Send a Quote Enter a brief message. SendOk2 “He [a U.S. Senator] knows he's got to buy time on my radio station, so he's going to lend me an ear. We're keeping them alive back home and that's why the newspaper and radio and TV people are more effective lobbyists.” ~ Joseph Costello owner of 5 radio stations in Louisville, KYSource: before a U.S. Congressional Hearing, on how media owners affect U.S. politics. U.S. Congressional Quarterly, August 2, 1980, 2179.