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December 16, 2004
The times they are a-changin':
...Yet talk radio in the liberal Puget Sound region, as in most of the country, is dominated by Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, John Carlson, Michael Medved and other conservatives. That could be changing, however, as New York-based left-leaning Air America, heard here since late October on KPTK-AM (1090), is finally establishing a beachhead in Seattle and elsewhere after getting off to a rocky start when it launched in March...
...Host Marc Maron, a gifted comic whose "Morning Sedition" airs 3-6 a.m. in Seattle... [says]... "I think real Republicans do believe in evolution, because they seem pretty sure the poor will adapt to whatever [expletive] they put them through. Maybe they'll just develop gills and move back into the ocean. Then we can have them at sea parks, and perhaps eventually eat them once people forget that they were once poor."
He's funny!
The business-related opinions from insiders at the link might be of interest to you Inside Radio types.
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NewsMax reads the press releases so you don't have to:
Air America Radio (AAR) today announced new long-term contract extensions for its highly rated radio personalities Al Franken and Randi Rhodes, and new affiliate clearances in a number of top markets across the country. The network is now heard in 11 of the top 20 radio markets.
The network also announced that $13 million in new investment had been completed...
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WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- Rob Glaser, the founder and chief executive officer of RealNetworks Inc., has been elected chairman of Air America Radio...
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I think this is from South Carolina:
Liberal talk radio debuts in Charleston today when Clear Channel Radio launches WSSP Progressive Talk Radio 730-AM...
The Al Franken Show airs on WSSP from noon to 3 p.m., the same time slot as Rush Limbaugh on conservative talk station WSC 94.3-FM...
Conservative talk radio, including Limbaugh and Dan Moon, was broadcast on 730-AM until August, when Clear Channel switched the format to 94.3-FM, which had been a rap station. Clear Channel had simulcast conservative talk radio on 730-AM and 94.3-FM.
During the day, 730-AM will have 5,000 watts of power. Federal regulations governing AM stations require 730-AM to power down to about 100 watts at night because the AM signal travels much farther after sunset and can interfere with radio programming in other cities. WSSP will be heard as far away as Savannah...
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Monitoring Air America Radio [TM] so you don't have to.
