The Genesis Communications Network, often referred to as GCN, is a radio network created in 1998, owned by Ted Anderson. The network currently produces 45 shows, distributed on more than 780 radio stations nationwide. The network is known for talk programming;

Alex Jones Alexander Emerick Jones (born February 11, 1974) is an American far-right and alt-right radio show host and prominent conspiracy theorist. He hosts ''The Alex Jones Show'' from Austin, Texas, which the Genesis Communications Network broadcas ...

is its most prominent syndicated personality.

History and programming

Ted Anderson is the owner of Genesis Communications Network.Extremist Files: Alex Jones

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(last accessed February 19, 2017. Anderson created the network in 1998 as a way to promote his company, Midas Resources, a precious metals firm. As of September 11, 2015, Anderson's bullion coin representative registration, No. 40389579, was revoked. Further, Anderson was prohibited from being an owner, officer, member, or shareholder of any entity that holds a bullion coin dealer registration in the State of Minnesota for two years.Nate Blakeslee
Alex Jones Is About To Explode
''Texas Monthly'' (March 2010). Based in

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, the network carries "a lot of conspiracy talk radio". "By far the biggest star" on the network is

, a conspiracy theorist who became one of Genesis Communications Network's first personalities in 1999, after Jones was fired by an Austin radio station. Jones promoted the 9/11 Truth movement and claimed that the

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, and other events "are actually '

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' operations" by the U.S. government "or evil 'globalist' forces planning to take over the world." Jones' syndication with the network allowed him to reach a much larger audience; " most overnight, he was on a hundred stations."

Legal issues

In May 2018, Genesis Communications Network and Midas Resources were named in a defamation lawsuit brought against Alex Jones and his syndicators. The suit was brought by the families of six victims killed in the

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and an FBI agent who was at the scene. In July 2022, Genesis was dropped as a defendant, with one of the plaintiff's lawyers stating that having Genesis involved at trial would have distracted from the main target: Mr. Jones and his media organization.

Shows and personalities

The network's shows include: *''The Alex Jones Show''. Hosted by radio personality

. As of September 2020, Jones' show aired on 73 affiliate stations *

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*''On Air With Doug, Jen and Victoria'' - GCN is one of two networks that distributes

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's morning program. * ''Home Talk USA'' with "The Cajun Contractor" Michael King *''Free Talk Live''

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, some for alternative medical products, fills out the rest of the schedules.

Jeff Rense Jeffry Shearer Rense is an American radio talk-show host. His show, the ''Jeff Rense Program'', was broadcast via satellite radio and is now released through his personal website. Rense's radio program and website propagate conspiracy theories, ...

was carried by Genesis Communications Network after the

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dropped the show in the late 1990s. GCN took over distribution at that time, and carried the show through August 2009, at which point Rense pulled the show from the network, after he accused fellow Jones of terrorizing his family. Psychologist

Joy Browne Joy Browne (born Joy Oppenheim; October 24, 1944—August 27, 2016), also known as Dr. Joy, was an American talk show host, specializing in advice counselling. She hosted a nationally syndicated call-in talk show for several decades, heard ...

hosted her nationally syndicated program on the network in the last few years before her death.Sam Roberts
Dr. Joy Browne, Long-Running Psychologist of the Airwaves, Dies at 71
''New York Times'' (August 31, 2016).

Notes

External links

Official website
*Manuel Roig-Franzia

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