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WBAI is home to Democracy Now!, an award-winning news show. Besides news, WBAI offers a diversity of radio formats, ranging from free-form radio to music shows based around recreations of Medieval music or original recordings of Golden Age of Radio-era serials. "Grandpa" Al Lewis (a former sitcom star), currently hosts a political talk show on the weekends, and the hacker group 2600Summer 2001 2600 Issue 2600: The Hacker Quarterly is a traditional (printed) magazine named for the fact that phreakers in the 1960s found that the transmission of a 2600 Hertz tone (which could be produced perfectly with a plastic toy whistle given away has a technology-oriented show on Wednesdays. Most of WBAI's shows display a distinctively left-wing bent.
In 1973Events January events January 1 United Kingdom, Ireland, and Denmark enter the European Economic Community now known as the European Union January 3 Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) sells the New York Yankees for $10 million to a 12-person syndicate led, the station broadcast comedian George CarlinGeorge Carlin (born May 12, 1937) is an Irish American ("I used to be Irish Catholic, now I'm an American. stand-up comedian, actor, and author, noted especially for his irreverent attitude and his observations on language and religion. Biography At age 1's infamous Seven Dirty WordsThe seven dirty words are seven words that were prohibited from use on broadcast media in the United States, including both over-the-air television and radio stations. The original list of seven is: shit piss fuck cunt cocksucker motherfucker tits History routine; see FCC v. Pacifica FoundationPacifica Foundation 438 U. 726 ( 1978) was a landmark United States Supreme Court case that defined the power of the Federal Communications Commission over indecent material as applied to broadcasting. Facts In 1973, a father complained to the FCC that hi for a detailed account of the court case that ensued. It wasn't until WBAI aired the routine that the seven curse words (which were jokingly cited as being prohibited from American broadcasting) indeed became officially prohibited from broadcasting by the FCCThe Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent United States government agency, created, directed, and empowered by Congressional statute. The FCC was established by the Communications Act of 1934 as the successor to the Federal Radio Commi.