Hey, it's Micah. If you've been enjoying the Divided Dial series as much as we have,

come join us in New York on June 11th for a very cool, very low-key live show that I'll be doing

with Katie Thornton. We'll hear about the crazy lengths Katie went to to bring these stories to

life. And we'll talk about what our role is in keeping the public airwaves

public. The event is on June 11th in New York. You can find more information at WNYC.org

slash events and in the show notes for today's podcast. Come and nerd out with us on all things radio.

It's going to be really fun. Before the Federal Communications Commission approved a $20 billion acquisition by Verizon,

it had an eye-popping requirement.

The merger was approved in part because Verizon promised to end its DEI program.

From WNYC in New York, this is on the media. I'm Michael Onger. The FCC's lone Democratic

commissioner is speaking out. It's not our agency's function to prosecute diversity, equity,

and inclusion. And what alarms me about it is that capitulation breeds capitulation. Also on this

week's show, the final installment of the divided

dial, the pirates versus the profiteers. As the other radio frequencies get more and more jammed up

with things like Wi-Fi and satellites, where is the available real estate? Well, it's in the

shortwave. Who would have thought that shortwave is now

fabulously valuable to Wall Street? It's all coming up after this.

From WNYC in New York, this is on the media. Brooke Ladstone is out this week. I'm Michael

Loinger. On Tuesday, this is on the media. Brooke Ladstone is out this week. I'm Michael Lohenger.

On Tuesday, this happened.

NPR in three Colorado public radio stations today filed suit against the Trump administration in federal court.

Trump has accused NPR and PBS of bias signing an executive order for the corporation of public broadcasting to stop funding them.

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