There are two political commentators that I regularly listen (ed) to and both of them do it with humor, Al Franken and Lionel, it seems Al is gone and my local Air America station is now SS so that leaves me with Lionel at night on WWKB or WOR. I started listening to political talk radio when my last AM oldies station which was half way decent, True Oldies became another blowhard political talk show of which I was already bombarded with around here. FM except for jazz, blues, old country etc. on NPR and PRI had long ago put me to sleep also. Whether the fairness doctrine would work or completely ruin radio is of course a matter of conjecture but it would certainly be nice to balance all the rightwing blowhards that are constatly spewing all of their hot air around here and remember this is the People's Republic of Ma. here. I can't imagine what Iowa or Utah sounds like, anyone? I'd like to see pillpop (haha!) and Al Franken do a joint show, now that would be fairness, or how about Michael Savage (who eats raw meat for breakfast) and Randi Rhodes, that would be a good one. Steven Colbert and Bill "I'm a war veteran" O'reilly just did appearances on each other's shows. A lot of people here may disagree with me but I think that NPR and PRI are a lot more balanced than anything you'll hear just about any place else on radio.
Bob Young Analogville, People's Repuplic of Ma. >From: Russ Edmunds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of >America<[email protected]> >To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of >America<[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [IRCA] new bill may impact media >Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 04:39:14 -0800 (PST) > > >--- "W. Curt Deegan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Broadcasters will quickly see the financial burden of carrying > > unpopular, unprofitable programming to satisfy the banal concept of > > fairness and will stop carrying any political opinion at all, rather > > than be forced to carry programming that drives away the > > listeners. A nice, bland, non-controversial content which no one > > will complain about. > > > >*** While I certainly don't support the proposal, I would welcome an >end to political opinion programs, whether they make a profit for the >station ( Rush, Hannity et al ) or not ( AA ). > >I have never understood why people want to listen to the rantings of >what are essentially self-appointed experts who are short on any actual >relevant experience or knowledge but long on bombast and vitriol. It's >all pure partisanship and therefore worthless - from both sides. > >But the music on both AM & FM has been made into a nice, bland mix that >supposedly no one will complain about, so maybe if it went the rest of >the way maybe then someone would do something creative with AM program >content ? Nah ! > >Russ Edmunds >Blue Bell, PA ( 360' ASL ) >[15 mi NNW of Philadelphia] >40:08:45N; 75:16:04W, Grid FN20id ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >FM: Yamaha T-80 & Onkyo T-450RDS w/ APS9B @15' >AM: Hammarlund HQ-150 & 4' FET air core loop > > > >____________________________________________________________________________________ >Looking for earth-friendly autos? >Browse Top Cars by "Green Rating" at Yahoo! Autos' Green Center. >http://autos.yahoo.com/green_center/ >_______________________________________________ >IRCA mailing list >[email protected] >http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > >Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the >original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the >IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers > >For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org > >To Post a message: [email protected] > _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
