A $5,000 Duffy Family Gift Lifts The Ben To The Shore Total

We celebrate a $5,000 gift from Tim and Jane Duffy and another $1,000 from Greater Horizons for Families Behind the Badge Children’s Foundation. The new money pushes the station total above $51,000 and into second place, while Greg reads his quote from the charity coverage and Matt Rooney gets repeatedly roasted for not donating. The hour’s central issue is Flock Safety’s automated license-plate reader network. We examine how police use the cameras to recover stolen vehicles, locate missing people, and solve serious crimes, while critics warn that every driver enters a searchable database. Callers join the discussion about travel histories, insurance access, mistaken matches, government sharing, phones, credit cards, home cameras, and how much tracking Americans already accept. Greg then makes the case for ending the FCC, arguing that radio and television operate under older restrictions while major technology platforms compete for advertising with fewer speech limits. We debate whether broadcast licenses can become political weapons, what national-security duties still need an agency, and whether cyber and satellite oversight should move elsewhere.