If "Air America" only airs in the blue states...

[Jack_Dawson]

What good will it do? It's the rednecks driving around Kentucky and Florida that we need to reach. Am I missing something?

[Goldom]

1. Why would "the rednecks in kentucy and florida"

listen to it anyway, even if it was there?

[Jack_Dawson]

2. Why do we listen to Hannity?

Because it's there.

[BootinUp]

3. Good thinking Jack

Plus I wouldn't might listening to it either on occasion. :toast:

[lutherj]

4. They want to start where they are mostly likely to be successful

so they can show that the idea is financially viable. Then they'll start to expand.

[PROGRESSIVE1]

6. True. We have to make this look good if we want to get further....

financing for this.

Success in the Blue States = Resources to expand into the Red States.

[MonicaR]

5. It has to start somewhere

The network has to start somewhere. It took years for Jabba the Drug Addict to get on all those stations, and Air America isn't going to get 90 plus stations right out the box. It's going to have to build up to that level.

[NWHarkness]

7. It's a start, at least

Also, keep in mind how many people in Indiana listen to Chicago radio.

[mot78]

9. Maybe we could finally get Indiana to turn blue

That states sticks out in the Midwest like a sore thumb.

[King_Crimson]

13. Having been here all my life...

How well I know! Good ole Fort Wayne...and Hannity's gonna be here at the Scottish Rite Auditorium tomorrow!:puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke:

[mot78]

8. Air America needs to "preach to the choir" first and get a fan-base

before they move out to swing states and the South.

[mobuto]

10. Because its a business

The purpose of any business is to make money. It wouldn't make too much business sense to start a liberal radio network in an area devoid of liberals.

[Adams Wulff]

11. Would love to here them here...

In Denver

[napi21]

12. Is it going to broadcast over the net? And when is it starting?

I live in Ga. so it's probably not going to be on any local stations. I've been listening to RadioPower on the net, but they do quite a few repeat shows.

[skeptic9]

14. Yes--It's supposed to stream at Airamericaradio.com

A site search for 'Franken' at a leading trade publication brought up

http://www.billboard.com/bb/biz/archivesearch/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000462747 as the most recent story. Though so far only Chicago, LA, and NY are sure to broadcast over the air Airamericaradio.com (now only a shell) will stream Air America over the Internet.

Other news in the story:

"Public Enemy frontman Chuck D will co-host a daily show on Air America Radio, a new liberal talk radio network set to launch March 31. ...

A number of high-profile comedians will be heard on the network's airwaves. Al Franken will host the three-hour "The O'Franken Factor" daily at noon with co-host Katherine Lanpher, which promises "fearless barbs, sketches and interviews." Janeane Garofalo and political humorist Sam Seder will co-host "The Majority Report" a nightly four-hour block beginning at 8 p.m. and Marc Maron will participate in the morning show "Uprising" (6-9 a.m.) with co-hosts Sue Ellicott and Mark Riley.

Air America's afternoons will boast "The Randi Rhodes Show" (3-7 p.m.) and will be followed by the one-hour "So What Else Is News?" anchored by Marty Kaplan. Weekends will feature "Champions of Justice," hosted by environmental activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Mike Papatanio, along with yet to be announced original programming and "best of" segments culled from the daily shows."

Along with WNTD (Chicago 950), the Billboard story lists ...

... KBLA (Los Angeles 1580) and WLIB (New York City 1190).

To make room for Air America, Progress Media's partner Percy Sutton is removing some African-American talk radio hosts from some of his Inner City Broadcasting line-ups. See

This displacement of African-American radio by a predominantly white "Rainbow" lineup is somewhat controversial -- see gristy's DU discussion at http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x1276840

[waywest]

15. I'm looking forward to Air America, but...

I don't expect the radio to do the hard work.
I DO expect Air America to give talking points, rebuttals to repug b.s. and ways to help LISTENERS to convert the masses.
It can happen at the barbershop, the copy machine, the donut shop, the car show....
Yes, preaching to the choir won't do it. The choir has to do some too.

Doug