Not to be a doomer, but wouldn’t the only logical explanation to do this be that you know radio is going to be the only way to communicate soon?
I mean…. Otherwise… isn’t radio dead as a media outlet right now? 
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nostr:npub1e8wj749dylsew4pkm9ufz97hvrtk63wfy0cfq2c9gv4973q25hds8e6dq0 They're still relevant news sources in a lot of places. And they're relatively dirt cheap now, so if he's going for total information control even in a normal scenario, it makes sense to grab them.
Got it. I guess just not relevant to my area.