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(Just paging you Cinnamon Girl in case this topic is of interest)

Medved is one of the shows that has been targeted for censorship by the Oregon Democrats.
Is the situation the same in Washington?

FACT:
My brother used to listen to Medved on a station in central Missouri.

FACT: Medved was replaced by Hannity on that station with the past couple of months.

FACT: Columbia, Missouri, home of the major state university of Missouri,
was also named as a location with a number of active chapter of Muslim groups,
including Hamas (folks here have probably seen the map compiled by Steven "Jihad In America"
Emerson that shows this).

My inexpert speculation:
I wonder if Medved is being "squeezed" out in some more liberal markets for a number of reasons:
1. Medved "names names" when it comes to talking about terrorism and some other
hot button topics.
Between liberal/Democrats that probably whine at management, maybe Medved is
the recipient of an organized campaign by some Muslim and/or Arab group trying to
force him off the air.
Those sorts of folks helped push Steven Emerson off National Public Radio some years back.
I suspect that those groups are even tougher in responding to the unfavorable
events of 9-11...and need to silence any public voice that will speak the truth and come
after them.

2. Hannity, while I like and respect him and his show, is just not quite as pointed
when it comes to critical analysis of liberal B.S.
(Don't get me wrong...Hannity is in the first rank of conservative radio commentators,
but he just doesn't go after liberal guests and hand them their heads when they
are spouting nonsense.)

My amateur conclusion:
Maybe station directors get enough grief over Medved...and see Hannity as a
viable (and profitable alternative)...and show Medved the door in order to buy
peace and quiet.

While I listen to Hannity occassionally, I go with Medved 95% of the time.

And I suspect that anyone with a decent internet connection can get him at
his Los Angeles affiliate, 870AM, KRLA.

Just go to
www.newstalk870.com
and punch the "listen live" button at Noon to 3 PM, Pac Time.

And this is probably also just part of the fluid nature of talk radio...IIRC Medved
said he went back on the air due to popular demand on one station a few weeks ago.
(IIRC, I think it might have been Albequerque (sp?), New Mexico.