David Zappelli<p>The <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/FCC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FCC</span></a> is investigating <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/SanFrancisco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SanFrancisco</span></a> -based <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/KCBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KCBS</span></a> for its coverage of <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> enforcement actions in <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/SanJos%C3%A9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SanJosé</span></a> last month, sparking concerns from press freedom advocates and drawing <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/RightWing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RightWing</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/backlash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>backlash</span></a> to the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/radio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>radio</span></a> station.<br> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/KCBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KCBS</span></a> is considered one of the world’s first rradio stations, and formative to <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SiliconValley</span></a> history. Its original license goes back to <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/CharlesHerrold" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharlesHerrold</span></a> in 1909 and his radio- <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/telephony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>telephony</span></a> system. Based in San Jose, it’s historically significant as <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Marconi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Marconi</span></a> himself.<br>Attacking this station which survived through two world wars, the Great Depression, and led to the development of Silicon Valley is bound to have immense significance. They’re literally attacking the nation’s oldest broadcaster, which is integral to information and American democracy! <br><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/SFBA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SFBA</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/FreedomOfInformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomOfInformation</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreePress</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/CBSNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CBSNews</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/AmericanPress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanPress</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Broadcasting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Broadcasting</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Telephony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Telephony</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.kqed.org/news/12025977/fcc-investigates-sf-radio-station-for-ice-reporting-sparking-press-freedom-fears" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">kqed.org/news/12025977/fcc-inv</span><span class="invisible">estigates-sf-radio-station-for-ice-reporting-sparking-press-freedom-fears</span></a></p>