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Screenshot via MS NOW. After President Donald Trump’s eleventh-hour appeals failed, workers prepared to remove his name from the Kennedy Center and a large crowd gathered to watch. Finally, at around 1:30 am ET — well past the court-ordered deadline — workers began putting up a tarp on the scaffolding to block the view of onlookers and media cameras. And still, not a single letter had been removed. Shortly after his second inauguration, Trump appointed himself to the board for the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts, and added several of his allies to the board as well, who then named him chair. It was a divisive move, and the announcement last December that Trump’s name would be added to the Kennedy Center sparked even greater outrage from members of the Kennedy family and other critics of the president, especially when Trump’s name was added to the building’s façade a mere day later. The center’s website, social media, and other digital branding were also updated to say “The Trump Kennedy Center.” Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-OH), a board member, objected to the renaming and filed a lawsuit in late December challenging the “illegal renaming,” arguing that “[b]ecause Congress named the center by statute, changing the Kennedy Center’s name requires an act of Congress.” She has been represented by Norm Eisen, along with the organization he co-founded, Democracy Defenders Action, and the Washington Litigation Group. Last month, Judge Christopher Cooper, an Obama appointee of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, ruled in Beatty’s favor, ordering both the planned closure to be halted and for Trump’s name to be removed from the Kennedy Center. On Friday, Trump filed a motion seeking a stay of the removal of his name, which Cooper denied, and Trump then appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, getting denied once again. Workers spent hours Friday slowly putting up scaffolding in front of the Kennedy Center to reach the letters. Several commentators noted that when the letters were installed back in December, cherry pickers were used to do the job much quicker, leading to speculation the scaffolding was ordered to create additional delays and give Trump’s appeals more time. AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin The midnight deadline in Judge Cooper’s order came and went without a single letter being taken down — there had been some delays due to inclement weather… [TheTopNews] Read More.3 hours ago - ‘Who Cares?’ Scott Jennings Says It Doesn’t Matter if Trump Broke the Law ...
CNN commentator Scott Jennings waved off a ruling from a judge who said the renaming of the Kennedy Center for President Donald Trump violated federal law. In the wee hours of Saturday morning, workers began removing Trump’s name from the famous venue in Washington, D.C. The official name of the venue, which is codified in federal law, is the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. It was created to serve as a “living memorial” to the 35th president. However, in December, the center’s board, packed mainly with Trump loyalists, voted to rename the building The Donald J. Trump and John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts. But on May 29, U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper ruled in favor of Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-OH), a member of the Kennedy Center’s board, who sued over the addition of Trump’s name and the president’s two-year closure of the venue. Not surprisingly, liberals hailed the ruling, and some gathered outside the building as crews erected scaffolding to take Trump’s name off the facade. On Friday’s CNN NewsNight, host Abby Phillip noted the disconnect between what Trump had campaigned on – lowering costs – and his actions in office, including renaming things for himself. “I think it is emblematic of one of the big problems with this Trump second term,” she said. “He is expending a huge amount of energy self-aggrandizing in the office. He was elected to lower prices, make people’s lives better. Instead, he’s calling into meetings, according to CNN’s reporting that according to a source, it was like an episode of Veep. He’s calling into meetings at the Kennedy Center to talk to them about this issue, to attack the judge’s wife, who was a former attorney for Joe Biden.” Jennings tried to spin the matter in Trump’s favor: JENNINGS: Well, are we upset that the president of the United States took an interest in the Kennedy Center, took an interest in a building that needs– PHILLIP: A lot of people are upset about that– JENNINGS: Why? Why would they be upset about it? Now, I’ll answer my own question. Because they’ve never been able to stand the fact that Donald Trump won the White House the first time, and especially the second– PHILLIP: I have an alternative explanation. How about Congress established the Kennedy Center as a memorial for John F. Kennedy and that it is illegal for him to… [TheTopNews] Read More.5 hours ago - Former Nevada Broadcasters Association Executive Joins Fletcher Heald
The law firm of Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth, PLC announced that Adam Sandler has joined the firm as Counsel. Sandler is a communications and media attorney with more than 20 years of experience helping broadcasters, telecommunications companies, trade associations and other clients navigate federal and state regulatory issues. He also once served as the vice president of the Nevada Broadcasters Association. In his new role, Sandler will advise clients on FCC licensing, compliance, transactions and advocacy before Congress, state legislatures and federal and state agencies, according to a release. He counsels clients and state broadcaster associations on a broad range of FCC and FTC regulatory matters, including media ownership, enforcement actions, advertising compliance, EEO requirements, public inspection files, children’s programming, emergency communications, ATSC 3.0 deployment, broadband regulation, robocalls and robotext mitigation, the release said. Originally from Long Island, N.Y., Sandler earned his B.A. from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and his J.D. from The George Washington University Law School, where he served on the Federal Communications Law Journal. [Visit Radio World’s People News Page] The post Former Nevada Broadcasters Association Executive Joins Fletcher Heald appeared first on Radio World. [TheTopNews] Read More.6 hours ago - TV Newsman Reveals Alzheimer’s Diagnosis on Air: ‘Tonight Will Be the Last N...
WABC TV WABC TV anchor Bill Ritter revealed on Friday’s Eyewitness News that he has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and that he was signing off for the final time “unless someone finds an amazing cure.” Ritter, 76, had helmed the 6 p.m. newscast in New York since 2001 and has been with the network since 1998. “After a series of tests, my doctors have told me I have Alzheimer’s,” Ritter told viewers on Friday. “This is called ‘early stage’ Alzheimer’s, and they say the treatments I’m getting are keeping it at bay, at least for now. But there is no guarantee, because there’s no cure yet for Alzheimer’s. So, unless someone finds an amazing cure, and really soon, tonight will be the last newscast I anchor.” The anchor said he will remain with the network in a newly created role that focuses on Alzheimer’s and similar afflictions. Ritter noted that his father had succumbed to the disease in 1998. “It is not easy for me to say all that to you, our viewers and the people I work with, like the man I’ve worked with for 25 and a half years, our producer, and my friend, Zahir Sachedina,” Ritter continued. “I believe we are the longest-running, behind-the-scenes newscast team ever here, and maybe anywhere – a Muslim producer, and a Jewish anchor – for 25 and a half years. It’s what the melting pot of New York and the Tri-State – and I would hope the country – is all about. Ritter went on to acknowledge his co-anchor Liz Cho and other members of the Eyewitness News team. “I am going to so miss reporting the news to all of you with the truth and the facts, no matter where they fall,” Ritter said, signing off. “It has been my honor to do just that. But for now, I wish you health and peace. And let’s take care of each other.”The post TV Newsman Reveals Alzheimer’s Diagnosis on Air: ‘Tonight Will Be the Last Newscast I Anchor’ first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.7 hours ago - Alex Bennett: Radio Craft From WMCA to YouTube
Author Bradley C. Freeman is full professor and program leader at Sunway University’s Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (School of Communication and Media Studies) in Malaysia. His research interests include online communities, political communication and radio history. Alex Bennett’s career in radio spans from the 1950s to the present day, encompassing AM music and talk, the emergence of FM, the peak years of personality radio, satellite radio at SiriusXM and contemporary streaming. He worked at legendary stations including WMCA(AM) in New York — as one of the “Good Guys” — KMEL(FM), KQAK(FM) and KITS(FM) in San Francisco, where he became known as the “king of comedy” for pioneering a talk format built around standup comedians and unscripted live interaction. Bennett trained under Gordon McClendon at KILT(FM) in Houston, appeared on both coasts as a personality and later moved to satellite radio before transitioning to YouTube streaming. He claims an early role in automated audio distribution predating modern podcasting and offers insider perspectives on consolidation’s impact on radio. In 2008, Bennett was inducted into the Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame. At 86, Bennett continues to stream four nights weekly, maintaining what he calls the practice of “talking to one person” in an era of distributed digital audio. This interview was conducted via video call. Influences and the clown archetype Bradley C. Freeman: What initially drew you to radio, and what has kept you behind the microphone all this time? Alex Bennett: I grew up on radio when I was a kid. There was no television. I listened to things like Jack Benny, Burns and Allen, Charlie McCarthy and “Smiling Ed McConnell” on Saturday mornings. They had orchestras, people singing — it was full-bodied entertainment. That’s what I grew up on, listening on my little radio in my bedroom, and it influenced me throughout my entire career. When I did “Breakfast with Bennett” in San Francisco, I wanted to start doing a thing with a big full-sized orchestra. I was doing the kind of radio I grew up on. Young Alex Bennett at KTIM(AM) in San Rafael, Calif., around 1960. Photo used with permission of the Bay Area Radio Museum. Freeman: Who were your major influences in radio? Bennett: Don Sherwood was a major influence. He was the biggest talk show host ever in the history of San Francisco. You could walk down the street and out of the windows… [TheTopNews] Read More.8 hours ago - Norm Eisen Mocks Trump’s Motion to Keep Name on Kennedy Center: ‘Batsh** Cra...
AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin Lawyer Norm Eisen was among many who reacted with harsh mockery to a motion filed by President Donald Trump’s administration Friday seeking to stop the removal of the president’s name from the Kennedy Center, calling it “batsh** crazy.” Shortly after his second inauguration, Trump appointed himself to the board for the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts, and added several of his allies to the board as well, who then named him chair. It was a divisive move, with the president’s MAGA supporters cheering his takeover, his critics left disgusted, and ticket sales in a free fall. The announcement last December that Trump’s name would be added to the Kennedy Center sparked swift outrage from members of the Kennedy family and other critics of the president, outrage that spiked after Trump’s name was added to the building’s façade a mere day later. The center’s website, social media, and other digital branding were also updated to say “The Trump Kennedy Center.” Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-OH), a board member, objected to the renaming and filed a lawsuit in late December challenging the “illegal renaming,” arguing that “[b]ecause Congress named the center by statute, changing the Kennedy Center’s name requires an act of Congress.” She has been represented by Eisen, along with the organization he co-founded, Democracy Defenders Action, and the Washington Litigation Group. Last month, Judge Christopher Cooper, an Obama appointee of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, ruled in Beatty’s favor, ordering both the planned closure to be halted and for Trump’s name to be removed from the Kennedy Center. As the hours have ticked by on Friday, people have been watching the livestream as workers put up scaffolding to remove the letters from the building’s façade and Trump has continued to file motions in an attempt to block the removal. After Trump’s motion for a stay was denied, the president appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit — with a motion that raised eyebrows, both for its language and the arguments that it presented. “Donald Trump just filed his emergency stay in the DC circuit to keep his name on the Kennedy Center & it is batsh** crazy,” wrote Eisen. “He clearly wrote big pieces himself.” BREAKING: Donald Trump just filed his emergency stay in the DC circuit to keep his name on the Kennedy… [TheTopNews] Read More.8 hours ago
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