocking Rush Limbaugh off the air." Bonilla learned of an all-hands meeting last Thursday in which Valencia traveled to Miami to help ease tensions inside the station. Fox News Digital has confirmed the meeting took place, and that Valencia was accompanied by Cuban-born, anti-Trump conservative Al Cardenas in an attempt to calm panicked staffers. Cardenas is married to liberal CNN political commentator Ana Navarro, who remains a Republican but worked in Florida to elect Joe Biden in 2020 and openly supports Democrats. During the meeting, the former Obama aide claimed "nothing will change" at Radio Mambi, but employees don’t buy it. "Nobody believes her," a Radio Mambi insider who attended the meeting told Fox News Digital. "Honestly, they really believe we are stupid." Bonilla feels that liberals controlling Radio Mambi would be a significant factor in the 2024 presidential election, as the Hispanic community doesn’t have many well-established conservative media options. Florida's shift to the right in the past two presidential elections has mirrored an increase in Latino support for Republicans – former President Trump comfortably carried Florida in 2020 over Biden, in part by making major gains in Miami-Dade County with increased support from Cuban-Americans. "So Miami, because of its ecosystem, where it's a city populated on the Hispanic side, mostly by victims of communism and their descendants, that makes Miami and that Miami market very unique in the nation," Bonilla said. "I think that this is an effort to sort of consolidate control of the message Hispanics receive." The Soros-backed group would take control of the station in 2023 if the FCC approves the deal. Related: Ana Navarro: 2022-02-14 U.S. Stops All Mexican Avocado Imports Over Cartel Threats Ana Navarro: 2021-10-06 VIDEO Emerges of Fauci and HHS Officials Plotting for ‘A New Avian Flu Virus' to Enforce Universal Flu Vaccination Ana Navarro: 2021-06-18 New Jersey lawmaker is caught wearing boxer shorts with his belly exposed during Zoom meeting with US Congress colleagues |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #5 Frank, see this from Skidmark’s link: Conservative radio star Lourdes Ubieta has quit Miami’s iconic, Spanish-language conservative talk station Radio Mambi ahead of a planned takeover by a George Soros-linked liberal group and will move to upstart Americano Media on a full-time basis. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2022-07-06 22:10 |
| #4 The left hasn't had much success with talk radio in the past. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2022-07-06 20:41 |
| #3 It would be easy to take over a poor-serving station and transfer all the resources, relocating Mambi and leaving the assholes with an Air-America clone |
| Posted by: Frank G 2022-07-06 19:27 |
| #2 ^^ And so it starts. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2022-07-06 16:58 |
| #1 Soros takeover: Conservative radio star Lourdes Ubieta quits iconic Radio Mambi ahead of sale to liberal group |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2022-07-06 13:04 |