[FormerLib]

If this guy keeps telling it straight, he won't be long for the Post!

[PetroniusMaximus]

They just can’t compete.

[rfp1234]

the loss of that format on WWRC

Press is a moron. Just change the call letters to "VRWC", and the station's ratings will boom.

[fullchroma]

There's a poll at the end of the article.

Should licensed radio stations be required to carry a mix of opinions?

FReep away!

[MarkL]

It IS a conspiracy, I tell you, I’ve seen it!

There are these hoards of tiny gnomes (I think that the VRWC has co-opted the “Underpants Gnomes,” due to their obsession with profit, even though they’re not quite sure of all the steps one must take to get to the profit) that infiltrate the homes, businesses, and cars that are being monitored by Arbitron, and during ratings periods, switch the tuners to the conservative talk shows, causing low ratings for the “progressive” talk show.

It’s only through the intervention of those gnomes that Rush Limbaugh is making the sort of salary he’s getting! Do you really think that more than 10 people in the country would ever listen to him or Sean Hannity? Heck, I normally only listen to NPR, And I don’t know a single person who listens to that right wing hate filled talk radio!

It’s all a conspiracy!

Mark

[BunnySlippers]

Bump

[divine_moment_of_facts]

POLL

Should licensed radio stations be required to carry a mix of opinions?

* Yes
19%
* No
80%

Created on Feb 10, 2009

Total Votes: 680

[LostInBayport]

Bill Press is a smart and thoughtful liberal

Did the Compost reprint this from The Onion?

This whole topic, especially from Bill Press' point of view, defines liberalism. They cannot compete in the free market --- proven by the failure of the vast majority of liberal format talk stations --- so they demand "affirmative action". The truth (which always irritates liberals) is that if their ideas and presentations are so all-fired great, people would listen. What'll happen if they do get subsidized in some way and ratings show that people still don't listen? Will car radios be programmed to play liberal haranguing for so many minutes a day against the driver's will? Or will they be content to speak into the ether knowing there's no one out there paying attention?

The parallels to the bank and auto bailouts is not surprising...rewarding failure by pillaging the wallets of the successful.

[pankot]

Every time I have seen Press on TV he comes across as an arrogant penis-head.

[raccoonradio]

As expected, they're blaming the signal. But by day --at least according to this coverage map-- what was Obama 1260 and is now Money 1260 seems to cover quite a bit of ground. Admittedly it shrinks by night to allow other stations on that frequency, but the fact is that by day the signal should be pretty good. ...Excuse...?

(DAY SIGNAL)

[Bhoy]

Two interesting things about this article:
1) the conclusion that indeed we are becoming polarized by the proliferation of media technology.
AND
2) a reader comment demonstrating motive:
One of the nuggets I’ve gleaned from several radio sources is that Michigan Sen. Debbie Stabenow, who has been in the aggressive forefront of the campaign to reinstate the Fairness Doctrine, is married to Tom Athans, who works extensively with left-wing radio organizations and was once the executive vice-president of Air America, the liberal radio syndicate that, despite massive publicity from major media, has failed miserably to win a national audience. Stabenow’s outrageous conflict of interest has of course been largely ignored by the prestige press, which should have been demanding that she recuse herself from all political involvement with this issue.
Posted by: zavv | February 11, 2009 3:36 PM

[Yosemitest]

Just some information you might enjoy.

Gallup Polls Rush Approval Rating

[Jimmy Valentine]

"Bill Press is a smart and thoughtful liberal who has had a long and successful career in the TV and radio punditry biz"

Stopped reading right there. The opening sentence is entirely wrong and compromises anything that could come later.