RM Broadcasting is a United States radio company based in

Jupiter, Florida Jupiter is the northernmost town in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. According to the 2020 Census, the town had a population of 61,047 as of April 1, 2020. It is 84 miles north of Miami, and the northernmost community in the Miami met ...

owned and operated by Arnold Ferolito. The company engages in time brokerage agreements, and is primarily known for platforming

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programming Radio Sputnik and a legal battle over initially refusing to register as a

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. The company has received press over selling time to Rossiya Segodnya and playing a part in disseminating

pro-Russian propaganda Russophilia (literally love of Russia or Russians) is admiration and fondness of Russia (including the era of the Soviet Union and/or the Russian Empire), Russian history and Russian culture. The antonym is Russophobia. In the 19th Cen ...

in the United States. Ferolito frequently defended his comportment on the grounds of allowing

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, and repeated that justification after facing increased scrutiny from the

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following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. RM Broadcasting has arranged time brokerage agreements with Alpine Broadcasting and several stations, including

KJJZ KJJZ (95.9 FM, "Kool 95.9") is a radio station licensed to Indian Wells, California and broadcasting to the greater Coachella Valley and the Morongo Basin of California. Owned by Marker Broadcasting, it broadcasts an oldies format. History ...

(formerly KAJR and KLCX), WZHF,

KRHQ KRHQ is a 2,600 watt Class A commercial classic rock radio station licensed to Indio, California, with studios in Palm Springs and which serves the greater Coachella Valley on 102.3 FM. The transmitter site is on a peak of the Indio Hills. The ...

, and KCXL.

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