http://www.ohiomajorityradio.com/forums/ Ohio Majority Radio Message Board » Recent Posts en Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:43:14 +0000 http://www.ohiomajorityradio.com/forums/topic.php?id=373#post-1250 Thu, 29 Apr 2010 13:17:20 +0000 RussC 1250@http://www.ohiomajorityradio.com/forums/ <p>Update your Progressive Talk bookmark to continue listening online: <a href='http://www.ohiomajorityradio.com/listen/'>http://www.ohiomajorityradio.com/listen/</a> </p> http://www.ohiomajorityradio.com/forums/topic.php?id=372#post-1249 Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:44:54 +0000 admin 1249@http://www.ohiomajorityradio.com/forums/ <p>We had some downtime in which our database was corrupted. The forum is working now.... </p> http://www.ohiomajorityradio.com/forums/topic.php?id=371#post-1248 Sun, 05 Jul 2009 04:44:19 +0000 DougZ 1248@http://www.ohiomajorityradio.com/forums/ <p><a href='http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&amp;address=103x460304'>http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&amp;address=103x460304</a></p> <p>Conservative Media vs. Progressive Media<br /> By Cenk Uygur</p> <p>The NY Post is run by Rupert Murdoch to further his conservative agenda. It loses $50 million a year. The Washington Times is run by Rev. Sun Myung Moon to further his conservative agenda. By some estimates Rev. Moon has sunk $2 to $3 billion into it and it has never been profitable. The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review is run by Richard Mellon Scaife to further his conservative agenda. It loses $20 to $30 million a year. </p> <p>The Weekly Standard used to be owned by Murdoch to further his conservative agenda but is now owned by Philip Anschutz to further his conservative agenda. Either way, it loses $5 million a year.</p> <p>Do you know how many people read The Weekly Standard? They have a circulation of 80,000. To put it bluntly, that's pathetic. That means almost no one reads it. Its main purpose is not to turn a profit but to spread Republican propaganda in the guise of news. Conservative billionaires use these publications to give legitimacy to their political opinions, but don't actually expect to make any money for them. They're an investment, in propaganda. But without their wealthy benefactors, these publications would immediately go bankrupt and cease to exist.</p> <p>On the other hand, progressive media has now built a self-sustaining business model on the web that makes money because people actually read the websites or watch the shows. I can't speak for other progressive outlets (Huffington Post for one seems to have a very healthy valuation). But I can speak for us. The Young Turks is a progressive web show that is popular and profitable all on its own. The Young Turks now has numbers that make conservative outlets look like a joke by comparison. </p> <p>In fact, today the show crossed the 100 million views barrier on You Tube. The Young Turks now has 100,106,994 views on our You Tube channel alone. This doesn't count views on our own website and the dozens of other outlets we're on, including Sirius XM Radio. Last month we had 7,289,549 views on our You Tube channel. Now think about The Weekly Standard's sad, little 80,000 number (and how many of those people actually read the magazine?). And these clowns lose $5 million a year to run that operation. Spending over $5 million a year to reach 80,000 people? That amuses me.</p> <p>Let me give you one last stat. The Young Turks is now averaging over 350,000 views a day on You Tube. That is more than four times The Weekly Standard's circulation. And we get that in just one day! And we do all of this at just a fraction of what they spend. How can they possibly compete with us in the long term?</p> <p>The bottom line is that most of these conservative media outlets don't stand a chance. Sure, some will have staying power in representing a certain percentage of the population. Those are the ones that focus on opinions. But no one is taking their "news" operations seriously. On the other hand, a progressive colossus is rising on the web and the conservatives are powerless to stop it...</p> <p>Click Here to read the rest and to subscribe to Cenk's DailyKos blog. </p> http://www.ohiomajorityradio.com/forums/topic.php?id=370#post-1247 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:59:49 +0000 RussC 1247@http://www.ohiomajorityradio.com/forums/ <p>Hi Jim,</p> <p>At any moment in time, there are 100 to 150 simultaneous listeners to Stephanie Miller and about 110 simultaneous listeners to Mike Malloy. This may seem like a small number, but there are people tuning in and tuning out all the time, so I'd say that there are about 500 listeners in total, between 9 AM and noon, for Stephanie Miller.</p> <p>Thanks for listening! </p> http://www.ohiomajorityradio.com/forums/topic.php?id=370#post-1246 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:31:05 +0000 ps7968 1246@http://www.ohiomajorityradio.com/forums/ <p>I use this site to listen to progressive radio nearly every weekday morning.<br /> How many other listeners are there?</p> <p>Just being curious...</p> <p>-Jim </p> http://www.ohiomajorityradio.com/forums/topic.php?id=369#post-1245 Sat, 13 Jun 2009 03:34:58 +0000 DougZ 1245@http://www.ohiomajorityradio.com/forums/ <p>The quotes from Republican senators demanding up-or-down votes are from 2005 when Bush appointed judges were before the Senate for confirmation. The Republicans then found it outrageous that the fillibuster would be used. </p> <p>Now, it's a different story and they wax about how the fillibuster is essential to checks and balances.</p> <p>I doubt the Repubs will fillibuster Sotomayor. She was a corporate lawyer and the Republicans realize that President Obama could nominate someone more progressive if she's not appointed. </p> http://www.ohiomajorityradio.com/forums/topic.php?id=369#post-1244 Thu, 04 Jun 2009 02:04:22 +0000 RussC 1244@http://www.ohiomajorityradio.com/forums/ <p>Sounds like they want an up-or-down vote on Sotomayor. Or am I missing something? j/k </p> http://www.ohiomajorityradio.com/forums/topic.php?id=369#post-1243 Tue, 26 May 2009 15:57:50 +0000 DougZ 1243@http://www.ohiomajorityradio.com/forums/ <p>Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison<br /> "They have gotten away with obstructing by exploiting the filibuster and denying Justice Owen a direct vote. Now, unfortunately, we must take action to ensure President Bush's nominees are getting the up-or-down vote they deserve." (4/21/05 statement)</p> <p>Sen. Orrin Hatch<br /> "...I think we should bind both Democrats and Republicans that presidential nominees for the judiciary deserve an up-and-down vote once they reach the floor..." (Orrin Hatch discusses debate in Senate..., NPR, 5/19/05)</p> <p>Sen. Jon Kyl<br /> "All we seek is a return to 214 years of tradition in allowing presidential nominees the courtesy of an up-or-down vote." (Kyl Calls for `Up or Down' Vote on Judicial Nominees,' Capitol Hill Press Releases, 5/18/05)</p> <p>Sen. Rick Santorum<br /> "The time has come for the Senate to reestablish that tradition, to end these destructive judicial filibusters and to give all judicial nominees the up-or-down vote they deserve." (Should the Senate end Filibusters When Considering Judicial Appointments, Duluth News Tribune, 4/25/05)</p> <p>Sen. Trent Lott<br /> "...I felt they deserved up-or-down votes. It was not a popular action with my colleagues, but I didn't think it was right to filibuster judicial nominees then. And it's not right now." (Lott Sets the Record Straight on Judicial Confirmation Issue, 4/26/05)</p> <p>Sen. John Cornyn<br /> "And we need to get a fresh start. And that means, I believe, an up-or-down vote for all presidents' nominees whether they be Republican or Democrat." (U.S. Senator John Cornyn Holds a News Conference on Judicial Nominees, CQ Transcriptions, 5/9/05)</p> <p>Sen. Mitch McConnell<br /> "Let's get back to the way the Senate operated for over 200 years, up or down votes on the president's nominee, no matter who the president is, no matter who's in control of the Senate. That's the way we need to operate." (Senators Durbin &amp; McConnell Discuss Issues Facing the Senate, CNN, 5/22/05)</p> <p>Sen. Jeff Sessions<br /> "This past election in large part hinged, as George Allen said, on a debate over the judiciary and whether or not obstruction was justified. I think the American people sent a clear message and I believe it's time for this Senate to make sure that judges get an up-or-down vote." (U.S. Sen. Allen &amp; Other Senate Republicans Hold a Media Availability on the Possibility of a Democrat Filibuster, CQ Transcriptions, 3/15/05)</p> <p>Sen. Richard Burr<br /> "But denying these patriotic Americans, of both parties, who seek to serve this country an up-or-down vote is simply not fair, and it certainly was not the intention of our Founding Fathers when they designed and created this very institution." (Sen. Burr Speaks Out on Judicial Nominations, 4/20/05)</p> <p>Sen. Sam Brownback<br /> "All of the president's nominees-both now and in the future-deserve a fair up or down vote, regardless of whether some members of the Senate feel they can be filibustered based on whatever they define to be extraordinary circumstances." (Sen. Brownback Issues Statement on Judicial Nominees, 5/24/05)</p> <p>Sen. John Thune<br /> "However, I still believe that all judicial nominees with majority support deserve the fairness of an up or down vote on the Senate floor... Something is broken when you can't get a fair up or down vote, not because of qualifications or character, but because of politics." (Senators Find Good in Filibuster Agreement, AP, 5/24/05)</p> <p>Sen. George Allen<br /> "They want Senators to do their jobs and hold a straight up-or-down vote on nominees based on their qualifications, not the baseless negative rhetoric of the left...In summation, Priscilla Owen, Janice Rogers Brown, and all of the President's nominees, deserve a fair up-or-down vote." (U.S. Senator George Allen Deliver Remarks on the Senate Floor on Judicial Nominations, CQ Transcriptions, 5/18/05)</p> <p>Sen. Chuck Hagel<br /> "I am disappointed that the agreement reached by 14 senators does not guarantee up-or-down votes on all of the president's nominees...That is a basic principle that should have anchored any agreement." (Hagel Calls Senators' Pact Inadequate, Omaha World-Herald, 5/25/05) </p> <p>Sen. Pete Domenici<br /> "Since the day I came to the U.S. Senate in 1973, I have believed strongly that every nominee deserves an up or down vote. That is why over all these years, I have never once voted to filibuster any nominee, even the ones that I ended up opposing. I am truly saddened that the Senate has reached this point. We should resume our long-standing tradition of giving judicial nominees who reach the floor an up or down vote." (Sen. Domenici Laments Continued Judicial Filibusters, 5/19/05)</p> <p>Sen. Charles Grassley<br /> "The current obstruction led by Senate Democratic leaders threatens that balance. Priscilla Owen and Janice Rogers Brown deserve an up or down vote. It's high time to make sure all judges receive a fair up or down vote on the Senate floor." (Grassley: Give Judges a Fair Up or Down Vote, CQ, 5/23/05)</p> <p>Sen. Wayne Allard<br /> "I'd made my position clear. I wanted to have an up- or-down vote on the judges." (Freshman Salazar Stands with his Seniors, The Denver Post, 5/24/05)</p> <p>Sens. Larry Craig and Mike Crapo<br /> "We are pleased that three of the President's judicial nominees will receive fair up-or-down votes - it is about time. However, we continue to stress that the Constitution requires the Senate to hold up-or-down votes on all nominees. We will continue to work to ensure that is the case." (Craig, Crapo React to Judicial Nominees Deal, 5/25/05)</p> <p>Sen. Ted Stevens<br /> "I may not have always agreed with a judicial nominee pick, but I've never voted against cloture on a judicial nomination. There have been some petitions. And I've always agreed that we should allow an up-or-down vote on judicial nominations on the Senate floor. These nominees deserve our vote." (Press Conference on Judges, Federal News Service, 5/19/05)</p> <p>Sen. Jim DeMint<br /> "My goal is to confirm highly qualified judges by ensuring timely up-or-down votes for all nominees... Every nominee, no matter if the President is Democrat or Republican, deserves an up-or-down vote," (Sens. DeMint, Freshman GOP Call for end to Judicial Filibusters, 4/20/05)</p> <p>Sen. Elizabeth Dole<br /> "I think that it's very important that we reinstate the tradition, the Senate tradition, of 220 years, throughout the entire history of the United States. We've had a system that worked, that, when a nominee on the floor has a clear majority of the senators in favor, that they're going to get that up-or-down vote." (Interview with Senator Elizabeth Dole, The Big Story with John Gibson, 4/21/05) </p> http://www.ohiomajorityradio.com/forums/topic.php?id=368#post-1242 Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:13:17 +0000 RussC 1242@http://www.ohiomajorityradio.com/forums/ <p>I'd give him a B-minus in domestic policy and an A-minus in foreign policy.</p> <p>There should be no unwarranted intrusions into our communications. If they want to spy on us, they need to go to the FISA courts. This B.S. about "it's legal as long as no one learns something found out in the course or spying" is ... B.S.</p> <p>Maybe now the Republicans are not so keen on illegal intrusions, now that a Democratic administration is quite possibly looking into Republican communications. </p> http://www.ohiomajorityradio.com/forums/topic.php?id=368#post-1241 Thu, 09 Apr 2009 05:11:27 +0000 DougZ 1241@http://www.ohiomajorityradio.com/forums/ <p>Overall I'd give him a C.</p> <p>I'd like to see improvement in these areas:</p> <p>1. The financial crisis is being handled the same way as Bush handled it.</p> <p>2. The president doesn't seem to want the return of the Fourth Admendment--FISA and state secrets issues.</p> <p>3. The neocons seem to have a lot of influence on Afganistan and Iraq policy.</p> <p>4. I wish more progressives were in the Cabinent and the inner circle.</p> <p>Maybe someone can blog me down. </p> http://www.ohiomajorityradio.com/forums/topic.php?id=367#post-1240 Sun, 22 Feb 2009 05:57:18 +0000 DougZ 1240@http://www.ohiomajorityradio.com/forums/ <p>It's not just Progressive Talk radio that's going through a tough time---it's the whole industry. Clear Channel and several other radio broadcast groups are also on the brink of bankruptcy.</p> <p><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123430958670370459.html" rel="nofollow">http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123430958670370459.html</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/2/15/94224/1264" rel="nofollow">http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/2/15/94224/1264</a> </p> http://www.ohiomajorityradio.com/forums/topic.php?id=366#post-1239 Fri, 20 Feb 2009 13:50:59 +0000 left field 1239@http://www.ohiomajorityradio.com/forums/ <p>Another blow to Progressive Talk radio.</p> <p><a href="http://radio-info.com/sections/2-breaking-news/news_items/4753-its-over-for-nova-m-the-liberal-talknet-files-for-bankruptcy" rel="nofollow">http://radio-info.com/sections/2-breaking-news/news_items/4753-its-over-for-nova-m-the-liberal-talknet-files-for-bankruptcy</a> </p> http://www.ohiomajorityradio.com/forums/topic.php?id=365#post-1238 Tue, 03 Feb 2009 18:58:27 +0000 left field 1238@http://www.ohiomajorityradio.com/forums/ <p><a href="http://radio-info.com/sections/2-breaking-news/news_items/4560-thom-hartmanns-noon-3pm-progressive-talk-show-will-be-handled-by-dial-global" rel="nofollow">http://radio-info.com/sections/2-breaking-news/news_items/4560-thom-hartmanns-noon-3pm-progressive-talk-show-will-be-handled-by-dial-global</a></p> <p>That gives them an impressive Prog Talk stable with Bill Press, Steph, Ed and now Hartmann. I wonder if he'll go to 3-6 PM.</p> <p>This really throws dirt on AAR's coffin. How much longer can they hang on? </p> http://www.ohiomajorityradio.com/forums/topic.php?id=364#post-1237 Tue, 03 Feb 2009 18:50:57 +0000 left field 1237@http://www.ohiomajorityradio.com/forums/ <p>I'm curious why you would have sent this to The Other Paper. TOP is not part of the Wolfe media group. </p> <p>Also, 1,800? I wish...and it was $25 a head, but who's counting? </p> http://www.ohiomajorityradio.com/forums/topic.php?id=364#post-1236 Mon, 02 Feb 2009 05:24:18 +0000 DougZ 1236@http://www.ohiomajorityradio.com/forums/ <p>Dear Editor,</p> <p>Columbus currently has a glut of sports and conservative talk radio stations. So 1460 AM would be the perfect home for Progressive Talkers such as Rachel Maddow, Stephanie Miller, Ed Schultz and Ron Reagan. That lineup could be supplemented with an afternoon drive-time show hosted by Dispatch columnists Ann Fisher and/or Joe Blundo, and watch out WTVN.</p> <p>The Progressive Talk format got much better ratings at 1230 AM than the format before and after it. Progressive Talk 1580 AM increased listenership each ratings period until Catholic Radio bought out the lease for the station.</p> <p>The Wolfe family didn't have a problem making extra cash with the Obama Inaugural Special Editon papers so maybe this isn't such a stretch. Stephanie Miller packed the Makoy Center (capacity 1,800) at $20 a head, so there's money to be made with the proper sales and promotional support. </p> <p>Franklin County votes 60% Democratic even though we get nothing but Republican propaganda over the public airwaves. Is it too much to ask for some opinion shows to reflect the will of a majority of the people or is this a Banana Republic? </p> http://www.ohiomajorityradio.com/forums/topic.php?id=362#post-1235 Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:00:38 +0000 Puffy 1235@http://www.ohiomajorityradio.com/forums/ <p>And WYouTooSuck is languishing at the bottom--but progressive radio can't be profitable. It's amazing how dumb business people can be sometimes. </p> http://www.ohiomajorityradio.com/forums/topic.php?id=363#post-1234 Fri, 23 Jan 2009 21:19:29 +0000 burky1957 1234@http://www.ohiomajorityradio.com/forums/ <p>Please contact WTDA 103.9 and express your feelings about Michael Savage comparing President Obama to Adolf Hitler.</p> <p>From: Phil Burkhart<br /> To: North American Broadcasting 103.9 WTDA<br /> Subject: Cancel the Michael Savage Show</p> <p>As a member of the Central Ohio community, I urge you to discontinue airing the Michael Savage show on your station. Savage has a history of engaging in hate speech, most recently directed at President Obama.</p> <p>His on air comparisons of a sitting United States President to Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party is unspeakable. As this is a free country, he has the right to speak his mind. As a citizen of this country I have the right to be disgusted by his vile remarks and demand that he be removed from the local air waves. I also have the right to send this letter to the local and national on air personalities who are aired by your station, along with your local advertisers and the FCC.</p> <p>Your radio station, like all broadcasters, has an obligation to use the license that is provided by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to serve the public interest. Airing a radio program like the Michael Savage Show does not serve the public interest, therefore I urge you not to run this show or any others that promote hate speech. </p> http://www.ohiomajorityradio.com/forums/topic.php?id=362#post-1233 Thu, 22 Jan 2009 01:55:03 +0000 Georgia 1233@http://www.ohiomajorityradio.com/forums/ <p>I'm sure you're right, especially about the Other Paper ads. Just think what could have been, with the proper capital and support. </p> http://www.ohiomajorityradio.com/forums/topic.php?id=362#post-1232 Wed, 21 Jan 2009 21:30:59 +0000 RussC 1232@http://www.ohiomajorityradio.com/forums/ <p>In the latest Arbitron ranking (January 20, 2009), WVKO AM hits the magic 1.0 share in the Columbus market:</p> <p><a href="http://www.radioandrecords.com/RRRatings/DetailsPage.aspx?MID=62&#38;RY=2008&#38;RQ=4&#38;MP=0&#38;OTHER=2&#38;MN=Columbus&#38;MS=OH&#38;MR=28&#38;12P=1448200&#38;UP=1/20/2009&#38;SU=CM&#38;BPER=14.6&#38;HPER=2.5&#38;OPER=&#38;NSD=3/4/2009&#38;CE=0" rel="nofollow">http://www.radioandrecords.com/RRRatings/DetailsPage.aspx?MID=62&#38;RY=2008&#38;RQ=4&#38;MP=0&#38;OTHER=2&#38;MN=Columbus&#38;MS=OH&#38;MR=28&#38;12P=1448200&#38;UP=1/20/2009&#38;SU=CM&#38;BPER=14.6&#38;HPER=2.5&#38;OPER=&#38;NSD=3/4/2009&#38;CE=0</a></p> <p>Here is the roundup of rankings for the past year:</p> <p>0.0 Oct-Dec 2007 (Autumn 2007) - Mexican Pop format<br /> 0.5 Jan-Mar 2008 (Winter 2008) - Progressive Talk format<br /> 0.7 Apr-Jun 2008 (Spring 2008) - Progressive Talk format<br /> 0.8 Jul-Sep 2008 (Summer 2008) - Progressive Talk format<br /> 1.0 Oct-Dec 2008 (Autumn 2008) - Progressive Talk format</p> <p>I think the jump to 1.0 was facilitated by the Presidential Election and ads in The Other Paper. </p> http://www.ohiomajorityradio.com/forums/topic.php?id=361#post-1231 Thu, 15 Jan 2009 06:28:46 +0000 DougZ 1231@http://www.ohiomajorityradio.com/forums/ <p>Here's a transcript of Thom Hartmann explaining it:</p> <p>So this was the goal: to strip America of small 'd' democracy and replace it with an autocracy. How to go about doing it? How do you achieve maximum power in a nation where the vast majority of the people would really rather not have a small group have maximum power? You do it with the Two Santa Claus Theory.</p> <p>this was Barack Obama identifying, broadly speaking, the issue. He continued:</p> <p>"This crisis did not happen solely by some accident of history or normal turn of the business cycle."</p> <p>See, and this, this is such an important point. This was not a normal turn of the business cycle and it was not an accident of history. This was intentional. it started with a group of conservatives saying, you know, 'how can we do this? What can we, let's make this thing happen'.</p> <p>This goes back to a guy named Jude Wanniski, who, back in the 70s, laid out the blueprint for this whole thing, for the theft of American government. He and Grover Norquist were the guys who really put this thing together. Jude Wanniski invented the term "supply side economics". It was a revolutionary thing.</p> <p>As Robert Novak wrote in 2005 in Real Clear Politics, his column, his nationally syndicated column, he says, "The late supply-side pioneer Jude Wanniski wrote about two governmental Santa Clauses -- one bestowing spending increases and the other tax cuts. For 50 years until the supply-side revolution in the late 1970s, Republicans rejected both Santa Clauses and cemented their minority political status."</p> <p>You get this? Historically, Republicans were opposed tax cuts. They thought that a balanced budget was a good thing. And historically the Republicans were opposed to government spending. Now, what Jude Wanniski did is, he came along and he said, 'you can, Republicans, you can now be in favor of tax cuts. You can be a Santa Claus to the American people, because we've invented this thing called the Laffer curve, and we've come up with this idea called 'supply side economics' that says if you cut taxes you're actually going to raise revenue.</p> <p>It was a lie then, it's a lie now. It has never worked although it still has it's apologists out there. But this was one of the most despicable and intentional lies of the conservatives and the Republicans to gain power.</p> <p>Cato Institute president Ed Crane in an article about Wanniski titled, "The GOP: Slouching towards Irrelevance" talked about how this guy gave it to the Republicans. He said, "When [U.S. Representatives]", now this was a decade or more ago he wrote this. "When [U.S. Representatives] Jack Kemp, New Gingrich, Vin Weber, Connie Mack and the rest discovered Jude Wanniski and Art Laffer, they thought they’d died and gone to heaven. In supply-side economics they found a philosophy that gave them a free pass out of the debate over the proper role of government. Just cut taxes and grow the economy... That’s why you rarely, if ever, heard Kemp or Gingrich call for spending cuts, much less the elimination of programs and departments."</p> <p>And this is why this year, if you are an average tax payer in the United States, if you're making in the neighborhood of $45-50,000, about a thousand bucks of your federal tax bill is going to pay the interest on the money that Ronald Reagan borrowed following Jude Wanniski's and Grover Norquist's advice.About another $2,000 of the taxes that you're paying this year is going to pay the interest on the money that George Herbert Walker Bush, the first couple of years of the Clinton administration and George W Bush in particular borrowed, following the advice of Grover Norquist and Jude Wanniski.</p> <p>If we don't understand how this happened, we can't fix it.</p> <p><a href="http://nearing.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/09/2293501-how-the-republicans-bankrupted-america-the-two-santa-claus-theory-" rel="nofollow">http://nearing.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/09/2293501-how-the-republicans-bankrupted-america-the-two-santa-claus-theory-</a></p> <p>First hour, 1/9/09. </p> <p>Grab a free podcast here:<br /> <a href="http://green960.com/cc-common/podcast/single_podcast.html?podcast=hartmann.xml" rel="nofollow">http://green960.com/cc-common/podcast/single_podcast.html?podcast=hartmann.xml</a> </p> http://www.ohiomajorityradio.com/forums/topic.php?id=355#post-1230 Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:50:47 +0000 willcail 1230@http://www.ohiomajorityradio.com/forums/ <p>The official title for XM Channel 167 is American Left. Stephanie Miller, Ed Schultz, Bill Press are not AAR. </p> http://www.ohiomajorityradio.com/forums/topic.php?id=360#post-1229 Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:14:02 +0000 Georgia 1229@http://www.ohiomajorityradio.com/forums/ <p>I didn't hear the specific show you're discussing, but I've gotten disgusted with this program before and rarely listen to it. At the first hint of controversy, the host demonstrates that he can fence-straddle with the best of them. By your description, it sounds as if the people he invited to discuss fixing the economy are part of the problem. Maybe I'm being a pessimist, but I'm willing to bet that calls or e-mails to him to point out the lack of balance and respresentation for working people will be met with either a non-response or some temporizing about his intention.</p> <p>I didn't get to hear the program he did with Harvey Wasserman about Solartopia, and I would have been interested to hear if the former WVKO Saturday show was discussed at all. If it was, I'll be Anderle took the Dispatch position about WVKO having too few supporters to continue broadcasting rather than permitting an accurate explanation of the change of format. Did anyone hear that program? Please tell me I'm wrong; I'd love to be wrong on this one. </p> http://www.ohiomajorityradio.com/forums/topic.php?id=360#post-1228 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 16:17:43 +0000 Doug 1228@http://www.ohiomajorityradio.com/forums/ <p>Others in our group have previously expressed articulate critiques of NPR. I hope they will re-post them in this thread.</p> <p>Here are some specific problems that I heard on a recent Open Line with Fred Anderle show. Fred recently had a panel of four economists. Here's how the show is descibed on the WOSU website:</p> <p>"Our central Ohio economy - the good, the bad, and the ugly - with a panel of local economic experts: Columbus Chamber of Commerce Vice President of Economic Analysis Bill Lafayette, Red Capital Group Assistant Vice President Joseph Mandeville, Huntington Bancshares Vice President George Mokrzan, and Commerce National Bank Chief Economic Advisor James Newton."</p> <p>Three of the economists work for financial firms. One for the Chamber of Commerce. All have corportist/libertarian viewpoints. But hey, no one on the panel openly expressed support for the Wall Street bailout. BTW, Bloomberg has reported that Huntington got a billion or two in TARP money from the government. Which seems kinda newsworthy---WOSU, Dispatch, Cabot Rea, Anybody?</p> <p>Most importantly, what was missing was a labor economist!</p> <p>The panel ridiculed the idea of the Keynesian answer of boosting the economy by boosting wages as Thom Hartmann talks about just about everyday. When the panel was questioned what could be done that would boost wages, no one mentioned passing the Employee Free Choice Act. Even though most Democrats, including Obama, openly support the Employee Free Choice Act and won big in the election. </p> <p>My last critique. One of the economists opposes state and local tax incentives for companies to relocate which is admirable. He said that the huge tax incentives given to Honda in Marysville weren't worthwhile in the long run because of the lost state revenue and Honda's production has contributed to lost jobs at Ford, GM, Chrysler, etc.</p> <p>Fred was very quick to counter that arguement by saying that surely the hand-outs given to Honda were worth all the jobs it created. Honda is a huge contibutor to WOSU. Coincidence?</p> <p>I admire Fred's style and Socratic questioning of guests and callers (not so much questioning of conservative callers though). </p> <p>Bottom line, there's a lot to be improved with our media. And, NPR is compromised to providing the whole truth. </p> http://www.ohiomajorityradio.com/forums/topic.php?id=355#post-1227 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:34:03 +0000 greta 1227@http://www.ohiomajorityradio.com/forums/ <p>To sheryllp:<br /> XM airs Air America on channel 167. I bought XM because WVKO did not broadcast as far as my home in Union County, and at work in Columbus the reception was always spotty. (They frown on us listening on the internet).<br /> During Air America replays or sports events I can always listen to channel 130<br /> POTUS (Politics Of The US), or channel 135 WRN (World Radio News) as well as a couple<br /> NPR replays. </p> http://www.ohiomajorityradio.com/forums/topic.php?id=355#post-1226 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:21:28 +0000 willcail 1226@http://www.ohiomajorityradio.com/forums/ <p>The do air Bill Press Steph and Ed Schultz. Steph airs 10 to 12PM and Ed Schultz airs all three hours. </p> <p>If you can pick up WAIS 770AM Ed show is on 3 to 6pm or until sundown since WAIS is a daytimer. </p> http://www.ohiomajorityradio.com/forums/topic.php?id=348#post-1225 Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:51:22 +0000 Sunshine Jim 1225@http://www.ohiomajorityradio.com/forums/ <p>good idea i think.</p> <p>always good to get the blogroots view.</p> <p>also talking with people is always better than talking at them. </p> http://www.ohiomajorityradio.com/forums/topic.php?id=359#post-1224 Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:32:21 +0000 Sunshine Jim 1224@http://www.ohiomajorityradio.com/forums/ <p>Was born in Lorain, now out here on the left coast.</p> <p>Was delighted to see you folks get such a good range of progressive radio shows.</p> <p>So the very best wishes to you all!</p> <p>I appreciate you efforts. </p> http://www.ohiomajorityradio.com/forums/topic.php?id=355#post-1223 Thu, 08 Jan 2009 01:30:00 +0000 Georgia 1223@http://www.ohiomajorityradio.com/forums/ <p>I don't know a thing about XM radio, but I'd be interested to know if they also eliminated Stephanie Miller and Ed Schultz. Weren't they both on one of the pre-merger companies? I'm not sure about Bill Press. </p> http://www.ohiomajorityradio.com/forums/topic.php?id=355#post-1222 Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:55:50 +0000 sheryllp 1222@http://www.ohiomajorityradio.com/forums/ <p>I tried a free trial on xm radio and looked for Air America. It seems to have disappeared. I emailed xm asking what happened to Air America and they sent me a note promoting their new lineup of entertainment stations. Anyone know anything about this? </p> http://www.ohiomajorityradio.com/forums/topic.php?id=354#post-1221 Sun, 04 Jan 2009 02:18:27 +0000 admin 1221@http://www.ohiomajorityradio.com/forums/ <p>Well put, Georgia. Thanks for posting that... it's a confusing situation and I speak to people every day who still don't know what happened! </p> http://www.ohiomajorityradio.com/forums/topic.php?id=354#post-1220 Sun, 04 Jan 2009 00:48:48 +0000 Georgia 1220@http://www.ohiomajorityradio.com/forums/ <p>There is no pattern here as to when progressive talk was available in Columbus. The two stations, WTPG and WVKO, had nothing to do with each other in ownership, management, or intention. WTPG was and is a Clear Channel station, and one of the original members of this group stated, accurately I believe, that Clear Channel put progressive talk on a number of its stations in order to kill it. WVKO was used for this format by an independent person who hoped to keep it as a permanent thing only to have the station purchased out from under his operating agreement. There's no conspiracy here to air the format and then dump it. Ohio Majority Radio wants to find ways to permanently put this format back on the airwaves, and if you're interested in helping to do that, you need to join our group and get signed onto the petition so you will be notified of news and developments. The OMR group on yahoo can give you access to becoming active with OMR, and I hope you will overcome your cynicism after the previous experiences and join us. We are a profitable market and we intend to succeed. </p> http://www.ohiomajorityradio.com/forums/topic.php?id=355#post-1219 Fri, 02 Jan 2009 23:04:48 +0000 es2796 1219@http://www.ohiomajorityradio.com/forums/ <p>I think you are all forgetting the most looney right fringe channel on the dial---although they would have you believe they are MOR and provide the "Best Buckeye Coverage". 610 the home of those mentally challenged morons Limbaugh, Hannity and now.....Beck has to be the grand prize winner of the fringe loon channels. </p> http://www.ohiomajorityradio.com/forums/topic.php?id=354#post-1218 Fri, 02 Jan 2009 16:19:38 +0000 jasendorf 1218@http://www.ohiomajorityradio.com/forums/ <p>Thanks but no thanks.</p> <p>We've been fooled twice. And, not so coincidentally methinks, it has happened fours years apart. Twice now we've had access to a year and a half of progressive radio in central Ohio... just long enough to last through a presidential election. Then we've been subsequently dumped once the election is over.</p> <p>Progressives aren't wild-eyed Dittoheads and aren't easily anything-tized... so we're not rabid customers and consumers that fund right-wing radio. This makes us unprofitable as an audience. So, we'll see a station again in roughly mid-2011 when our votes are needed again... just wait for it. </p> http://www.ohiomajorityradio.com/forums/topic.php?id=358#post-1217 Wed, 31 Dec 2008 22:31:47 +0000 RussC 1217@http://www.ohiomajorityradio.com/forums/ <p>You can participate in discussions about Progressive Talk in Central Ohio by participating in the Ohio Majority Radio group. You can choose to receive messages instantly by email, an email daily digest, or just read the message board online.</p> <p>Join today! Click this link: <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ohiomajorityradio/" rel="nofollow">http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ohiomajorityradio/</a></p> <p>..log into Yahoo, and join the Ohio Majority Radio group. We don't disclose any "secrets" on the group, because it's open to anyone who wants to sign up … but it's a great place to discuss, educate, and vent. </p> http://www.ohiomajorityradio.com/forums/topic.php?id=355#post-1216 Mon, 29 Dec 2008 16:45:25 +0000 xmusicmatt 1216@http://www.ohiomajorityradio.com/forums/ <blockquote><p><cite>willcail wrote 2 hours earlier <a href="http://www.wvko1580.com/forums/topic.php?id=355#post-1215">&nbsp;&raquo;&nbsp;</a></cite><br /> 660? Every time I tune into 660 AM I get WFAN from New York. I'm using an Terk AM Advantage Loop Antenna. The HD 100 radio does support extrnal AM antennas.</p> </blockquote> <p>660 is a daytimer out of Waverly ohio.. </p>