Posted on 09/13/2006 8:13:48 AM PDT by Vasilli22
Greenstone launches all-women radio talk network
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Greenstone Media, a radio company whose founders include social activist Gloria Steinem and actress Jane Fonda, has launched an all-women, all-talk network across the United States.
Steinem said the network, which is run by women, aims to provide an alternative to current radio talk, which she describes as "very argumentative, quite hostile, and very much male-dominated."
This network "has a different spirit. It has more community. It's more about information, about humor, about respect for different points of view and not constant arguing," Steinem told Reuters in an interview.
But Greenstone also hopes to attract male listeners.
"We do have male voices on the network. It's much better to have a mixture of voices," said Susan Ness, chief executive officer of Greenstone, which got its name from a children's book by Alice Walker, author of "The Color Purple".
The network's broadcasts have aired since July in selected stations, such as on WIIN in Jackson, Mississippi, WXCT in Hartford, Connecticut, a station in Flint, Michigan, and is launching a broadcast in Albany, New York. It is trying to partner with some satellite radio outfits.
"We expect that people will be able to also get us on mobile phones, cable radio, I-pods and every distribution vehicle," said Ness.
Steinem pointed out that the idea of an all-women network stemmed from a company survey showing an 18 percent decrease in female listeners over the past seven years.
"Women are really fleeing from AM talk radio and now FM music because people get their music in different ways. So there's an enormous window of opportunity, and we're diving in," she said.
Currently, the network does nine hours of programming daily, which should increase shortly to 12.
© Reuters 2006. All Rights Reserved.
LOL. Hughmanatee!
"Those aren't women. They’re womenists!" - Droz
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I can hear their opening broadcast. "I'd like to welcome our listeners to the first and only radio station that is all vaginas, all the time. Up next, why men aren't necessary. Later, we'll talk about why women are better than men at everything. We'll close the show with the 30-minute rant by Jeanine Garrofolo."
Hmmm.... what kind of beer?
I don't even think they could attrtact guys with Beck's.
You're driving too close to him. Turn your wipers on. You're too close to him! Why don't you get in the left lane???Oh-noyoumissedyourturn. ad infinitum
Interesting. But is it true that the network will be off the air for five days every month?
ROFLMAO!!
How do they obtain a "mixture of voices" if they are limiting who's voice they will allow?
And BTW, Shouldn't that be the "Nostone" network ?
Wait until they find out the pool is empty!!
Oh, how ghastly - as a woman, I can state with accuracy that I'll never listen in. I can hear it now:
1. Women - you're stressed out just by getting out of bed in the morning. Life isn't worth living.
2. Your kids are in your way - send them to daycare so you can live your life.
3. How to have sex everywhere and anywhere and abortion resources to keep your sex life alive. Oh, and that herpes? Just don't tell.
4. You're a failure at work because you're a woman. How to overcome your unability to take advantage of your employer.
5. Act more like a man, but if anybody has a problem with it, just start crying. It's very effective.
Guess she hasn't heard of Laura ingraham or Tammy Bruce.....
LOL! How true.
Isn't it great when liberal sh**heads throw their money down a sewer. I submit HSN ( Harpies Shouting Nonsense ).
Are Randi Rhodes and Janeane Garofalo going to work there when Airhead America takes a powder?
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