NEWS ALERT: George Soros closer to controlling 200 radio stations, just ahead of election

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From Fox News: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) seemingly approved a deal that would “fast-track” left-wing billionaire George Soros’ acquisition of more than 200 Audacy radio stations across America, irking a Republican commissioner who “objected.”

The New York Post first reported that the FCC last week “adopted an order to approve Soros’ purchase of more than 200 radio stations in 40 markets just weeks before the presidential election,” potentially allowing the far-left kingmaker to reach more than 165 million Americans at a critical time.

“The FCC decision came after a partisan vote with the commission’s three Democrats voting for the move while the two Republicans voted against it, sources added,” Post reporter Lydia Moynihan wrote.

“Under existing FCC rules, foreign company ownership of US radio stations is not supposed to exceed 25%. Soros took foreign investment to make his bid and then made a filing asking the commission to make an exception to the usual review process, according to public documents,” Moynihan added. “The FCC decision to fast-track his deal is the first time in modern history such a deal has been approved by the full Commission without first running the national security review process—a process that could take up to a year or more.”

The Soros group told the Post they would circle back to the FCC in the near future to run that process. If the deal goes through, Soros would be considered a “major shareholder,” but not necessarily the “owner” of the stations.

The New York Post explained that Soros, 93, pumped $400 million into Audacy in February to take control of the network, which includes a handful of conservative shows from hosts including Sean Hannity, Dana Loesch, Mark Levin, Glenn Beck and Erick Erickson.

Just two days after the FCC approved the deal to “fast track” Soros getting control of the U.S. radio station network, the same organization reportedly put the BRAKES on a plan to bring internet service to many rural communities.

The New York Post wrote: Dish Chairperson and longtime democrat donor Charlie Ergen was given up to three more years to bring service to the most remote communities in the US by the FCC last week — without giving the public or internal FCC officials any input.

Commissioner Brendan Carr called the decision “the worst abuse of agency process I have seen in my twelve years of working at the FCC.”

“I have never heard of the FCC granting relief like this with no process, no public input, and no heads up,” Carr told The Post, adding, “The Democrats in FCC leadership cut a secret, backroom deal—one that kept the Republican FCC Commissioners and perhaps others completely in the dark—and then hustled it out the door on a Friday afternoon.”

WATCH:

“Soros buys 200 radio stations weeks before the election. FCC bypasses review process to approve the purchase. What could go wrong?” quipped Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah).

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