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[jfb]

Well, Air America and Al Franken's new radio show launched during my commute today. I guess. After months of promising the launch would include a San Francisco station, they still didn't get it together in time.

But it's okay, I'm not bitter. After all, they have a RealAudio stream I could listen to when I'm at my computer, if I installed RealPlayer, which I evicted a few years ago after realizing the trend toward advertising and registration was only getting worse. If I had time to listen to talk radio when I was near a computer.

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[morganology.livejournal.com]

You know, out of all the places in the country, you'd think that they would have secured a station in the bay area. That's a bit puzzling for me.

The O'Franken Factor is interesting. He seemed a bit nervous today on air. (Obviously, it's his first show.) It was strange because I'm so used to the AM stations on my dial being rabidly right-winged that I had to catch myself when the commercials came on during the break and remind myself of the fact that I was, indeed, listening to LIBERAL Commercial radio.

I still like NPR better, but I enjoy the twist on the names of the shows that Air America is using; e.g. 'Morning Sedition', 'Common Air', etc.

Anyway.

Hi.

[jfb.livejournal.com]

Obviously the bay area is the victim of a vast right-wing conspiracy to shut out the voices of freedom.

On the other hand--although Berkeley and San Francisco have fine leftist traditions, I realized that both Michael Savage and (if you broaden "bay area" over to dusty Sacramento) Rush Limbaugh got their radio starts here. Maybe we just really like our radio hosts conservative.

Are the ads on liberal radio mostly for charities that need your car, elaborate mattresses, and alternative erectile dysfunction aids? Because if not, I don't see how they're going to compete with the right wing.

[morganology.livejournal.com]

"Vast-right-wing-conspiracy"... how very Clinton-esque of you to say. Hee hee. It surprises me not that Limbaugh got his radio start in the 'Bay Area'. You gosh-darn open minded people. Letting someone like Limbaugh take over the airwaves. How dare you!

As far as liberal radio is concerned, the ads were for sinus lozenges, coldwell banker, and Sharon Stone doing an AMFAR-give-us-money slogan (did I get the acronym right?) thingie. You won't hear about Bob Dole's viagra popping on that station anytime soon.