Reply #2: Owning the radio stations would help [View All]

One of the big things that RW radio has is that the stations that carry them have a vested interest in their success, whereas AA and its ilk get the leftovers which are often the 1000 watt fringe stations that are on the auction block. Even at that disadvantage, lib radio has made some great inroads.
One of the big things that RW radio has is a huge group of followers that innundate stations anytime they hear something they don't like. We seldom even bother to call stations and say Thanks for carrying AA. Believe me, stations do respond to consumer mail. We were able to get a local station to change with an email campaign!
Another thing is that RW has a huge bullpen with a Rush wannabe in almost every hamlet in the land. And it takes no brains to be a Rush wannabe - just a loud mouth and capability to read the talking points and an asshole personality. This bullpen has been 25 years in the making.
Lib radio is barely 2 years old and the numbers continue to grow by leaps and bounds. They are talent thin since there have been few local liberal radio hosts. Many of those who are liberal have been pulled by their stations. As example, there was a guy on KDKA in Pittsburg that I used to be able to get after dark. He was pulled and replaced with O'Reilly.
Yet they do have some decent talent but they are not showcased at the best times. Stephanie Miller is simply the best show on the radio, right left or middle. Ed Schultz has some entertainment value, but I would venture that Randi Rhodes is much better. Yet since ClearChannel owns the stations, they give us Schultz. Sam Seder(Majority Report) is great but in the evening there simply is not the listeners. Rachel Maddow in thge morning is good but as an avowed lesbian she puts fear into some people.
As for me, I think Stephanie is tops, followed by Thom Hartmann who doesn't even get on the air much because Franken has the noon slot. I'd put Maddow and Sam Seder in 3rd place, both very, very entertaining. Randi & Mike Malloy next, then Franken, Schultz and last Jerry Springer (to me this guy is boring). The early morning guy I can seldom hear (Mark Maron?) so id will not judge.
My point is that there is good talent though thin. But without owning the bullhorn it is hard to get the message out. BUT REMEMBER when drugRush started it took years and years for him to build. We feel a need to do it much quicker.
Please be sure to call or write your local AA affiliate and show them some love.