Liberal talk-radio network set for debut

Washington Times ^ | 3/30/04 | Jennifer Harper

[kattracks]

Conservatives, plug your ears: Liberal talk radio is finally here.

Al Franken and a host of garrulous progressives ease onto the airwaves tomorrow morning on America Left, broadcasting live from 6 a.m. to midnight on weekdays via XM Satellite Radio and three AM radio stations

[goldstategop]

Let's see if liberals can compete in the free marketplace of ideas. Bring it on!!!

[BunnySlippers]

:::yawn:::

[GeronL]

Keep on talking but nobody is listening

[KellyAdmirer]

Mr. Franken will debut at noon with "The O'Franken Factor,"

That is just so ... pathetic.

[HHFi]

Al should keep his goals more realistic and before he tries to become a radio personality, work on developing a personality, period.

[Prince Caspian]

Mr. Franken once wrote a book titled "Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot" and has named his show as a parody of "The O'Reilly Factor," hosted by Bill O'Reilly of Fox News.

Sounds like Franken is loaded with some real cutting-edge, innovative, break-through ideas.

[Iberian]

"Factor" all ready taken bud. If you don't get sued, you'll get eaten alive. Pick

[Pelham]

It ought to be as big a hit as his Stuart Smalley movie.
How long can America listen to nails on a chalkboard?

[Mr.Atos]

Al Franken is the Andy Kaufman of politics. Enough said.

Atos

[Luircin]

Exactly HOW many liberal talk shows have failed within the past ten years? Anyone know? I know that it's up there, but I can't seen to remember the exact number.

[Nateman]

Since liberals are parasites that depend upon a host that doesn't remove them, they naturally have developed a whole bunch of propaganda sources for their continued existance at our expense. In other words its already all to easy to get access to their point of view, pretty much assuring that Al and his fellow RATS are going to fail.

[kingu]

*snicker, snort, chortle* Ooooh.. It's going to be on xxxxAM in Los Angeles. Wow, don't even know if I have an AM radio that goes that high.. Hmm, wow, think of all the money they're going to have to waste to let the drones know. Millions, especially in the diverse Los Angeles market, will have to be poured into publicity, lest their 'voice' be completely and utterly ignored.

Hmm, come to think of it, I'm not going to help them by broadcasting their station number. I'll just say it's a heck of a lot higher up the dial than KNX.

*giggle* I should start looking to see how little power this station is using for broadcast.. Might not even be able to hear it out here. Wow, can't wait for the quarterly report to come out.

[HHFi]

Agreed. All of Franken's success has been built on aping and mocking people who were far more original than he. He seems to think that naming his show "The O'Franken Factor" is brilliantly satirical, but it's really just sad, like a little boy who tries to annoy his elders by repeating everything they say and thinking it's the cleverest joke of all time.

I have worked in radio, mostly syndication, for over 25 years, and I've never seen a show succeed that did nothing but copy or mock another show. When you're on the air for three hours a day, five days a week, people have to want to spend a lot of time with you. Franken is smug, sarcastic, arrogant and condescending, and those are his good points. He also has a grating voice (always a big plus for radio) and likes to tell jokes that he thinks are much funnier than they are. I've talked to several talk show hosts who don't even think he's a decent guest, much less host material.

His best hope is to book as many big name celebrities as he can to fill his own personality void, but that's hardly a guarantee of ratings in radio, particularly if the celebrities go into airheaded leftist political rants. Then again, this isn't really a radio network, it's just an end-run around the campaign finance laws. It may draw an audience, particularly in urban areas (a lot of mindless leftist twaddle does well there), but I can't really see it attracting anyone other than hard-core DNC Kool-Aid drinkers.

[TheSpottedOwl]

Sorry Al, Dr. Laura is on at noon.

[Conservative4Ever]

OK folks, bring it on.

Red

[claudiustg]

---"I'm interested in doing what I can to affect this election. I'm thinking about what's the best use of my energies. I hope this is it," Mr. Franken told the Associated Press in January when he announced his intention to become a radio personality. ---

Sounds like he's only in it for the election. If people realize that Franken doesn't give a damn about their concerns beyond getting their vote, he'll be toast long before November. I give him three months. That's how long it'll take for the bozos to figure out that no one is listening.

[Indie]

"My first priority is to get sued by a right-wing jerk in order to generate interest in my new show," Mr. Franken said

Ooooooo we're really impressed Al...been taking jock lessons from efnkerry? [you weiner]

[Waco]

Overnight his name will as common place as,,ah,,,,buggy whips? Fork em.

[highlander_UW]

I sure hope they get big media coverage when they go bust.