Clear Channel adopts liberal programming...

Clear Channel adopts liberal programming on growing number of stations

The Associated Press
DETROIT -- The day before President Bush's inauguration, listeners tuning in to the Detroit sports station WXDX-AM were suddenly greeted by the sound of braying donkeys. By the time Bush was taking the oath of office, the radio station had new call letters and a full schedule of liberal talk shows.

WXDX-AM -- now known as WDTW-AM -- is one of 22 stations owned by Clear Channel Communications Inc. that have switched to a liberal talk format in the last year. This month, KTLK-AM in Los Angeles became the latest Clear Channel station to adopt the format.

Those who track broadcasting trends say there's money to be made in liberal talk radio. Todd Webster, a consultant for Washington-based liberal talk show producer Democracy Radio, said Clear Channel is expected to introduce the left-leaning format on 20 more stations by the end of the year.

"There is a tremendous appetite out there for progressive talk," he said.

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If it helps our cause, I'm all for it!!

Aren't we in 1984 anymore?

isn't a scheme to make "Air America Radio" so dependent on them that Clear Channel can dictate content.

Their allegiance is strictly to money. They care about the bottom line, not principles.

the same station that has Rush Limbaugh. It's quite strange.

They're screwing around with liberal shows. Ask Randi how her show is being treated in Miami by Clear Channel or Janeane for that matter. They are taking good shows and messing them up by tape delaying them or putting on an inferior product (people who claim to be liberal) in place of it.

ans making a little money while they are at it.

If ever there's a sensible FCC again, there will be widespread media divestures ordered- and Clear Channel can say...but. but, we have some AAAR stations.....

They can now exploit the anti-Bush sentiment and make money on it because the public is so hungry for it..

They did their job by locking us out for 4+ years (actually it's been 25+ years, but who's counting?)

Oh well.. any port in the storm :(

Could this be the reason Soros bought a chunk of CNN earlier in the week?