Official O'Franken Factor Premiere Thread #1

[mouse7]

It's safe to assume this will go multi-thread.

4 mins till the Premiere.

[jenk]

1. go get 'em Al!

[Gothic Sponge]

9. Let history begin!

n/t

[cjbuchanan]

2. Listening on line and ready for the fun

http://www.airamericaradio.com/

let's all enjoy this.

[librechik]

66. Yay, I got in! Thanks cj! n/t

[jean]

3. Startrib Poll: help out on this one please - Will you listen to lib radio?

http://www.startribune.com/stories/459/4696989.html






edited to add Al

[Dr Fate]

4. "O'Franken Factor"- what a smart-ass!!!

So funny...

[gWbush is Mabus]

5. I feel like i am at the original woodstock

and the show is about to start!!!!!!!!!

[displacedtexan]

6. I'm "streaming" of a great debut!

Hope all goes well!

[NWHarkness]

7. Great warmup!

They are playing the Byrd's version of Dylan's "Chimes of freedom" right now.

[Robbien]

26. I thought that was a wonderful start

[eleny]

8. one minute!

[stitz58]

10. from us few liberals in South Dakota.

Good luck O"Franken
We'll be listening!!!!!!

:toast:

[Arkana]

11. Rip those clowns for all they're worth, Al!

:toast:

[CatWoman]

17. am I the only one getting Elvis??

[cjbuchanan]

12. It has begun

yes!!!!

[jenk]

13. lol, a bunker below cheney's bunker!

[HootieMcBoob]

AIR AMERICA RADIO IS ON THE AIR! n/t

[gWbush is Mabus]

14. LOL under Cheney's bunker!

[Robbien]

15. So now my fellow Americans Ask Not What America can do for you

Broadcasting from an underground bunker. First Words!

[minkyboodle]

16. Whoohooo!!!!

Broadcasting from a bunker below Dick Cheney's bunker

[Catfight]

18. AM 620KPOJ still playing old music in Oregon?

[snooper2]

23. yeah,

whats up!

[mouse7]

28. Nope... I have O'Franken on my clock radio in O'Portland right now.

It's the only AM I have in the apt. at the moment.

[Catfight]

25. I'm trying to get on Air America

[eleny]

19. this wonderful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

al - :yourock:

[underpants]

27. Elvis (the great American success story) as a lead in

GREAT!!!!!!!

Elvis is a personification of the last half century the US IMHO.

[kimchi]

20. Go Al!

Waiting patiently; screw the laundry!

[wryter2000]

21. It's on!

Al Franken on my computer!

I'm in heaven!

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[nostamj]

he used the same lead-in sound byte

as Guy James... the Kennedy "Ask not what..."

great minds? off to a great start:

"to annoy and bait Bill O'Reilly"

[Cush]

"To annoy and bait Bill O'Reilly"

[Arkana]

36. LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

*wets pants*

[mouse7]

22. O'Franken Factor... to annoy and bait Bill O' Reilly n/t

[cjbuchanan]

24. Go AL GO!!!!

If the first 3 minutes are any indication, this will be a fun, fun experience.

Thank you for this, thank you so much!

[pearl]

34. Yes

loving it.

[Gothic Sponge]

Anyone know what his co-host looks like?

She sounds cute.

[cheezus]

67. she is cute

saw here and al on msnbc this morning. I also used to listen to her on minnesota public radio's midmorning

[Eric J in MN]

29. summary of some of start

summary of some of start:

When George W. Bush said he was against nation-building, we didn't know he only meant this nation.

George H.W. Bush plus George W. Bush= not one net job created.

[Arkana]

42. hey, will Al call guests like O'Lielly?

Cause otherwise it'll get, admittedly, kinda boring.

[Eric J in MN]

49. Bob Kerrey and Michael Moore will be on today (nt)

nt

[Eric J in MN]

45. talk about Al Franken is a comedian, co-host woman is a journalist (nt)

nt

[Shoedogg]

ALRIGHT!!! Some of you stop listening!

So the feed will quit cutting out! :P

[Eric J in MN]

33. Minnesotans: listen on AM 1330 in Twin Cities area (nt)

nt

[Arkana]

30. Great opening with the Dick Cheney mention!

[eleny]

31. Real Player went down

But I had the WLIB player up and muted as a backup. When I clicked WLIB to play, it started but it was on a delay of about 10 seconds.

[Alpharetta]

39. same here.

Real Player can't get an http connection to the stream

drat.
was good for a start.

I wish FreeSpeechTV would carry it like they do "Democracy Now". That would be great for me here in Atlanta.

[Kurovski]

32. Whoa! War has been declared.

Only this one is not unamerican.

[SnohoDem]

35. YES! YES! YES! YES! YES!

It's FINALLY on the air!

Reamin' O'Lielly!

[Stuckinthebush]

37. It keeps dropping for me and its pissing me off!

Arrrg!

They need to work on that.

[Cooley Hurd]

46. I'm getting it here:

http://www.620knews.com/listen/index.php

no problems so far...

If Bush were president from the beginning (of the republic), we'd have no jobs. We'd be "hunter/gatherers" fighting over a root...:D

[Stuckinthebush]

57. That is much better...thanks

It is not real time, but that probably helps out tremendously with the stream.

Thanks!

[Catfight]

54. They should have planned for the bandwidth

This is annoying, I knew this was going to happen...they should have just boosted the airwaves and allowed listeners to listen on AM. My realplayer keeps going off and on.

[BigMcLargehuge]

38. Satire is protected speech

even if the subject of the satire doesn't get it...


BWAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHHA!!!!!

[Doctor_J]

40. No signal here

I am 30 miles from Chicago, and the signal's not making it to my office, and the stream won't come across. No AA for me :-(

[Walt Starr]

43. I'm getting it here

http://www.620knews.com/program/index.php

[cjbuchanan]

44. Another link for listening

http://www.620knews.com/listen/index.php

[Doctor_J]

69. I'm listening

at this link. Many thanks.

[Adelante]

72. I had trouble with the stream

It kept cutting off, but I kept trying and now it's working fine.

[rocktivity]

41. I'm listening through the Oregon stream

http://www.620knews.com/listen/index.php

I can't get through to WBLI or the online stream. There seems to be a ten-second delay.

P.S. Mods, please be ready to start new threads--this is going to be quite a day!

:headbang:
rocknation

[wicket]

47. Please keep us cuberats updated on what he is saying!

n/t

[HootieMcBoob]

51. Bob Kerry and Michael Moore

Guests on the show today

[HootieMcBoob]

59. Talking about Bush's deal with the 9/11 commission

He'll meet with the whole commission as long as Cheney is with him!

[wicket]

68. thanks so much!

I really appreciate it! I wish I could listen to it here at work.

[kimchi]

48. paraphrased some of the opening

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the beginning of the battle for America itself, not to be grandiose

we know that thy are lying w/o shame, safe that there is not watchdog to call them on their willful untruth until then I will have to do

you will be entering the xero spin zone

Bill, listen closely, in the US of A, satire is protected speech even if the object of the satire doesn't get us

Rush;; planning to do this drug free

about taking back our country, relesntlessly hammering away until they crack this novermber, they are going donw

During 2k campaign; said he was against nation building, didn't realize only our nation; 2.5 million jobs lost; first since HH not to cvreate a single job

B 1 and 2--no new net jobs

We'd be hunter gathers; fighting over a root if the Bs had been prez throughout our hist

Yeah, we're angry.

[Q]

50. Franken is going for the throat...

...and I friggin love it. Looking forward to listening to the rest of the programming.

- They can count me in as a listener and supporter.

[FauxNewsBlues]

52. Druggy Rush jokes

Nice to hear this on the radio instead of just amongst ourselves.

[rockymountaindem]

53. That co-host has a lovely voice.

Always fun to listen to a beautiful female voice for me.

I think I'm going to like this show.

[eleny]

74. they're good together!

i like franken's slow, chummy manner. and she's perky enough to pick up the ball to move everything along with her comments and asking him things. he picks up her cues really well. not one awkward moment.

o'reilly commented that the air america folks were pinheads. wrong again! talk to hand billy-boy.

[otohara]

55. KPOJ Streaming Live

n/t

[derby378]

56. Franken on Bush

"He has no idea how to run this country, and he doesn't care. That's why we're angry. And that's why he's going down."

No, really, Al, say what you feel!

[Arkana]

58. Hmm...Bob Kerrey and Michael Moore

[librechik]

60. I'm getting nothing but server errors n/t

[kimchi]

61. more

Rush called garcia; just another doper1

cohost Kathernine

Katherine is an actual experience in radio

K; tell everyone there will be some tension; I've been trained as a journalist

A: I'm an infortainer; a comedian

Not gonna use this show to push my book: (title)

In news today, lot of press, for AA, today Newsday...(reads)

Glad they didn't run with "gonna bitch slap NPR"

(reads)

Michael Moore not our first guest , Bob Kerrey in the second hour, Moor in third hour

We may needle him about the Nader thing; he isn't boosting Nader now.

The NY post, close to getting it right, some of the time

[mouse7]

62. "If Clarke was out of the loop, there was no loop"

Ragging on Cheney's appearence on Rush.

Now ragging on the Condi deal.

[Arkana]

70. He's doing exactly what I'd hoped

He's coming out swinging--exactly what he needed.

[Bombtrack]

63. He sort of sounds like Rush with his words

using "folks", with his pauses, etc. That's what it sounded like at the very beginning. Now he's gotten more like regular Al.

[Gloria]

64. Great opening........then the stream crashes.....snippets of a

female voice about Condi....then gone. I give up....

Makes IEAmerica look good...WLIB all jammed up, can't even get into the site and I don't even know if they stream.
At least Randi Rhodes will still be on WJNO.....

PS..my tinfoil hat theory....Franken is the name, gets things started.

In the wings...........MIKE MALLOY.........I pray!!

[Stuckinthebush]

75. Try this one

http://www.620knews.com/listen/index.php

alg0912 pointed me to this one. It is a much better stream.

[eleny]

90. Try some of the other streamings

The urls have been posted all throughout these threads. There's Oregon and WLIB in NY and also a Minneapolis station. Good luck!

[jean]

65. Al & Katherine discussing 9/11 Commission now

Katherine sets up with serious question and reads from article...Al takes off from there.

Condi is ridiculous...Cheney on Limbaugh saying Clarke out of loop - if that is so - there is no loop

Katherine - other aspects of this one time appearance deal by b*sh Cheney - if something comes up they can't call him back!

Al - prez only meets commission for an hour...Rice statements and the facts...she misspoke...Mar 22 Condi said Clarke chose not to bring up terror...Al pushing his book again - admin asleep at the wheel in chapter called Operation Ignore

[Arkana]

78. and slamming the bloggers for taking it seriously!

"Operation Ignore..." hahahaha :thumbsup:

[Arkana]

98. ANN COULTER???????????

WTF? WTF?
:wtf:

I hope they're not serious!!!!

[Arkana]

99. phew

OK, I don't think they were. Boy, do I feel like an idiot. *slaps self upside head*

[mouse7]

71. "Air America radio... further to the left than Betty Crocker" n/t

liner going into first stopset.

[Dr Fate]

73. Off to a decent start- Clear, unbroken and in stereo on XMRadio 167!!

!!!

[Gothic Sponge]

82. I think this show is going to be a hit

So far, Al and Kathy have good chemistry together.

[Arkana]

83. An excellent start on AM 620!

He's gotten off to a good start so far...like I said, I liked that he came out swinging. He's already chipping away at the talk-radio base that was owned by Hannity and Limpballs, and he's pissing off Bill O'Reilly royally.

[Dr Fate]

109. "G" GordonLiddy!!! Very cool, actually...

...a nice fellow, at least to AL!!...

[felonious thunk]

76. Tyson Chicken and Navy ads so far

[rocktivity]

77. Commericals for the Navy and Tyson Chicken, LOL!

This brings a whole new dimension to the concept of money laundering!

:headbang:
rocknation

[BigDaddyLove]

79. Here in New York...........

On of the commercial sponsors was the Navy.

Neat, the government is paying to keep free speech alive.

[HootieMcBoob]

80. First Sponsors

XM Satellite Radio
The Navy
Tyson Chicken
Sharon Stone doing psa for AMFAR

[RedSock]

84. do they take calls?

is there a phone number?

[myrna minx]

87. I don't know.

They have not provided a telephone number as of yet. No mention of taking calls.

[Catfight]

Yeah..they totally have to take calls

What's talk radio if you don't have your listeners input? That's the whole appeal, entertaining and listening to the comebacks. Finally we should have good intelligent comebacks for freepers who call. We have felt alienated being forced to only have two choices in talk radio...the far right..and the far far right.

[Catfight]

103. Yeah..they totally have to take calls

What's talk radio if you don't have your listeners input? That's the whole appeal, entertaining and listening to the comebacks. Finally we should have good intelligent comebacks for freepers who call. We have felt alienated being forced to only have two choices in talk radio...the far right..and the far far right.

[Catfight]

107. Callers? Come on Al

And I think Al can totally stand on his own..I'm not real hip on the male female team. They'll need to make some adjustements.

[Eric J in MN]

81. they keep mentioning streaming internet, don't realize already more people

they keep mentioning streaming internet, don't realize already more people trying than they have bandwidth for

[Eric J in MN]

85. commenting on lack of Bush meetings for terrorism problem pre 9/11

says not one meeting of Counter Terrorism Task Force

[derby378]

Tyson Chicken - WTF?!?

Tyson's a big Republican Party donor, right?

[mouse7]

92. They donated a lot to Clinton. n/t

[Zinfandel]

86. All the radio feeds are streaming perfectly, and how stupid is this...

the main Air America stream is already overloaded...great planning & forsight?

www.airamerica.com

[Eric J in MN]

93. I don't understand. What is streaming well and what is overloaded? (nt)

nt

[Zinfandel]

96. Here are a few...

http://www.620knews.com/listen/index.php
http://www.kcaa.homestead.com /
http://www.wlib.com

[eleny]

104. The url in your sig is incorrect

It leads to a paintball company. The correct url is http://www.airamericaradio.com/

[mouse7]

88. No meetings in the lead up to D-Day?

Al's doing jokes about what D-Day would have been like without meetings.

Laughing at the "can't throw meetings at terrorism" comment

[Bombtrack]

89. That's cool that Keith David (Shakespearian badass) is the voice-over

for the bumpers.

If any gen-Y-ers watched "gargoyles" when they were a kid or any age watched the HBO "spawn" series. He did the voice of Goliath and Spawn. He's also the Navy and several other products voice-over guy.

[mouse7]

95. He sounds a lot like Ernie Anderson

Ernie Anderson used to be the ABC version of the voice of God.

Ernie got like $5000 per liner when I was doing radio. Our station changed to another plan real quick.

[Gloria]

91. The KPOJ stream is fine! Thanks! Hey, the NAVY is advertising

on Franken???? At first I thought it was a joke...maybe it was....??

LOL

[Cush]

94. repeating bits from the Daily Show

[derby378]

97. Thanks to Al Franken...

I'm now looking forward to $110 million worth of commerical ads showing Bush clearing brush down in Crawford.

Now he's talking about Ahh-nold. I wish he'd give a phone number instead - we want to call and chat!

[Gloria]

100. Didn't that sound like Bebe Neuwirth as Anne Coulter??

From Frasier?? as in LILITH??

Sure sounded like her.....

[chefgirl]

101. I'm liking it so far

Sounds like this is going to get fun when Al gets his feet under him....he seems just a little nervous about the format, etc. Saw him on MSNBC this morning saying that he's never done it before, so he was a little apprehensive. All in all I think he's doing well.
I agree with the poster that said he seems to have a nice chemistry with his co-host, but I DO think she needs to remember the name of the show...its the O'Franken Factor. I'm hoping that when they settle in, she'll stop interrupting him so much and just let him speak. He's the one I tuned in to hear.

Just my $.02

-chef-

[rockymountaindem]

102. That Ann Coulter thing was awesome!

Oh my God. I can't believe this. Liberal and proud. Today is a good day.

[Suziq]

105. Taking Calls . . .

in the second hour! I bearly get the signal from WLIB here in New Jersey (only about 28 miles West of NYC), so I am listening with a lot of static. :( Beats a blank though. Cannot get any stream to work.

So psyched to hear Franken and really looking forward to hearing Randi! :bounce:

[eleny]

106. Can we have a new thread since this one is 100+ ?

[messiah]

108. I wish they would stop using the word "left" when

talking about the station. There is nothing left about moderate and dlc types.

[mouse7]

111. In your opinion n/t

[Cary]

110. Farther to the left, than the John Birch Society!!!!!

I love it!

[proud patriot]

112. thread 2 link here

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=1318258&mesg_id=1318258

please continue discussion there .