FCC commissioner says George Soros is using a “shortcut” to buy 200 US radio stations

WASHINGTON (TND) — Commissioner Brendan Carr of the Federal Communications Commission is sounding the alarm about a pending purchase that would allow billionaire Democratic donor George Soros to buy hundreds of U.S. radio stations.

During a House Oversight Committee hearing last week, Carr rejected a deal that would allow a Soros-backed group to take over 200 stations in 40 markets. He claimed that the FCC had deviated from its normal procedure by allowing the purchase.

“I think what’s interesting about this is that the FCC is not following its normal transaction review process that it has established over several years,” Carr warned. “It seems to me that for the first time the FCC is willing to create an entirely new acronym.”

The transaction, which The National Desk reported in February, would violate a rule that prohibits foreign ownership of more than 25% in U.S. radio stations, Carr claims. Still, Carr claimed the agency was speeding up its review process.

“Typically we require people to petition us and bring in the National Security Agency to check foreign involvement – that’s probably not a big deal here – but we check foreign involvement and then vote,” said Carr. “Here they are trying to do something that has never been done before at the commission level.”

Rep. Nick Langworthy, R-N.Y., said during the hearing he was “extremely concerned” about the purchase.

“If you look at the facts, it looks like the government is giving a free pass to take control to a left-wing billionaire who is a major donor, a close ally and one of the main financiers of all their efforts and dark money .” “Hundreds of local radio stations are flooding the airwaves with left-wing propaganda, and I think it’s obvious,” he said.

The FCC did not respond to a request for comment from the National Desk on Tuesday.

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