Reply #12: I accepted it when the dumped Lizz Winstead...

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I liked Unfiltered and I liked Lizz, but I knew there would be some shaking up somewhere, and it did have some problems.

When they dumped Sirius, who had carried their programming basically in full from day one, I was pissed. I get that it was a business decision, but Goldberg was quoted saying something along the lines that it was a great trade off - losing all of us (about a million listeners) who had bought Sirius so we could have AAR was a "great trade off?" I spent hundreds of dollars getting Sirius for one reason - AAR. So they screwed me, and anyone else who did the same.

Then they dumped Marc Maron - who had kept me sane every morning in my cube surrounded by RW nutjobs, who got me through the Day After Election 2004, when all I could feel was shock - Marc Maron who is one of the funniest people I've ever heard. Sure, they moved him to late night in LA, but it was too late for me, I'm on the east coast. And I listen to radio the old fashioned way - as it's being broadcast. Dumping Marc Maron was it for me.

I rarely listened to Malloy, not because I didn't like him, but because I didn't listen to the radio at that time of night. I know he's really popular, particularly with a lot of DU'ers, and I'm angry for them.

Mostly I'm angry with the powers that be at AAR, who seem to be looking for instant success rather than building an audience over time. I'm angry that something potentially so powerful has been FUBAR'd over "business" decisions. I'm angry that short-sightedness is ruining a really great thing.