My local liberal radio station got rid of the local liberal hosts for "The young Turks"

[AlCzervik]

i'm not happy. on edit i'm even more pissed now, they will no longer carry "Live programming".

[Captain Hilts]

1. AAR in DC dropped the Young Turks. I MUCH prefer them to Bill Press.

I've nothing against Press, but I've seen and heard enough of him. The Turks are something new to me.

[AlCzervik]

3. i sent an email to the station today and the producer actually emailed me back

so no live programming means the local liberal afternoon host is gone as well.

[sendero]

2. I listened to the Young Turks..

... but, not for very long.

[AlCzervik]

4. i don't like them at all, they subbed when the local guys were on vacation

but the worst part is that all the local liberals are off the air.

[Lost-in-FL]

5. I liked Rachel better...

I used to listen to her on my way to work in the AM. Now I have The Young Turks and I think they are ok, not great. One of the guys is as obnoxious as Adam Carolla IMO, acting like he is trying to copy cat Carolla with the big ego attitude. I forgot his name. Rachel's show was so much better, easy on the ears specially that early in the AM. I miss her show in the mornings.

[Blue Belle]

6. They were subbing for Randi today and I have to say I'm not impressed...

Give me Thom Hartmann or Rachel Maddow any day.

[AlCzervik]

7. what sucks is that the morning guys were a local show and they had on

candidates that were running for congress in our area so it was a good place to actually get to hear from them, now thats gone.

[Blue Belle]

8. That really does suck.

Thom Hartman does a local show here and I love knowing what's going on in state and local politics. I would definitely miss that if it were gone. That was really a poor decision on the part of your local radio station.

[calzone]

9. It could be the result of simple....

....economic pressure. It's much cheaper to carry a transponder signal than employ live talent. If the station survives on advertising, most advertisers are businessmen and most businessmen are republicans. I'll bet you have more than one station in the area that carries the "EIB" network and the rightwing fulminators. That's where the businessmen may be throwing their biz, even if the ratings are lower. In my area, the treasure coast of Florida, 2 liberal AM talk and news stations fell by the roadside, and all that's left is the Rush/Hannity/Boortz/Savage 24/7 LCD (lowest common denominator) stations. The nearest air america carrier is 60 miles away, making reception impossible. It isn't for lack of a potential audience, it's economic pressure IMO.

[Garbo 2004]

10. That's KCTC, 1320 Sacramento, right? If the rumors are correct, there may be bigger changes to come.

Like no AAR affiliate in Sacramento.

I found this in the Bee media blog:

February 13, 2007
Where are Scott & Sims?

Lefty radio listeners are wondering what is going on at KCTC (1320 AM), our local Air America affiliate. The morning team of Scott & Sims has been off the air as of Monday, and afternoon drive-time host Enid Goldstein is gone, too.

John Geary, GM of the Entercom-owned station, did not return phone calls today, seeking an explanation. Geary has not spoken to the media since the water-drinking death at another Entercom station, KDND (The End).

But sources in the industry say that KCTC will soon - maybe within a week - drop Air America and switch formats to ... sports. KCTC will carry programming from ESPN Radio, the sources say. ESPN, not coincidentally, has stopped being used at soon-to-be rival station KHTK (1140 AM).

Posted: Sam McManis on February 13, 2007 05:07 PM
http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/ticket/archives/005613.html

And also on another blog:

What's going on with Sacramento's "Left Channel"?

Radio listeners in Sacramento are obviously a bit confused as to what's going on with KCTC ("The Left Channel"). And some rumors are pointing to a flip to sports...

...Rumors have been pretty hot about a possible flip of the station to the hot format du jour, sports talk, picking up the affiliation of ESPN Radio. This change could possibly happen as soon as next week. Another sports station in town, KHTK, has recently stopped carrying ESPN programming.

Likely, this change will be rather abrupt, and kept as mum as possible, ala the WAVZ thing. Entercom has been keeping very quiet as of late, trying to ride out the KDND thing. Nonetheless, the tragic death of Jennifer Strange and station management's subsequent handling of it will likely give left-leaning listeners added ammo should KCTC drop Air America Radio from the Sacramento airwaves.

In the most recent ratings book, KCTC had a 0.8 overall ratings share, besting liberal talk rival KSAC's 0.4. KSAC originally carried Air America programming, until it was lured away by the newly reformatted KCTC in October, 2005. In the event KCTC flips to sports, don't hold your breath waiting for Air America to return to KSAC. The station's owner is still bitter about her dealings with Air America, and claims the network owes her money.
http://ltradio.blogspot.com/2007/02/whats-going-on-with-sacramentos-left.html

Oy.

[SoCalDem]

11. Here's a link I sometimes stream.. It's been liberal talk whenever I've tuned in

http://www.1240talkcity.com/shows/christinecraft/

Weekday Schedule

6:00 AM - 9:00 AM
The Stephanie Miller Show

9:00 AM - Noon
The Ed Schultz Show

Noon - 2:00 PM
The Dave Ramsey Show

2:00 PM - 6:00 PM
The Christine Craft Show

6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
The Mike Malloy Show

9:00 PM - 10:00 PM
The Bev Smith Show

10:00 PM - 2:00 AM
The Joey Reynolds Show

2:00 AM - 6:00 AM
Doug Stephan's "Good Day"

[Garbo 2004]

12. Yeah, KSAC 1240 used to be the local AAR affiliate until AAR dumped them & went to KCTC.

Now it looks like KCTC/Entercom is going to be dumping AAR.