Update on Pgh Radio Stations Airing Anti-Trans Ad Targeting Children

It is exhausting to have to fight this battle station by station. I am incredibly disappointed that allies with power and influence are not responding to advocate for trans kids. These stations represent the Pirates, Penguins, and Steelers. They have contracts with Pittsburgh Public Schools to air football games. I’m sure there are other stations that we don’t even know are running the ad. Why are the powers that be silent on this?

(Here’s the link to the backstory and the audio of the ad along with a transcript.)

So here’s an update. Exactly TWO stations have pulled the ad. That’s despicable. I’m glad they pulled it and hope both will take a leading role in offsetting the harm and trauma they’ve inflicted on Pittsburgh by running it in the first place.

And let me be clear — there is no FCC requirement. The FCC rules around “fairness” applied to candidates for federal office. This ad is not about a candidate — it is paid for by a Political Action Committee (PAC) and is about an issue, not a candidate. It is about children in our communities and their families. There’s no FCC rule that requires advertising to be factually correct and accurate. Sadly.

Marty Griffin of KDKA AM radio, a father of three children, told the parent of a trans teenager that the FCC was a factor. Marty has been in this business for over 20 years. Is he actually admitting he doesn’t know the FCC rules for radio or did he mislead this parent…