People Don't Want The Liberal Radio They've Already Got, Why Would They Want Another?

RaoulGram | Various FReepers

[Doctor Raoul]

Below is a list of 95 liberal talk hosts, liberal talk networks, liberal talk stations or syndicated liberal programs that are in the marketplace ALREADY.

None garners an audience anywhere near the top conservative hosts.

So what makes the liberals believe that they have been "shut out" of the marketplace o ideas?

Could it be that ad $$$$ are an indicator of merit that decides who gets on?

Could it be that when it comes to the marketplace of ideas, liberal shelves are either bare or hold stale goods?

Any additions, deletions, comments or even your opinions are welcome on the content of this list. It was made possible by the combined efforts of the FreeRepublic.com community. Thank you to all who helped in the earlier efforts.

1. Mitch Albom – ABC Radio Networks

2. AR Alternative Radio

3. Mike Barnacle - 96.9 FM TALK

4. Dave Berkman, Media Talk, Wisconsin Public Radio

5. Between the Lines, Progressive Radio, WPKN Bridgeport CT

6. Richard Bey - WABC

7. Frank Blair – KLAY

8. Peter Boyles - KHOW

9. Tony Brown - WLS 890 AM

10. Howie Carr - ????

11. Larry Ceisler – WPHT 1210 AM

12. Nate Clay - WLS

13. Alan Colmes – FOX Radio

14. Christine Craft - KGO

15. Lynn Cullen, WPTT Pittsburgh

16. Counterspin

17. Stephen Crockett – WYTM 105.5 FM & WKTS

18. Democracy Now – Amy Goodman

19. Sam Donaldson - ABC Radio Networks

20. Will Durst – Marketplace (NPR)

21. Laura Flanders - KWAB 1490 AM

22. Glen Galaich - "Between The Lines"

23. Enid Goldstein, KNRC Denver

24. Dick Gordon, WBUR Boston

25. Gil Gross, KLAC Los Angeles

26. Terry Gross - NPR

27. Bill Handel – KFI & XM Radio

28. Erin Hart - KIRO 710 AM

29. Thom Hartmann, i.e. america radio

30. This Is Hell, WNUR Chicago

31. Jim Hightower - Syndicated

32. Joe Jackson - KIQ 1010 AM

33. Michael Jackson, KLAC Los Angeles

34. Guy James - WCNZ

35. Jason Jarvis - WNTY

36. Andy Johnson - WJGR 1320 AM

37. Tom Joyner - The Morning Show

38. KBOO Radio - KBOO 90.7 FM (Progressive Talk Radio, various hosts)

39. Garrison Keillor - NPR

40. Cliff Kelley – WVON

41. Ed Koch – Bloomberg Radio

42. Ron Kuby (Who’s Mommie is a commie) - WABC

43. Tom Lamprey

44. Al Lawrence - WYTM 105.5 FM & WKTS

45. Deborah Lynne - KJCE

46. Mara Liason - NPR

47. Joe Madison - WOL

48. Mike Malloy - Syndicated

49. Bill Mazer - WVOX

50. Colin McEnroe - WTIC

51. John McMullen – Sirius Satellite Network

52. Faith Middleton – WNPR Connecticut

53. Kojo Nnamdi - WAMU

54. Mind Over Matters - KEXP

55. Erin Moriarty & Nancy Giles - WPHT

56. NPR (the network)

57. Ike Newkirk -WQXI 790 AM

58. Shann Nix - KGO San Francisco

59. Ronn Owens - KGO 810 AM

60. Pacifica Radio Network
KPFA 94.1 FM - Berkley, CA
KPFK 90.7 FM - Los Angeles, CA
KPFT 90.1 FM - Houston,TX
WBAI 99.5 FM - NYC, NY
WPFW 89.3 FM - Washington, D.C

61. Bill Press - WMAL

62. Ellen Ratner – Talk Radio Network

63. Diane Rehm, Public Radio

64. Randi Rhodes - WJNO 1290 AM

65. Neil Rogers, WQAM Miami

66. John Rothmann, KGO San Francisco

67. Lynn Samuels - WLIE

68. John Sebastian – WBT

69. Mike Siegel - WLIE

70. Nancy Skinner and Ski Anderson - WLS 890 AM

71. Duke Skorich - KUWS 91.3 FM

72. Tavis Smiley – NPR & ABC Radio Network

73. Doug Stephan, i.e. america radio

74. Marc Stern and Dave Goodman (WMBR Cambridge, MA)

75. Barry Dain Stienhagen - WLKK

76. Grant Stone - WPBR 1340 AM

77. Ray Taliaferro - KGO 810 AM

78. Leo Terrell - KABC 790 AM

79. Nina Totenberg - NPR

80. Monique Caradine – WVON

81. Sharon McGhee – WVON

82. Prof Willie Dixon – WVON

83. Peri Small – WVON

84. Pervis Spann – WVON

85. Voices and Choices - WRUW

86. Bernie Ward - KGO

87. Mike Ward - KFBK

88. Mike Webb - KIRO 710 AM

89. Peter Werbe - Syndicated

90. Brian Whitman - WABC

91. John Williams – WGN

92. WMNF – Community Radio Tampa

93. Bill Moyers - Bill Moyers Reports

94. Steve Dahl - WCKG-FM

95. Johnny Wendell - KFI

[Drango]

Excellent post...

For the record, the ultral liberal Pacifica radio which sponsored many of the anti-war marches, is really part of the Public Broadcasting system. They recieved $1.3 million in your tax dollars last year....

Yes I know they don't advertise it, but they still are!

[petuniasevan]

Merit? What's that?

Their message is more important than any little piddling details like verifiability, truth, common sense, or accuracy.

It's for the children!

[Doctor Raoul]

Concur, but need a clarification.

I'm not sure of the criteria is to be considered part of NPR.

I know that NOTE 5 - GRANTS in the last audited financial report at pacifica.org say the five Pacifica stations received $1.2 million from the Corporation For Public Broadcasting that year.

United For Peace and Justice's Leslie Cagan is the head of Pacifica's Board.

[RLK]

People Don't Want The Liberal Radio They've Already Got, Why Would They Want Another?

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It isn't about wanting another. It's about putting their show in so that they displace conservative alternatives. It is a subtle type of censorship.

[finnman69]

6. Richard Bey - WABC


Richard got canned. His show (along with Steve Malzberg) was replaced with Monica Crowley followed by an earlier Michael Savage timeslot.

In NYC (Blue State)during drive home time, Richard Bey bombed in the ratings.

[Drango]

Well remember NPR is only one part of "Public Broadcasting". PBS is the other major part...but PRI, Pacifica and others are part of the same octopus. They are all funded, in part through the Corporation For Public Broadcasting (CPB). The bookkeeping would make an Enron accountant blush but for example # 18 Amy Goodman and I think # 16 Counterspin are hosted by Pacifica.
(Minor correction; # 39 Garrison Keillor of Prairie Home companion is PRI, but heard on mostly NPR stations...I need a drink)

[m1911]

Reference bump

[kixx]

What's Howie Carr doing on the list? Howie is no liberal.

[Brave New World]

Howie Carr, #10 on your list, is the CONSERVATIVE voice of Boston radio (WRKO). He frequently mentions that he lurks on Free Republic. He'll be very amused to see himself on a list of liberal radio hosts.

[Paleo Conservative]

31. Jim Hightower - Syndicated

I wasn't aware that Hightower still had a radio show.

[finnman69]

also on RichardBey...he has been reduced to running his website www.richardbey.org with its whopping 300 members.

I see there that Bey has posted links to FR. Even liberals come to conservative sites to be entertained and get the news.

[Doctor Raoul]

Howie Carr, #10 on your list, is the CONSERVATIVE voice of Boston radio (WRKO). He frequently mentions that he lurks on Free Republic. He'll be very amused to see himself on a list of liberal radio hosts.

Howie, if you're out there, mea culpa babe, don't ever change.

[Calvin Locke]

You forgot Liberal radio's newest host - Rep. Bernie Sanders.

He had his premier this past Monday on WDEV.

I think I saw a blurb that they may be planning to take live callers during the show. I'm surprised no one had thought
of that before.

[Parley Baer]

Number 33 Michael Jackson is off the air from KLAC. They went to mostly an all music format. He may have landed a job somewhere else though the big Loser. Parley

[ladyinred]

So far liberal talk shows don't do well in the ratings. The mood of the country now makes it even less likely for success! I know I can't listen to any of them. We get enough of 'em on the TV news.

[LoneRangerMassachusetts]

Below is a list of 95 liberal talk hosts, liberal talk networks, liberal talk stations or syndicated liberal programs that are in the marketplace ALREADY.

I recognized some of the names on the list and agree they are liberal. I question two on your list. Tony Brown speaks mostly to a Black audience from a black perspective. I have heard him criticize Democratic policies and don’t hold him as a liberal. I have attached a link to an article authored by him that suggests the republicans should garner another 10 percent of black votes so as to toast the Democrats. I believe he would prefer it that way.

9. Tony Brown - WLS 890 AM

http://www.tonybrownsites.com/tonybrown/

People who believe Howie Carr is a liberal have not listened to him or they are just plain nuts.

10. Howie Carr - ???? http://www.howiecarr.org/

[Classical Liberal]

Garrison Keillor, to his credit, has occasionally satirized the lefties. My favorite recollection is his statement that liberals believe that animals in the wild behave just as they are portrayed in Disney movies, or, at least would, were it not for the crushing effects of poverty.

[Calvin Locke]

Howie, if you're out there, lose the sound effects. The coughing and the telephone are so annoying, I have to turn the radio off.

[Donna Lee Nardo]

Exactly. I like Tony Brown (used to watch his Journal show years ago) and have always considered him very sharp (a Conservative, if one has to choose a label). And while he may be a hidden dem (if he is, he hides it well), he is certainly not a liberal.