What cities does Air America need to expand to?

[bluestateguy]

As Air America nears its second anniversary, there are still some markets where AA still needs to break into, or get back into.

I went on their website and did a count of their 89 affiliates and found that 32 affiliates are in red states and 52 in blue states (some markets have 2 AA affiliates). So, AA should focus on getting into more red states, especially blue cities in red states, like Houston and St. Louis. AA also needs to get back on the air in Philadelphia. If anyone has any information on the status of that, let us know.

Other cities that come to mind would be Tuscon, Las Vegas, Little Rock, Indianapolis, and an affiliate in New Hampshire. A New Hampshire affiliate would be a good idea, so as to give Democratic presidential candidates a venue to court Democratic primary voters in 2007 and early 2008.

[Jane Austin]

Houston, for sure!

I'd love to see liberal-minded folks buying small-town stations that might be rather inexpensive.

There's often not much to listen to on the radio in these rural towns and some lively talk might do a world of good in those locales.

[Gothmog]

24. I agree

I would love to have Air America here in Houston

[Jane Austin]

33. I have to drive to Houston at least once a month and I'm always

annoyed when KOKE fades out on me just before Brenham.

[adigal]

1. Albany, New York

The only talk radio up here is a right wing talk channel.

[Cooley Hurd]

61. Yep - the cap region needs AAR to counter WGY...

:thumbsup:

[Pirate Smile]

2. Kansas City. Des Moines.

[Ron Mexico]

3. I'd like to see massive Red State expansion.

Unrealistic in some places, non-productive in others, but you never know what effects it'd have - some of these drones have never been exposed to common sense before.

[LuCifer]

4. Philly, Orlando, Tampa, SLC, Vegas, Indy, KC, Charlotte, Raliegh, Norfolk.

Did I miss anything! I especially wanna see Orlando, cuz I can get radio from there, and I sure as HELL ain't paying for XM just for AAR, when the rest of their programing pretty BLOWS...but enough about Opie And Anthony...

[foreverdem]

23. They were in Philly

They did have an affiliate in Philly, but they were dropped around the end of last year. My brother used to listen to Randi on the ride home and was pretty pissed when they were pulled.

[InsultComicDog]

67. Me too

But not enough to buy XM

[LuCifer]

72. Yeah that was half-assed...

...only having Al and Randi...UGH!

[KharmaTrain]

35. They're In Vegas & Philly

970AM in Vegas

1340AM in Philly

Might not be the strongest signal around, but surely is worth the listen.

Indy gets AAR at night from WCKY in Cincinnati.

[InsultComicDog]

68. no longer in Philly

[LuCifer]

76. That Vegas station new?

Cuz I don't find it on AAR's page or Randi's...and Philly is long gone, sadly. Next time they need to have a REAL affiliate!

Lu

[KharmaTrain]

79. Las Vegas Is On At Night

I'm able to pop into various markets and tune around and heard Randi on replay overnight on the station...looking at their homepage, looks like they program local news during the day.

I'm in Chicago...we only get AAR half the day, but hopefully that will change later on this year. The ratings and revenue successes of AAR affiliates are making waves in radio and surely someone will jump on the format in the market in short order.

[never_get_over_it]

40. If I can get reception from Orlando in Merritt Island

then I definitely vote for Orlando because I often have trouble streaming and it gets on my last nerve - and of course it is all about me - lol

They should expand as much as possible - time for all of Amaerica to WAKE THE HELL UP....

[SpecialK]

64. Hi never_get_over_it!!

I'm from Melbourne, and now live in Orlando. Just wanted to say hi to a local. I bet that if AAR came on an AM station here in Orlando you'd be able to hear it in Merritt Island since the AM frequency has a very wide range.

I hope it happens soon!

[wildbilln864]

59. Upstate of South Carolina...

please please please! These people around here have no idea what's really going on. IMHO!

[laruemtt]

5. Jacksonville, Florida. my poor dem ma

and two dem sisters could really use a breath of fresh air america down there.

[Fla Dem]

32. Jacksonville and the St. Augstine area......all we have

is RW talk down here, Savage, Ingram, Hannity, Limpball,Bohannan and Dr. Laura :puke: too!!

[laruemtt]

34. i gave my 91-year-old ma

a sony vaio laptop for christmas so she could listen to air america online. i gave her lessons and she's really good with the mouse and is very sharp, she just won't get on the computer. arggggh!!!!!

[Jeanette in FL]

39. North Florida would be great

I am over here near Palatka and it would be great to have Jacksonville or Gainesville. You are so correct all we have is right wing all day and night.

[Lochloosa]

62. Jacksonville....please

I can't take much more of these brain dead people here.

[Initech]

6. They need as many affiliates in the red states as they can get

Let's drown out Limbaugh and Hannity. :puke:

[NewInNewJ.]

7. Nashville,Tn

[johnaries]

78. Seconded! n/t

[rpgamerd00d]

8. In Connecticut, I'd say:

Danbury, Norwalk, Waterbury, Hartford, Groton

That would pretty much get 95% of CT since they are already in New Haven.

[Maddy McCall]

9. Jackson, MS.

Somewhere near me so that I can listen! :D

[Democrat 4 Ever]

10. Louisville - please, please, please! I own a XM radio just so I

can listen to Air America but my friends and neighbors desperately need to hear a morsel of truth from time to time. The Dildoheads would implode if their daily doses of Limpballs, O'Lielly, et al were interrupted.

Kentucky was proudly blue for many years until the lying, thieving McConnell and his cohorts smear and trashed their way into office. We can turn blue again with just a little effort.

[myrna minx]

16. I suspect many states would turn Blue like Kentucky would,

with a little help. I think people have a hunger for change. People are praying for hope. :hug:

[Jane Austin]

37. I am as mystified by McConnell being electable as I was that Texas

elected and re-elected Phil Gramm.

List ten things that make a candidate electable, and neither one of them would score 2.

[Rosco T.]

38. Get a low power FM Transmitter...

some of them will cover a coupla of blocks (no license needed), hook it to the XM and find an 'unoccupied' FM Freq and occupy it! You'll be amazed what people will stop on when browsing across the dial (find a freq between two semi-poplar stations).

Guerrilla Radio!

[InsultComicDog]

75. That would be fun

if a lot of people did it

[Humor_In_Cuneiform]

11. Crawford.

at the ranch, I mean.

[byronius]

12. AAR is incredibly important to this nation. Fact -Based Reality.

What a concept. I've learned more from AAR in two years -- I can't even begin.

[11 Bravo]

13. In D.C. they need a stronger signal.

I'm in Northern Virginia, only 12 miles west of the District, and after 6:00 the station is inaudible.

[sbj405]

29. I was going to post the same thing.

They also need to do some advertising in the DC area.

[redherring]

84. Yup, I live in Fairfax, VA. Can't hear a damn thing

Forget AM, get FM.

[jane_pippin]

14. Milwaukee.

But I'm selfish that way. :D

[ralps]

17. I second that!!! I would love to have AAR in Milwaukee!!

:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

[vireo]

46. Also LaCrosse and Green Bay

Then we would have pretty good coverage in the state, depending on signal strength, of course.

[dragonlady]

80. That would be great

I've heard it a couple of times while in Madison. It's good to hear the liberal point of view getting continuous airtime. I do prefer the more gentle WPR format, but an aggressive style of radio seems more popular and it might wake up a few people around here.

[adarling]

15. I am stuck in Indiana for one more year

Please Lord let them bring AA to me, i miss it!!!

[Psychmd]

27. had to get XM satellite to get it

I'm addicted. Listen on line whenever I can as well. Wish it were available for all the hoosiers who won't pay for the satellite radio. Maybe we could turn this state a little more blue.

[PATRICK]

18. Just from driving experience

I count dark territory as being between AAR affiliates. I know they position themselves with a different motivation than covering territory between large population centers but if someone were to map the swaths of dark territory it is alarming that those areas have zero media alternatives to mainstream garbage and generally all those areas have some of the worst hate propaganda imaginable thanks to Clear Channel and others.

I guess I think in terms of liberation of the air rather than profitable market shares. If anyone with vast driving experience, or an organizer of information, were to contribute to mapping out the radio wilderness it would be of service to people hopelessly channel flipping on the road.

[libnnc]

19. Triad area NC

Winston-Salem, Greensboro, High-Point

Please!!

I've heard from others here and elsewhere that hell will freeze over first.

[Road Scholar]

89. Eastern NC too!!

[Laelth]

20. I'd like to suggest ...

Macon, GA

South of Atlanta, along I-75. Blue area in a red sea. Lots of interstate traffic (Midwest to Florida) would be served by an affiliate here.

-Laelth

[Rob H.]

21. Little Rock, AR

Right now they have Limbaugh, Hannity, Drudge, and Ingraham (and sometimes Coulter on as a guest of any of them) on the FM band. Those tiny-brained, accuracy-free hatemongers need to be drowned out by the truth.

We have AAR here in Memphis and on a good day the signal travels as far as north Little Rock, but a consistent everyday presence would be a great thing. Here's hoping they don't let any local idiots on the air like they did here in Memphis, though. The local host they signed up believes prayer in schools and teaching evolution in science classes would be a good thing--and he's a homophobe, on top of that. x(

[AbbyR]

66. Yes, please - Little Rock

I do so need to have something I can stand to listen to.

[Rob H.]

85. My parents live in Sheridan, 30 minutes SW of LR

They're both long-time liberals and my dad, who was in the Navy for 23 years and is a Viet Nam veteran, absolutely hates W, his policies, and pretty much everything he stands for. (Take that, freepers!) I think they'd both love to be able to listen to AAR at home. My mom read an article about Mike Malloy (she didn't know he was one of the hosts on AAR) and liked what he said so much that she's jealous that I can listen to him and she can't!

[drm604]

22. Definitely Philly.

They need to get back on the air here. I'd love to be able to listen to Randi on the train ride home at night.

[Skidmore]

25. Cedar Rapids or Iowa City

[bullwinkle428]

55. I second that emotion!

I was about to reply with that, but just took a quick scroll-through to see if anyone else brought it up!

[fed-up]

26. Chico, CA college town pop 100,000K lots of activists, not all w/DSL n/t

[LaPera]

45. I was one...maybe it should be widely petitioned in the CN&R..

and made aware of...Chico gets all that Sacramento right-wing radio shit.

[fed-up]

60. THat's a good idea, maybe the Sacto & Chico News Review can help get word

out. Maybe time for a letter to the editor. Problem is lack of funding....

[Twist_U_Up]

28. Syracuse,NY please

[zalinda]

30. Yeah, I agree........lots of college students here

from all over the country/world, would benenfit from Air America.

zalinda

[madinmaryland]

31. Baltimore

There's one in DC (WWRC-1260), but you can only reliable get it if you are inside the beltway.

[newportdadde]

36. Kansas City, there is NO liberal radio at all here.

Jackson County went blue here last year and our state flips back and forth pretty regularly.

We desperately need some liberal talk radio in this town.

[importDavid]

47. I totally agree

I love listening on satellite / internet - but it would be wonderful if the KC masses would get more than Hannity / Limbaugh here.

[deminks]

54. I agree. There is a blue stripe all the way down the

Kansas River. Lots of people in Lawrence and Topeka can pick up KC stations.

[Scout1071]

57. Kansas City!! Please bring AAR to KC! nt

[Oeditpus Rex]

41. They not only need more stations

They need stations with more power. I researched this awhile back and found the vast majority of AAR stations are 5,000 watts or less, and most are "sundowners" — required to cut power at sundown.

This is pure economics; it's cheaper to get air time on smaller stations. I also think AAR is counting more on internet streaming and satellite radio.

I live about 25 miles from an AAR affiliate's transmitter, but I can't pick up a damned thing because it's a 1,000-watt station. Another one is about 15 miles away and I can barely get it, but it's not carrying AAR even though it's listed as an affiliate.

[LaPera]

42. Houston. Donate to AAR, help out...

wwwairamericaradio.com

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

43. It would be nice if there were eventually a second, "stealth" Air America

channel. Designed specifically to draw in "on the fence" RWers who haven't drunk lethal amounts of koolaid yet. No strident hosts like Malloy/Seder/Randi. Similar arguments but presented in a more Springeresque tenor. Designed to draw in people sick of all the shouting and hatemongering in RW media, to listen a bit and start to think differently.

Right now, I think it's GREAT to have Air America in the Repub stronghold where I live. But I doubt the many shrub-bots I know would EVER listen to more than a minute of AAR, realize what they are hearing, and change the channel in shock.

With Ed Shultz it might be a double shock, because at first listen, he kind of sounds like the typical blustery overweight white guy RW radio host (our AAR station has him in the early afternoon).

[Ganja Ninja]

44. Tampa and Orlando.

Their website shows a station in Sarasota but the only AAR programming they have is Jerry Springer. The rest of the day is reserved for right wing blowhards and the signal is too weak to reach Tampa anyway.

[ryan_cats]

48. They need to up the power at the Sacramento station.

They need to up the power at the Sacramento station. I can listen to the webcast at work at least (at least until they start monitoring web access) but the radio station doesn't even make it to Folsom up Hwy 50 on my way home.

[fed-up]

58. Great idea, Chico is only 85 miles north of Sact, heck I get KGO here..n/t

[MissMarple]

49. Denver, Colorado Springs.

And there are a lot of folks in Colorado who would listen to Ed Schultz, even if not AAR.

[otohara]

71. They Are Already in Denver

http://www.760thezone.com/main.html

Ed Shultz on afternoons, Randi on miday 4-8

[Beelzebud]

50. Springfield Illinois!

[helderheid]

51. Salt Lake City, Utah. YES, I said Salt Lake City, UTAH.

Believe it or not, it's a very progressive city.

[izzybeans]

52. They need to overload the red states. Indianapolis needs something

...anything. Damn I miss WBAI.
After "all things considered" on NPR the station turns into a neo-con economics lesson for local nutballs. All hail the "Bitch Mitch", and stuff like that.

[phylny]

53. Hudson Valley of New York.

It's red here (only 90 minutes from NYC) and I get horrible reception of WLIB - very bad in the early morning, and very bad at 3 p.m. A radio station from Indiana blasts through, and from what I can hear, it's very right wing.

GRRRRR...

[ronnykmarshall]

56. Bakersfield, CA

So my liberal parents can finally hear what I'm always talking about.

[Dob Bole]

63. Southern cities...

Atlanta has it already...Atlanta had liberal radio first, before there was Air America. But that's about it. Elsewhere in Georgia, Columbus, Savannah, and Albany are all in blue areas. Others that could easily support Air America would be:

Mobile
New Orleans (if not already there)
Little Rock
Tallahassee
Jacksonville
Knoxville

Oh, and I have a Midwestern suggestion, just for fun: Metropolis, Illinois. If the home of Superman isn't receptive to liberal ideas, then we're screwed. :)

[SpecialK]

65. ORLANDO AND TAMPA - VERY IMPORTANT

The I-4 corridor (from Daytona-Orlando-Tampa) generally decides the Florida elections since the south is strongly dem and the north is strongly repuke. That said, sometimes I feel like my community (Orlando) is greatly responsible for this whole mess in the first place. 2000 sucked.

[dysfunctional press]

69. a real station in Chicago would be nice

instead of one that only operates in daylight.

[Snotcicles]

70. Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, Youngstown, Toledo.

For starters. That whole state of Ohio has gone insane.

[doc03]

91. It's in Cincinnati and Columbus

[pstokely]

73. Kansas City

also in college towns like Columbia, MO

[pstokely]

74. college towns

[Maru Kitteh]

77. Kearney Nebraska!

A lady can dream.

[RamboLiberal]

81. Pittsburgh - definitely Pittsburgh

How can we be a Super Bowl town without Air America?

I'd also like to get Ed Schultz here - I think he'd play well to this blue-collar, hunting/fishing, Steeler town.

At least we have local liber Lynn Cullen and Thom Hartmann follows her show.

BTW, O' Reilly is getting bumped to 10PM on KDKA in April, so most nights his show will be bumped or vastly shortened by Pirates baseball.

[Kazak]

82. OKC!!

Goodness knows we get enough of the other perspective...

[Liberal In Texas]

83. Omaha, Nebraska

There are some people up there that have a real skewed view of the world because all they get is RW hate radio and the Omaha World (Weird) Herald.

[GOPS Worst Fear]

86. St.Louis,Mo!!!

There are plenty of neanderthals in The St.Louis Area that desperately need to hear the TRUTH from Air America!!!

[Marleyb]

87. HOW CAN WE HELP? is the real question

Air America is empowering the left and informing the right...what could be more important? It aint perfect, but it is helping BIG time! Say what you will about Ed Shultz(who is not AA but same idea) but he has republicans calling all the time, fed up with their party. They feel comfortable with him and tell them how upset they are with the shredding of our constitution. Minds are changing, and left radio is helping people find their voice.

I was shocked when I heard how few stations were carrying it. We have to collectively brainstorm ideas on HOW to either get stations to change over, by showing them where the money is heading, or starting stations of our own.

[alfredo]

88. Lexington or Louisville Ky.

Lexington would reach the heart of the Bluegrass.

[LuCifer]

90. RANDI STATION LIST!!!!

Tell a fiend to listen to Randi Rhodes on the following stations, ALL TIMES LOCAL:

INTERNET: http://www.airamericaradio.com/listen.asp (3p-7p ET)
Albany / Corvallis / Salem, OR: 990 KTHH (3p-7p)
Albuquerque, NM: 1350 KABQ (4p-8p)
Anchorage, AK: 1080 KUDO (12a-2a)
Ann Arbor, MI: 1290 WLBY (6p-10p)
Asheville, NC: 880 WPEK (6p-sunset)
Atlanta, GA: 1690 WWAA (3p-7p)
Barstow / Victor Valley, CA: 1230 KSZL (Noon-4p)
Baton Rouge, LA: 1380 WYNK (5p-sunset)
Binghamton, NY: 1360 WYOS (3p-7p) = NEW!!!
Boston, MA: 1430 WXKS (6p-10p)
Brattleboro, VT: 1490 WKVT (3p-7p)
Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY: 1390 WVAA (3p-7p) = NEW!!!
Charlottesville, VA: 1450 WVAX (3p-7p)
Chicago, IL: 850 WCPT (5p-sunset)
Cincinnati, OH: 1530 WCKY (6p-10p)
Cleveland / Akron, OH: 1520 WJMP (3p-7p)
Columbus, OH: 1230 WPTG (6p-7p/4a-6a)
Corpus Christi, TX: 1150 KCCT
Dallas / Ft. Worth, TX: 910 KXEB
Davenport, IA (aka Quad Cities): 1270 WKBF (2p-3p)
Duluth / Superior, MN: 1490 KQDS
Denver / Boulder, CO: 760 KKZN (4p-8p)
Detroit, MI: 1310 WDTW (6p-10p)
El Paso, TX: 1650 KHRO (2p-6p)
Ely / Hibbing, MN: 1450 WELY
Eugene / Springfield, OR: 1450 KOPT (Noon-4p)
Fresno, CA: 790 KFPT (3p-7p)
Honolulu, HI: 1500 KUMU (8p-11p)
Huntington, WV: 930 WRVC (7p-11p)
Ithaca, NY: 1470 WNYY (3p-7p)
Key West / Key Largo, FL: 1500 WKIZ (3p-7p)
Lafayette, LA: 1490 KEUN (2p-6p) = NEW!!!
Los Angeles, CA: 1150 KTLK (3p-7p)
Madison, WI: 92.1 WXXM (2p-6p)
Memphis, TN: 680 WWTQ (2p-6p)
Miami / Ft. Lauderdale, FL: 940 WINZ (6p-10p)
Minneapolis / St. Paul, MN: 950 KTNF (overnights)
Missoula, MT: 105.9 KKNS (6p-8p)
Monterey / Santa Cruz / Salinas, CA: 1340 KOMY (12p-4p)
New Haven, CT: 1300 WAVZ (6p-10p)
New Orleans, LA: 1350 WSMB (7p - 9p)
New York, NY: 1190 WLIB (3p-7p)
Petoskey / Cheboygan, MI: 750 WWKK (2a-6a)
Phoenix, AZ: 1010 KXXT (3p-7p)
Portland, ME: 870 WLVP (3p-7p)
Portland, OR: 620 KPOJ (3p-7p)
Poughkeepsie, NY: 1020 WKZE = NEW!!!
Providence, RI: 920 WHJJ (6p-8p)
Reno, NV: 1230 KJFK (4p-8p)
Riverside / San Bernadino, CA: 1050 KCAA (5p-6p)
Rochester, NY: 950 WROC (6:30p-10p)
Sacramento, CA: 1320 KCTC (Noon-4p) = NEW!!!
San Antonio / Victoria, TX: 103.1 KTXX (2-6 pm)
San Diego, CA: 1360 KLSD (3p-6p)
San Francisco / San Jose, CA: 960 KQKE (3p-7p)
San Luis Obispo, CA: 1340 KYNS (Noon-4p)
Santa Barbara, CA: 1340 KTLK (Noon-4p)
Santa Fe, NM: 1260 KTRC (1p-3p)
Seattle, WA: 1090 KPTK (6p-10p)
Spokane, WA: 1280 KAQQ (3p-7p)
Taos, NM: 1340 KVOT = NEW!
Washington, DC: 1260 WWRC (6p-9p)
West Palm Beach / Stuart / Boca Raton, FL: 1290 WJNO (3p-6:50p)
Worchester / Framingham, MA: 1200 WKOX (6p-10p)
Youngstown / Warren, OH: 1570 WANR (3p-7p)

More info, go to & bookmark:

http://www.TheRandiRhodesShow.com

http://www.RandiRhodesArchives.com

Lu

[Darkhawk32]

92. I-70 corridor in Missouri - St. Louis, Columbia, Kansas City n/t

[notadmblnd]

93. Detroit

I can't pick up the Ann Arbor broadcast.