Air Americas is still the best

Why - Rachel Maddow, Majority Report and CHUCK D!

On the Real is the finest radio program I've ever heard. Don't believe the hype people!

and Randi.

I like them enough They just annoy me.

Laughton Smalls, Sammy the stemcell, Rapture Watch etc...

Save MS

http://www.petitiononline.com/mmms3214/petition.html

Is Marc Maron still on the way out? I signed the petition and sent e-mails. I don't know the outcome.

Very informative, and never condescending. I listen to Maddow every day if I can (most of the time on the web later in the day). And for sheer entertainment value, NOTHING, and I mean nothing, beats Randi Rhodes.

>>I wish Rachel would be given Springer's slot. I download her so I can listen at 6am. So sharp and funny and well informed.
>>Mike Malloy is cathartic for saying what I'm thinking and sharing the angst with utterly amazing humor-- tough to do as well as he does. You can tell he's a pro.
>>And I've enjoyed Randi, Ring of Fire, the Majority Report and Morning Sedition too...

move Malloy there and have Rachel at night.

Majority report rocks too! I'm not up early enough to hear Maddow, but have heard her fill in for others and she WXCELLENT. AAR is the best thing to happen to the Democratic Party in a LONG LONG TIME. Nothing like having our Progressive/LIBERAL voices heard. I just love it. AND they said it wouldn't last. :eyes: They said Liberals would never listen to talk radio. HA! They wish!

Sam Seder and Mike Malloy.

is good for one reason and one reason only....

Mike Malloy

:bounce:

to bad he is out this week....not sure what I am going to do!

I just can't get into listening to him.

Thom Hartman on the other hand...

you you can't "get into listening to him."

He is very knowledgeable, emotional like most of us here at DU, and calls it the way he sees it...what more can you ask for?

I find the Majority Report more engaging.

But for some reason I signed up on their site and still was unable to hear the Randi show, but I was logged in? Any idea whats up with that?

Without it I would explode.

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....not the guy who damn near killed Warner Bros. records.

There are some things that are NOT within AAR's control, of course.

Like XM radio airing Alan Colmes in Mike Malloy's time slot, which will cease to be a problem in another month or so anyway. Or the affiliates who mix AAR content with other so called progressives, and then give the prime time to idiots like that Limpdick clone Schulz who wastes his airtime bashing Howard Dean while the Bush Fraudministration implodes upon itself.

What is DEFINITELY within AAR's control is what they do with the on air talent that they schedule, and the ability to access those show by internet streaming, and by their telephone system, which has been screwed up for months. How the fuck can you have TALK RADIO without the ability to take a goddamn phone call? I doubt Mush Limpdick would tolerate a fucked up phone system for one hour, let alone months.

As for the talent, they really need to energize the morning show. Since they only have one main programming feed, that means they need at least TWO morning shows that fit the description. Or better yet, the first THREE shows of the day, just so everybody's wide awake in all time zones. Apparently, Morning Sedition, as it now exists, fits that bill for the East Coast. The West Coast gets stuck with Jerry Springer, and then Al Franken. Neither could wake me up from a coma.

So which of the morning shows is currently threatened? The one that resembles a FUCKING MORNING SHOW??? I can't really advocate for Morning Sedition because the reality of time doesn't allow me to listen to the show. But everything I hear of it from other DU'ers tells me that it's far better suited than the two middle aged TV guys who follow it, and just can't make the transition to radio.

Would Randi Rhodes consider mornings? Or the Majority Report? Should they give Thom Hartmann the network slot and ditch either Franken or Springer?. It should all be on the table, as far as I'm concerned.

And when they sign up new affiliates, should they only sell AAR as a network, so that they don't suppress the network's best programming in favor of fake "liberals" like Colmes and Schultz?

There's gotta be some qualified, liberal radio veterans out there who could figure this shit out. If not, I'm applying for the job, because I'm damn sure I can do better than Danny Goldberg.

.. not everthing of course..

"And when they sign up new affiliates, should they only sell AAR as a network"

You just killed 90% of the possible sales. For a station to take on a full programming day would be damn near impossible for an established station, most will want some local content. Only way to do that would be to start their own stations... which I have heard is on the agenda.

As for the 'morning show'... that's where most stations would want the local content, either that or afternoon drive time.

But most of your larger markets are controlled by corporate radio chains, a lot of which run syndicated shows already.

I'd love to see Air America buy up some small market stations and run the entire schedule, but are they financially sound enough to do so at this point? The last thing AAR needs is to be beholden to corporations who might want to compromise the message heard over the airwaves.

ratings of AAR, right? Why would you want to ditch the guy with the biggest audience, because YOU don't like him?

If he declares himself as a Senate candidate in early 2006, he's going to have to resign from the radio. He bores the shit out of me, I'll admit it. I could deal with him a lot better at 9:00 AM if there were a stronger show on from 6:00 - 9:00, which is currently occupied by Springer.

I've always thought Jerry deliberately restrained himself on his radio show so it wouldn't be a clone of his infamous TV show. I guess I can understand his thinking, but it might have been a mistake. You don't necessarily need chair throwing transsexuals on a radio show, but a little spirited debate and rage against the neocons wouldn't hurt.

The end result of Springer and Franken back to back leaves a 6 hour snoozefest on the radio at the time of day where the right wingers are putting their loudest shills on the air. Limbaugh built his audience by getting their attention, and then keeping it. Sure, most of what he told them was complete bullshit, but he did it in an entertaining way (for lack of a better word) that kept them listening, even if they weren't committed right wingers. There's no question that the anal-cysted windbag deserves some of the credit (or blame) for creating the national Freeper mentality that led to 1994 and Chimp getting enough votes to steal the 2000 election.

If we're going to reverse the damage done to this country, why not use the same tools to get people on our side? And who could hold their own against Limpdick? Randi Rhodes, or Jerry Springer? Al Franken, or Mike Malloy?

Franken gets better ratings in the 18-35 demographic directly against Limbaugh all the time, BTW

Many people here may believe, the people in charge of AAR are a lot smarter than most of us. While the liberals here may prefer Randi or Malloy because they better speak their leanguage, the people at AAR know that Springer and Franken are the only ones with crossover appeal. By himself, I think Sam Seder could be that way also, but not with Jeaneane. If I were a moderate Republican or an Independent and I heard five minutes of Randi or Malloy I would turn it off. Franken and Springer are the only ones who can keep that person listening. Same with Schultz, the other thing about Schultz is that he gets the guests. He'll probably have 25 members of the House or Senate on his show over the course over a month, no other radio show can boast anything close to that.

Opinions vary here - I'm glad there are choices...

Fuck 'em. I listened to them from day one, and because of the inability to access their stream through the same screwed up registration they used when they started, I just said screw it. Never to tune in again.

I'm now a Thom Hartman/Ed Schultz loyalist (and anyone progressive stations stream in between).

AAR sucks shit IMO.

I do a weekly US Liberal Talk Show ratings blog. Quite unlike Arbitron which is only audience rating system.

My ratings are from an international perspective and based on show content as well as other criteria as truthfulness, handling of callers, discussion forum maintained, blog content, web page content, etc......

Mike Malloy is way ahead of others and regained top spot last week. One week blip to a fabulous Live KGO All Star Show.

Peter Werbe, who will stand in for Mike next week, has moved to second place last week.

Air America hosts that get rated last week:

5 Laura Flanders
6 Ring of Fire (Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Mike Papantonio)
7 The Rachel Maddow Show
9 Politically Direct
14 Morning Sedition (Marc Maron, Mark Riley)
15 The Randi Rhodes Show
17 The Majority Report (Janeane Garofalo, Sam Seder)
19 Ecotalk

Major shift this week was the drop of Thom Hartmann from 4 to 13.

More at

http://talkshowratings.blogspot.com

Comments welcome.

especially the one at Yale last week.