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Turn On the News: 20120531 (Audio)

May 31, 2012
Hosted by Tom Roe. 28:39
Daily show about radio art, radio news, media news, sound art, and more. Radio headlines start the show, with news from Congress, where there are efforts to reform the Federal Communications Commission. Also, a short listen to a bit of Tristan Chytroschek's report for Al Jazeera English about composer Christopher Cerf, whose work for "Sesame Street" has been used to torture prisoners by U.S. forces. Also, a look back at the George Carlin's "Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television." Two transmission songs from The Replacements: "Left of the Dial" and "Answering Machine" are also featured, as well as Greg Dixon's "Disconnect" from "Deep Wireless 8."