Liberals Take on Conservatives on Talk Radio

Reuters ^ | 03/28/04 | Andrew Stern

[chiller]

Agreed...they'll remain on the air until the elections, but it's irrelevant if no one is listening. Numbers won't sustain them for much longer.

I would pay to hear their opinions AFTER the elections.

I also wonder if they will be so void of ideas as to use Rush and Co. as they're daily source of talking points.

[Northern Yankee]

Let's see... We've had Cuomo, Donaldson, and Phl Donahue all try and sell liberalism over the media, and have failed miserably.

They think Franken is going to be their torch bearer?!

It will die a quick, painful death because they just can't speak without sounding bitter, or angry about this Country or the Administration.

[Travis McGee]

Liberal talk radio will never succeed because it's an ideas-driven format. In this regard, they will come off as losers in the debate, or as petulent and shrill when they evade honest debate, and petulant and shrill will turn listeners off.

The other reason liberal talk radio will fail is that their natural constituency is already busy smoking crack and watching MTV. Like the pierced-face anarchists on welfare crowd is going to spend time listening to AM talk radio! As if!

[kittymyrib]

That's how the totally unimaginative and lazy Franken sold his books, too, by putting Rush's name on the cover of one, and Fox's motto ("Fair and Balanced") on the other. He has NO ideas of his own and as such is the perfect spokesman for the hollow left.

[chiller]

3 stations, and none in D.C.

http://www.medialifemagazine.com/news2004/mar04/mar22/4_thurs/news4thursday.html

[chiller]

Air America will be heard on WLIB-AM in New York City, WNTD-AM in Chicago and KBLA in Los Angeles.
These are not important stations.
WLIB, which currently plays Caribbean music, was ranked No. 24 in the Metro New York market, according to last fall’s Arbitron survey. WNTD was ranked No. 32. KBLA was in No. 30 in the LA market. WNTD and KBLA are currently Spanish-language stations.

[longtermmemmory]

Ironically the left is responsible for wiping out wrestling scholarships from our schools.

Can't stand to watch frankin, so I will not be tuning in. I would be very curious to see which advertisers he found.

It is also interesting that they ignore past efforts. Remember Radio Cuomo with Mario? How many other leftists were on the air?

Seems part of that 30 million went to dine and bribe reporters. How much radio does 30 million buy? will this be their answer to CFR? Will anyone bother to listen in october?

[Hildy]

Plus, he has a very annoying voice...NOT a plus on radio. He's so vulgar. Of course, he'll be on the cover of every magazine and they will do everything in their power to try to help him.

[BlazingArizona]

Their investment is about good Ole Rush in about a year, with salary and all his other side lines. Wonder what they would do if Rush in a free market move bought them out?

To forestall any such move, they will have thjat Florida prosdecutor seize a year of Rush's income to provide that seed money. This is the liberal answer to investment banking.

[Mark17]

liberal anger at Republican President Bush (news - web sites) is at a fever pitch.

Talk about fever pitch, they should ask me about my anger at the Demon Cats.

[jetson]

The network will also feature other radio neophytes such as actress Janeane Garofalo, rapper Chuck D and activist Robert Kennedy Jr. Each will be paired with a radio veteran.

Yep this show will definitely cater to the mindless morons of la la land.

[Mudboy Slim]

"We're going to listen to Limbaugh's show and hold him up to scorn and ridicule"

The thought of anyone as DORKY as Al Franken ridiculing anyone is rather hilarious...MUD

[jla]

"We're going to listen to Limbaugh's show and hold him up to scorn and ridicule"

The thought of anyone as DORKY as Al Franken ridiculing anyone is rather hilarious...MUD

Don't allow Franken's dork quotient to obscure the fact that he isn't capable of airing an intelligent and well thought out show ala El Rushbo. No, Franken, like the infantile-minded, clueless liberal that he is, will be acting more akin to an inane, high school sophmore.

Let's start a pool on over at The Black Thread on how long it'll be before Franken's demise.

[Mudboy Slim]

"...how long it'll be before Franken's demise."

He could have a rather long run fer the simple reason that NO Lib'ralism-spoutin' human will sound too bright, and a lotta folks will balk at being cast as the resident moron. Franken, OTOH, is used to that role.

FReegards...MUD

[Qwinn]

How do they measure ratings on radio, anyway? I can't see any way that they could tell what dial car radios were tuned into.

If it's done with polls or something similar, you can bet many liberals will claim to be listening to this station even if they're not. Expect ratings to be overstated.

Qwinn