TALKERS News Notes
“Building the Black Agenda” Set for Sunday. Urban talk WURD, Philadelphia is presenting its next “Building the Black Agenda” mobilization and live broadcast on Sunday (6/29). The station says its “Building the Black Agenda” initiative has hosted three “Cash Mobs” to support small, Black-owned businesses, the cornerstone of the initiative. This Sunday’s cash mob aims to mobilize listeners and supporters to contribute to WURD Radio’s continued survival and growth. The station has set a $20,000 fundraising goal.
NHPR Files Friend of the Court Brief. New Hampshire Public Radio filed a friend of the court brief making the case for blocking President Donald Trump’s executive order that would defund public media. Along with 28 other public radio organizations, NHPR contends in the brief that Trump’s executive order is an unconstitutional violation of the First Amendment, that it would upend a system Congress devised to maintain the editorial independence of public media, that it would strip stations of the right to make their own programming choices, and that it violates the Constitutional separation of powers.