Say Anything Blog

Apparently at KFYR they’re not in to diversity in thought.

Eugene Graner works for Heartland Investments and had a regular gig on KFYR commenting about markets.  Until he decided to question liberal economic dogma on the air.

During a recent on-air commentary on energy and ag markets Mr. Graner pointed out how some liberal policies were impacting the markets, and then ended his commentary with a slam at Obama, (as well as Senators Dorgan and Conrad and Rep. Pomeroy) pointing out that the policies they were implementing are not good for our economy or the country.

Here’s the segment, listen to the whole thing:

Click here to download the audio if the streaming player doesn’t work for you.

Here’s what happened per an email from Mr. Graner:

Today July 2, 2009 I was silenced by the socialists and removed from the daily shows I do on KFYR radio for the comments I made.

I was told I could continue if I just report on the markets. I said I would report the markets and what affects them, including politics.

I was then thanked by the General Manager, who is a know Obamacrat,  for the work I had done but that I was no longer needed.
Friends, I put liberty before wealth, freedom before treasure. If more people would do this, this country would not be were it is at, continuing it deep spiral into extreme socialism.

While I’m sure that a lot of liberals (including those that populate KFYR’s management and on-air “talent”) would disagree with Graner, what he said was hardly controversial given that vast swaths of the population agree with him whole-heartedly.  And if KFYR were truly a radio station interested in debate and diversity of thought and informing the public, his comments shouldn’t have been objectionable at all.  Worthy of debate and rebuttal, sure, but not worthy of taking the guy off the air.

Personally, this sounds like a perfect time for those in the KFYR listening region to simply stop listening to the station.  Because why are you listening to them when you can get better shows from a station that doesn’t mind diversity of opinion.  Namely, Scott Hennen’s AM1100.