"As more and more stations practice safe radio," Mr. Fritz said, "that's what sets us apart".
He criticized the major stations' practice of scheduling their news programs at the same time of day, saying that by doing so they were all essentially providing the same information.
A 2010 study by the Press Council of India, a statutory body, noted, without naming names, that some of the country's biggest newspapers and TV stations practiced paid coverage.
Or, as in the case of Dr. Jennings, to do all that, and also travel to corners of the country where radio and television stations practiced open bigotry in their programs and hiring, but could be pressed to change.
Advertising brings in some cash: though it is illegal to advertise on a pirate station, in practice this is rarely prosecuted.
A buzzer sounds to let you know when it's time to move on to the next station, In practice, this was amusingly cacophonous.
As a boy, in rural New Jersey, he was transfixed by planes from a nearby naval air station that practiced dogfighting over his family's farm.
That bullying, stoked by politicians in power, has become omnipresent, leading television stations to practice self-censorship and high school teachers to avoid mentioning "the E word," evolution, in their classrooms, lest they arouse fundamentalist rancor.
They pay to sponsor concerts with local radio stations, a practice that some critics say skirts close to payola, the illegal act of paying to have a song played.
There are Nintendo reps waiting at each of the stations — standard practice for gaming demos, though in many cases these games require more than the standard explanation.
