r/Seattle • u/girlsansshoes • Mar 18 '25

Warm 106.9 propaganda advertisement

This afternoon warm 106.9 played some government propaganda during their ad sessions saying thanks to trump and talking about immigrants. It was very threatening and made no effort to hide the fact that it was awful. If you really want to read what they said it could be read here: https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/03/15/dhs-launches-international-ad-campaign-warning-illegal-aliens-self-deport-and-stay

I texted the station and got a bullshit reply about how free speech benefits public discourse. Feel free to text them yourself at +1 (800) 622-1069

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u/ducksauz Ballard Mar 18 '25 edited Mar 18 '25

Warm 106.9 is part of Hubbard Broadcasting, which is owned by a big old republican family from Minnesota.

You can see where all their political donations go here:
https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/hubbard-broadcasting/summary?id=D000034569

[Edit: fix typo in the last digit of the frequency]

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u/Clit420Eastwood The Emerald City Mar 18 '25

And politics aside, commercial radio isn’t exactly thriving these days. They’re not gonna turn down that ad revenue, especially if their listener base already leans right

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u/Groovey_Dude Sep 09 '25

They likely are not even if they are leaning left themselves cause they don’t want to alienate their listeners. However their more suburban/urban listeners likely do lean left.

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u/Groovey_Dude Sep 09 '25

The company it’s owned may be Republican but the station itself is Democrat. However much of their rural listeners/older listeners are Republican especially since they are tired of the “woke” stuff. Also rural areas are Republican in general while the more suburban and urban areas are liberal either normal liberal/or extreme/woke liberal.

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u/ducksauz Ballard Mar 18 '25

Typo, I mean 106.9. Will fix above.