Do YOU Get Even-Handed Radio Programming Where You Live?

[Mr. Ected]

I live in Atlanta, Georgia, and we go from one right-wing bloviator to the next, no matter which station we choose. 24-7. Unfair, unbalanced.

Is this the case across the country as well?

[valerief]

1. I listen to satellite, the only place I can get Air America and jazz. nt

[Lex1775]

2. Not so much...

Here in Phoenix, AZ, but that has more to do with the incompetence of the radio station owners. Every couple of months a new progressive radio station will pop up, have a good run of about 6-7 months, and then fade away. The progressive radio station we have now doesn't even have the transmitting power to reach my house, and I'm not that far out in the suburbs.

[mwb970]

6. You could be talking about Columbus, Ohio.

We just lost another liberal station last year, but it doesn't matter because you could only pick it up in the station's parking lot anyway. Meanwhile, the local right-wing station uses high power on a clear channel and can be heard in Wasilla.

[Lex1775]

17. "you could only pick it up in the station's parking lot "

LOL. Yeah, that is pretty much how the one out here is, I normally lose it everytime I drive underneath an overpass. I can't even get it inside my office and their transmitter is less than 5 miles from where I work.

[mwb970]

23. They probably use a transmitter like this one.

[guitar man]

3. Oklahoma

If "even handed" means all right-wing all the time, yeah,it's even handed. :eyes:

Hell, even the local TV news on our CBS affiliate is a right-wing freakshow, Fux Noise should come down here and hire Kelly Ogle, he's fit right in with that bunch of fucktards. :crazy:

[a la izquierda]

16. Oh lord, Kelly Ogle is the pits.

I only watch the local news to make sure I won't get blown away in a storm this time of year.

[guitar man]

20. I ripped his ass a couple weeks ago

I was flipping through the channels and he was blah blah blah about raising taxes on the wealthy on his stupid my two cents rant. I sent him a comment and he came back to me with some right wing astroturf. He never answered my next reply. :evilgrin:

[Vinnie From Indy]

4. The exact same in Indianapolis IN

It isn't even remotely close in scale. The right wingers populate our radio waves 24 hrs a day and vastly number the one or two liberal voices.

Each week in Indianapolis, the citizens are subjected to almost non-stop right wing lies and propaganda on AM radio.

[mwb970]

10. When you put it that way, I think of the old Iron Curtain.

Remember Radio Free Europe? (The cold-war radio service, not the REM song.) Maybe somebody will beam the truth into our cities someday.

[dysfunctional press]

5. there's both sides of the aisle represented in chicago.

:shrug:

[LiberalEsto]

7. I live right outside Washington DC

and there are NO progressive radio stations in the DC listening area. Not any more.

About a month ago Redskins owner Dan Snyder, who owns WWRC-1260AM, converted it from a Progressive Talk station to a station that broadcasts pre-recorded financial programming. No more Stephanie Miller, Ed Schultz, Randi Rhodes or Bill Press.

Dan-boy got rid of Thom Hartmann's show even earlier, and replaced him with the nasty-voiced Lionel, but now he's gone too.

Our local NPR station, WAMU 88.5 FM, is a frickin' joke.

:cry:

[Burma Jones]

12. There is WPFW, Pacifica Radio, at 89.3

But besides that, ain't nuthin

[LiberalEsto]

24. Thanks, I'll check it out! nt

[eppur_se_muova]

39. He also got rid of classical FM radio in DC, the philistine. nt

[Ohio Joe]

8. I don't know for sure but probably not

I don't listen to much on the radio anymore. Car Talk and Wait, wait, don't tell me. Thats about it. I used to listen to a lot more talk radio but I stopped about a year ago because it was too right wing... almost insanely so... no, definitely insanely so. It had been that way for a long time but was even worse then usual because of the election. I don't expect it has gotten any better.

[BOSSHOG]

11. Car Talk and Wait Wait

My wife knows to leave me alone saturday AM between 9 and 11. I hang out in the garage and get lots of projects done when I'm not laughing my head off listening to Click and Clack.

[fumsm]

9. No - Pittsburgh is 24/7 right wing

And it's a democrat heavy area. Go figure.

[RamboLiberal]

15. Yeah we just got our lone liberal Lynn Cullen back yesterday

on 860-AM. The only other liberals are Bev Smith on the same station and Chris Moore who gets a few hours on Sunday night on the otherwise 50,000 watt blowhard station.

Funny thing was Lynn got canned at the end of August just as the election went in to the final crucial months. Allegheny County went for Obama, though rest of SW PA went for McCain.

Thought local paper had an interesting editorial yesterday.

Who needs the Fairness Doctrine? The return of liberal talk radio host Lynn Cullen to the Pittsburgh airwaves after a six-month hiatus is good news for those looking for an alternative to conservative Rush Limbaugh and his less-talented imitators who dominate the market.

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When WPTT changed its format in August, Ms. Cullen lost her gig as a dependable progressive voice just as the presidential race was heating up. Suddenly, the overwhelmingly conservative slant of talk radio in the region took on an oppressive weight. The lack of ideological diversity was astonishing, given that Barack Obama's win in Pennsylvania was the key to winning the White House on election night.

It was a mystery why Pittsburgh didn't have at least one daily talk show host who reflected the views of those who voted for President Obama. When a local talk station replaced one set of conservative voices with another set after Mr. Obama's election, the mystery deepened.

To its credit, WAMO recognized an opportunity to capture an underserved segment of the area's talk audience. Ms. Cullen will bring new listeners and sponsors to the station. And WAMO now has a worthy lead-in to its popular "The Bev Smith Show."

Still, Ms. Cullen is only one liberal voice in a conservative echo chamber. With any luck, she'll be the first of many new alternatives.

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09068/954151-192.stm

Unless ratings tank for the local RW koolaid drinking hosts I don't give much hope to having more than Lynn on Pittsburgh radio.

[fumsm]

18. Good to have her back, but

the main stations, KDKA and 104.7 are all wingnuts. That fat slob bastard on KDKA drives me fucking nuts. he is the only station I have ever called to call him out. I hate him with a passion.

[Mr. Ected]

13. I Don't Know the Numbers

But it seems to me that a LOT of fence-sitters are indoctrinated to the Dark Side by the one-dimensional onslaught that they are confronted with on a daily basis.

I know, I know, no one makes you listen to the drivel, but if all you have is an AM radio and 50 miles of pavement in front of you, there's sometimes no alternative but to listen to said drivel.

[fascisthunter]

14. I'm in Massachusetts and we have ONLY Right Wing Radio

see... a free market always gets the upper hand. It's how wealthy fascists (mainly Republicans) want it all...

[Cleita]

19. Our lone low powered Air America station tries its best even bringing the

majority of its programming from other stations and not Air America. So we get Mike Malloy, Thom Hartmann, Stephanie Miller and until lately Randi Rhodes.

[jaksavage]

21. KBOO @ portland OR

Amy Goodman on Democracy Now! twice a day, Yes!

[lunatica]

22. The Bay Area has Green 960

Thanks to the internets and it's tubes we can now tune in to radio stations anywhere. Maybe someday we'll be able to do it in the car too.

http://radiotime.com/station/s_44926/Green_960.aspx

It has these shows:
12am - 3am

The Peter B. Collins Show
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3am - 6am

The Bill Press Show
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6am - 9am

The Stephanie Miller Show
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9am - 12pm

The Thom Hartmann Program
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12pm - 3pm

The Ed Schultz Show
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3pm - 4pm

The Rachel Maddow Show
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4pm - 7pm

The Randi Rhodes Show (Off-air)
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7pm - 8pm

Democracy Now!
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8pm - 9pm

The Ron Reagan Show
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9pm - 12am

The Mike Malloy Show
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And it has this list of radio stations (with links) that you might be interested in
* WWRC 1260, Washington, DC
* KKZN 760, Thornton, CO
* WWRL 1600, New York, NY
* WOR 710, New York, NY
* WTMJ 620, Milwaukee, WI

[T Wolf]

25. Nothing non-fascist in Philly. AA was on, very briefly, on a weak station. That ended after only

a few months.

If Philadelphia, as Democratic a city (except the far Northeast) as there is, cannot support (or is not given the chance to) a counter to the reich-wingers, it really does show that those with the money and power are doing everything they can to stifle any even-moderate message.

As a result, I never listen to the radio.

[RaleighNCDUer]

26. I wouldn't know - I never listen to AM radio.

NPR or the classical station. Though I have been listening to a classic rock station recently, to be appalled when the host interrupted the music for a freaking prayer last night.

Going back to classical. I can't afford to have my blood pressure rise while driving.

[Judi Lynn]

27. All hate radio in Kansas City. I find myself listening to sports stations just for the noise.

You'd think their audiences would have tired of them long, LONG ago, wouldn't you? Wouldn't you think some of them would start getting a sense there's something off a little bit when they realize they've been told since the 1980's how evil Democrats are, no matter which Democrat they're discussing, in an alleged two or multi-) party system?

Can anyone be that stupid, even a right-winger, he can live forever on hatred, suspicion, hallucinations, and rage?

[Mr. Ected]

29. So Sorry To Hear That

I grew up in Kansas City and wanted to remember it as a slice of paradise in an otherwise screwed-up world. Realistically, I knew it couldn't have been true.

You've just documented the truth for me.

Drats.

[Buck Laser]

28. Quit listening to AM radio!

Switch to FM and listen to NPR. It's as unbiased as it gets. Then quit whining.

[Bobbie Jo]

30. Nope...All RW Nutbags, ALL THE TIME.

Typical Southern Indiana.

[MissMarple]

31. We have one, AM760. It is up north near Boulder. Reception is spotty.

I can't get it in the house. Everything here in Colorado Springs is way winger, at least it was the last time I checked, but that was quite awhile back. We don't even have good music stations.

Well, we do have NPR and a classic music station. I love my XM.

[maxrandb]

32. Are you "Effing" kidding me?

Here's the line-up for our two major AM stations. 3RD one is Sports Radio, but even they occasionally get a dig in on liberals.

STATION 1
0600-0900 - Morning Show (pretty much a "cookie-cutter" local guy that is about 85% conservative.)
0900-1200 - Neal Bortz
1200-1500 - Rush
1500-1800 - Hannity
1800-2000 - Savage
2000 on - Who the Fuck cares


STATION 2
0600-0900 - Imus
0900-1200 - Glen Beck
1200-1400 - Tammy Bruce
1400-1500 - Laura Ingraham
1500-1700 - Dr Laura
1700-1900 - Mutual Fund Show

Hell, when I lived in "bluest of blue" California, I was driving down the 5 one day, and was in a spot where I could get Rush on 7 different AM stations, all about a second delay from each other. It was like being in time-delay hell.

[bullwinkle428]

33. Live in a VERY BLUE area - nothing but wingnuts on talk radio here!

Iowa City, IA, for those who are curious...

[maxrandb]

34. This needs to get way more attention

Why are the Blue areas, you know, the ones that overwhelmingly went for Barack Obama...the ones that are historically Democratic...GETTING NOTHING BUT RIGHT WING HATE RADIO??????

How in the hell is that serving the local community?

[ThomWV]

35. Not at all - North Central West Virginia is pure right-wing ugly shit

If it were not for the Internet and the satellite dish we would get no news at all - either radio, local TV or print.

[WCGreen]

36. Here in Cleveland, one of the most democratic cities in the country

We have nothing but idiots or right-wing baying at the moon. well, come to think of it, they are one in the same...

[LeftHander]

37. All talk radio except for Public is RW.....

The ideas network in Wisconsin counters the numerous right wing AM crazies...

[TEXASYANKEE]

38. Nothing but rightwing nonsense in Dallas.

Air America was here for awhile but has since disappeared. Now it's all rightwing, all the time. The only time I listen to AM radio is to listen to Neil Sperry (local gardening guru) on Saturday morning.

[eppur_se_muova]

40. We get BBC late at night, thanks to Maryland Public Radio.

Can't recall whether it's WMES or ... um ... that other one.

[KoKo]

41. You gotta be kidding! If one lives in the South...you have 24/7 Religion, Sports and Limbaugh

with a smattering of local Conservative Limbaugh wannabee's. It would drive one crazy. And listening to "Clear Channel" canned music is the only other alternative. Unless one get's satellite...and even then..Air America is not what it started out to be...so there's almost nothing. And, NPR? Forget it! Anyone over 40 knows the difference in NPR as it once was and the quasi-Right it is today when it isn't promoting "fluff" that is.