[AMRadio] KCXL, WZHF, Radio Sputnik

[Donald Chester]

As the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues, so do "Radio Sputnik" broadcasts of Kremlin-funded propaganda on local radio stations in the U.S. KCXL in Liberty, MO and Washington D.C. station WZHF-AM broadcast Radio Sputnik daily. A handful of other stations air those broadcasts as well.  Radio Sputnik has been described as the Russian government's international, English-language broadcast network.

https://www.insideradio.com/free/despite-controversy-radio-sputnik-will-stay-put-on-washington-am/article_dda3b7d0-518a-11eb-8501-b3cc6e642d52.html

https://www.kcur.org/news/2022-03-16/a-missouri-radio-station-still-broadcasts-kremlin-programming-even-as-russia-invades-ukraine

http://www.kcxl.com/shows.html

On the amateur radio front, QRZ.com has suspended all threads and postings that even mention Ukraine, Russia or the war going on there. This even included a forwarded notice from the ARRL website regarding the League's curtailment of Russian-related participation in certain contests and awards. Not sure exactly what triggered this, but certain participants on that forum have repeatedly proved themselves incapable of playing nice when anything that  might be deemed "controversial" comes up for discussion.

https://forums.qrz.com/index.php?threads/qrz-and-the-situation-in-ukraine.803902/