CMD's Weekly Radio Spin
Unfortunately, the Weekly Radio Spin went on hiatus in April 2009, due to resource constraints. To help us bring back the show, please make a tax-deductible contribution to CMD. Thanks!
The Weekly Radio Spin is the Center for Media and Democracy's five-minute audio report on the stories behind the news.
The Weekly Radio Spin examines the forces shaping recent news stories, including public relations firms, think tanks, lobbyists, experts for hire and marketers. Each segment contains "Six Degrees of Spin and Fakin'," a feature that looks at the connections between media manipulators, revealing the long history and broad reach of professional spinners.
We post new Weekly Radio Spin segments every Friday, no later than 4 pm U.S. eastern time.
Listen in, and ask your local station to broadcast it! Or, if you work at a radio station, add the Weekly Radio Spin to your regular schedule. Read on to find out how. You can also play the most recent segments from this web page, below.
Put CMD in your ears
The Weekly Radio Spin can be played directly from this website -- the most recent segments from this page, and any segment from www.prwatch.org/audio. The Weekly Radio Spin can also be downloaded as a podcast, using the XML feed at www.prwatch.org/audio/feed.
The Weekly Radio Spin is also available via iTunes, on radio4all.net, archive.org, and nowpublic.com.
Unspin your local airwaves
As part of the Center for Media and Democracy's educational mission, the Weekly Radio Spin is freely available to all radio stations. In addition to the sites listed above, segments can be downloaded from Pacifica's audioport.org.
If you air the Weekly Radio Spin on your radio station, please email us at editor@prwatch.org to let us know!
If your radio station doesn't air the Weekly Radio Spin, please ask them to! Call and ask to speak to the station news director or program director. Tell them that the Weekly Radio Spin is a five-minute audio report with a unique focus on the forces that shape news media. It complements other radio features that report on media inaccuracies, bias or media policy matters. The Weekly Radio Spin is produced by the Center for Media and Democracy, an award-winning media watchdog nonprofit group.
Encourage the staff at your local radio station to listen to the Weekly Radio Spin, at www.prwatch.org/radiospin. If they have questions, they can contact us at editor@prwatch.org or 608-260-9713.
On the air, around the world
The Weekly Radio Spin can be heard regularly on the following radio stations:
- KVMR 89.5 & 105.1 FM in Nevada City, California
- KQRP Radio 106.1 FM in Salida, California
- Hot 100.7 FM WPPP in Athens, Georgia
- GroundZero Radio 87.9 FM in Canto, Georgia
- KRFP / Radio Free Moscow in Moscow, Idaho
- WOMR 92.1 FM in Provincetown, Massachusetts
- WPRR 1680 AM in Grand Rapids, Michigan
- KDX in Affton, Missouri
- KKFI 90.1 in Kansas City, Missouri
- WSCA 106.1 LP-FM in Portsmouth, New Hampshire
- WRFA-LP 107.9 FM in Jamestown, New York
- KPOV 106.7 LPFM in Bend, Oregon
- Rustbelt Radio on Pittsburgh Indymedia in Pennsylvania
- WORT 89.9 fm in Madison, Wisconsin
- 93.3 FM WNRB-LP in Wausau, Wisconsin
- CFMU Radio 93.3 FM in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- 4ZzZ 102.1fm Radical Radio Collective in Brisbane, Australia
Recent Episodes
Lisa Graves Hammers Citizens United Spinners on the Patt Morrison Show
Shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down rules limiting corporate spending in elections, the Center for Media and Democracy's Lisa Graves stood up to spin by Citizens United about the ramifications of the case. Citizens United's attorney claimed that the ruling would not increase corporate spending in the coming elections, but CMD called out that spin. Listen to the full interview about the court's decision here. Please let us know if you oppose the court's ruling, by helping us rebuke the Supreme Court.
Help Bring Back the Weekly Radio Spin
In early 2009, we discontinued our weekly radio program on spin and propaganda. Please listen to this message if you are interested in bringing back our radio podcasts.
Weekly Radio Spin: The Vast, Left-Wing Conspiracy
Listen to this week's edition of the "Weekly Radio Spin," the Center for Media and Democracy's audio report on the stories behind the news. This week, nuclear spies, the dirty oil lobby and a drive-thru pawn shop. In "Six Degrees of Spin and Fakin,'" Grover Norquist. Unfortunately, this will be the last episode of the Weekly Radio Spin, due to resource constraints. To help us bring back the show, please make a tax-deductible contribution to CMD. Thanks!
