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| Coachella Valley's Rich Gilgallon and Paul Cashin with KNEWS Radio are now the subject of a formal complaint with the Federal Communications Commission after spewing intentional lies against Congressional Candidate Dan Ball. |
Two weeks ago, two Coachella Valley talk radio show hosts went to war against my friend Dan Ball who is running for Congress here against Rep. Raul Ruiz. Live on air. Called Dan a Drunk and that he put his 10 year old daughters life in danger, and that was just for starters.
Well, I have decided to go to war against KNEWS FM 93.4 and Programming Director Paul Cashin and Talk
Show Host Rich Gilgallon for their out right attacks they have spewed against Mr. Ball for the past four months.
I filed a formal complaint with the Federal Communications Commission on this issue, and I am THRILLED to report that they have received my complaint and they have began looking into the matter. I received a formal response to my claim...thus the purpose of this Blog post...
Democracy matters. Media matters. People can be heard loud and clear. Just because you are given a mic, you are not entitled to go on a destructive rampage...
Here is a copy of my complaint...
This complaint is filed against KNEWS 94.3 and 104.7 and
Programming Director Paul Cashin and Host Rick Gilgallon located in Palm
Springs, California after they engaged in vicious slanderous comments about US
Congressional Candidate Dan Ball who is running in the upcoming June Primary
Election here in California’s 36 Congressional District.
The incident that I am specifically about took place on May
17t, 2018 during the first hour of the show that aired between 3 and
6 p.m. and the vicious comments made against Mr. Ball begin at the 24-minute
mark of Hour 1.
It has been
reported in media accounts that Rich “Da’ Coach” Gilgallon was allegedly suspended
this week over the incident and he is expected to return on Tuesday, May 29.
Part of the
exchange included Gilgallon accusing Ball of getting into his vehicle with his
10-year-old daughter after drinking and being intoxicated.
Gilgallon then
immediately accused Ball of being “fired from all these jobs and escorted from
the building.
Gilgallon
further refers to Ball as “dangerous” and a “loose cannon.”
During the
show, and during the verbal exchange with Mr. Ball, Gilgallon and Cashin BOTH
admitted that they have been paid by the East Valley Republican Headquarters in
the past and this is the SAME group that has publicly endorsed Mr. Ball’s
opponent Kimberlin Brown. Gilgallon and
Cashin have been using this show to publicly promote the campaign of Brown and
attacks Mr. Ball for the past number of months.
The East
Valley Republican Women Federated, whose president is Joy Meidecke, was also a
point of contention in the men’s exchange during the program in question.
The
organization STRONGLY endorsed Kimberlin Brown last year before interviewing
all Republican candidates for a possible endorsement. Both Gilgallon and Cashin
have been paid “appearance fees” to promote Ms. Brown’s campaign at several
events that have been held at this specific headquarters.
Please
investigate this situation.
Here is the
link to the broadcast that is in question, as well as the SPECIFIC time where
the comments are made….
https://soundcloud.com/k-news-94-3/hot-talk-with-rich-paul-may-17-2018-hour-1#t=25:13
Randy Economy
Rancho Mirage, CA
NOTE: Hey, also a huge thanks to Cindy Uken, a remarkable journalist here in the Coachella Valley for also relentlessly following this situation.... Here is Cindy's remarkable and uber popular blog....
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