Jerry Meyer

@w7fsc
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A Catholic HS assistant principal in Arizona. A very happy husband, dad, and dad-in-law. I love history, reading, theology, ham radio, hiking, to name a few. Grew up in the Chicago area. Alum: Notre Dame, Mizzou, U of Divinity, Creighton. Call sign: AF9SC
Jerry Meyer6d ago
Moving this account to @af9sc
Jerry Meyer6d ago
Steve HermanMar 21
NBC - More than 400 TSA officers have quit since the shutdown began. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/400-tsa-officers-quit-shutdown-rcna264581
More than 400 TSA officers have quit since shutdown began

More than 400 Transportation Security Administration workers have quit since a partial government shutdown that began on Feb. 14 has left them working without pay, the Department of Homeland Security said

NBC News
Jerry MeyerMar 21
Show threadSteve HermanMar 20
CBS News reports the demise of CBS News Radio. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cbs-news-radio-to-shut-down/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab6a&linkId=921857648#
CBS News Radio to shut down after nearly a century of broadcasting

CBS News announced Friday that CBS News Radio will be shutting down this spring after nearly 100 years of broadcasting, citing "challenging economic realities."

Jerry MeyerMar 21
Suzanne Aldrich (she/her)Mar 20
I think it’s time people started thinking about rebooting #radio as a medium. It’s accessible, it’s free to tune in, it presents none of the privacy challenges of internet media. We shouldn’t cede this territory to the right wing but swoop in and reclaim as our own.
Jerry MeyerMar 21

Strong support for solar! #SolarEnergy #HPPR

https://www.hppr.org/hppr-news/2026-03-16/oklahoma-doubled-its-solar-energy-capacity-last-year-report-shows?mc_cid=9a37824116&mc_eid=f1010f8799

Oklahoma doubled its solar energy capacity last year, report shows

A majority of new energy added to the grid in the U.S. came from solar installations, according to a new report.

HPPR High Plains Public Radio
Jerry MeyerMar 19
Steve HermanMar 19
"We urge swift compliance with the court’s order and full restoration of VOA’s newsroom and affiliated services. This includes the many contracted employees whose work supports news production across dozens of languages.“ - National Press Club President Mark Schoeff Jr. https://www.press.org/newsroom/national-press-club-statement-judges-order-restore-voice-america-operations
Jerry MeyerMar 18

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/17/us/politics/voice-of-america-news.html

Excellent! #VOA #Broadcasting #Shortwave #News

Judge Orders Voice of America to Restart All News Operations

More than 1,000 full-time journalists and support staff at the news group were ordered to return to work by March 23 and to resume broadcasting.

The New York Times
Jerry MeyerMar 14
Tea time.Mar 14
It appears the C-RAM (Counter Rocket Artillary and Mortar) system was attacked and destroyed at the U.S. embassy in Baghdad, Iraq. This system defended the embassy from drones and rockets.
Jerry MeyerMar 13
Show threadSteve HermanMar 12
“There is no way you can just flip a switch tomorrow and Voice of America is magically going to come back. It is a Potemkin village compared to what it used to be.” https://www.politico.com/newsletters/west-wing-playbook-remaking-government/2026/03/12/like-humpty-dumpty-it-wont-be-easy-to-put-voa-back-together-again-00826283
‘Like Humpty Dumpty’: It won’t be easy to put VOA back together again

POLITICO
Jerry MeyerMar 7
Steve HermanMar 7
A federal judge in DC rules that Kari Lake was not lawfully appointed and that actions she took as the claimed head of USAGM “shall have no force or effect,” including last August’s RIFs at the Voice of America.