My Air America Radio listening has.....

[dhinojosa]

Poll question: My Air America Radio listening has.....

My Air America Radio listening has.....

[tridim]

1. Since they left Sirius

I now only tune in to stream Randi and Malloy. I used to leave it on all day long.

[Fovea]

2. But now that the Tour de France is over

it will pick back up

[dhinojosa]

3. Before this thing is done, I am predicting....

that Air America listenership is going down.

[annabanana]

6. before WHAT "thing" is done?

?

[dhinojosa]

9. this = poll

sorry. :)

[Chicago Democrat]

12. Its summer... People are doing things and somebody needs to hammer on

all of these incredible issues.

[xultar]

10. The poll silly.

;)

[checks-n-balances]

17. Why? The real reason for this poll is not clear to me...

Even when you say that before this poll is over you predict that AAR "listenership is going down." Sorry but I hope I'm not detecting some kind of celebration to follow.

I'm opposed to giving "red meat" to our opponents when we, purposely or not, run down Air America, Ed Schulz, Sirius Talk Left, etc. It's like we're eating our own. I think AAR is doing quite well considering its age and seems to be adding affiliates at a steady rate. And some of us prefer Randi, others Mark & Marc, Rachel Maddow, Big Eddie, Stephanie Miller, etc. We all have different personalities, so why not have as many hosts as possible to appeal to those personalities & preferences?

For example, Big Ed may not suit a lot of lifelong progressives, but he has resonated with a lot of disaffected republicans and those who are finally beginning to wake up and reject neocons & right wingers. On the other hand, people like Mike Malloy or Randi are less likely to reach this group because that's just too big a leap from being on the side of the GOP all the way to solidly progressive with an "edge". All these shows are a godsend in their own way, because they appeal to a big tent of listeners.

On the DU boards, when we concentrate on what's wrong with progressive talk radio instead of what's wrong with conservative talk radio, I think we shoot ourselves in the foot. But when any of us truly have a beef with AAR or any others, we should email that entity directly with our complaint or constructive criticism, not "broadcast" it all over DU.

IMHO, we're absolute fools if we get too cutthroat & competitive with regard to progressive talk radio; too much is at stake if that happens.

(End of rant)

[nadinbrzezinski]

18. There is only one problem with AAR right now

it is not the hosts (though eddie is not an AAR host) the problem with AAR is the ammount of reruns they get, taht is their problem and none of their competitors do that.

Once they solve that problem they will see a lot less griping

[Dawgs]

22. Right and Wrong...

Yes, they desperately need to have quest hosts. It makes no sense to listen to talk radio when it's all about yesterdays news.

No, I think they could also increase listenership by marketing better. If they just put billboards up on every major interstate into my city(Atlanta), they could probably double the amount of listeners.

[nadinbrzezinski]

23. They ahve also lost listerners

I rarely listen to franken anymore and mostly stream Hartmann

Now the local station is disbributing bumper stickers and running a lot of promition, To a point I think that is the local station that does that

[Nabia2004]

35. They are also gaining new listeners

AAR, progressive radio is old news to me, I have been listening since day one and always tune in. What surprise me is the number of friends and acquaintances that are just now discovering AAR. It seems like each week someone new is all pumped up and mentioning it.

[SoCalDem]

37. I HATE reruns.. especially for timely events coverage

It would be like ABC running last Thursday's news tonight because "newsreader's" on vacation..

Either commit to LIVE FRESH stuff, or don't bother..

The "celebrity-host" vacations and days off, offer an excellent opportunity to "test-drive" new talent and to develop a farm team.

[Chicago Democrat]

4. Lots of vacations going on. Sattelite doesn't have full lineup and

Ed Schultz preempts Randi Rhode, in total, on the AM Chicago Station WCPT.

So less Randy, more Ed ... so I said slightly less

[KarenS]

5. I listen to our local AAR station ~ every weekday all day,,,,

it's just on,,,,, so much better than leaving CNN on all day

[Skidmore]

7. Too many "best of" programs, too much Springer, and

no local station in the midwest which I can receive. I can't stay by my computer all the time and can afford satellite radio. If they are interested in listeners, get more stations and guest hosts.

[xultar]

8. When they announced the XM deal I quit listening that day even www stream

I listen to Sirius Left now.

[dhinojosa]

11. Young Turks is my favorite

and although I like Lynn Samuels' content, I can't stand that voice for more 1 hour.

[Chicago Democrat]

13. I kept Sirius and use it for my Air America Alternative...

I find Young Turks amuzing and stupid sometimes, like a hip Ed Schultz... not a bad thing.. just not my favorite.

Lynn Samuels. Actually a sweet person, under that accent and she trys and like you I can't handle too much of her.

Alex Bennet.. Very good

Alan Colmes.. Very good

Thom Hartmann... Sirius' best gets the shaft by not being carried live!

[ellenfl]

30. "Alan Colmes.. Very good"?? as in hannity & colmes? eom

[Chicago Democrat]

32. No, no... Alan Colmes Radio show....

its just alan no Sean...he get top interviews, he's very sardonic, he knows his stuff...

Alan Colmes is on our side and that's ok. I sometime listen to him instead of Mike Malloy . Malloy is great, but crazy. Alan is very sane and has a good radio show. Its true.

[LaurenG]

14. Can't take all the RE RUNS nt

[checks-n-balances]

20. Change your perspective; I'm damned glad for them, because it gives

me a chance to catch up on things I may have missed during the week (like while I was working). From an economic point of view, I can understand why it might be prohibitive, cost-wise, to run original programming 24/7.

I wasn't overjoyed when AAR was re-run on Sirius all during the week of the Fourth of July, but I just used that time to listen to C-Span, the other talk left channel, radio music, and even some CDs that I never listen to anymore because of my addiction to talk radio! What the heck, I even got to listen to some "books on CD" that I hadn't gotten to because it was pre-empted by live talk radio.

If I hadn't been traveling, I would've used the time to read a book, or catch up on email or snail mail that I've been putting off. Sometimes poor-mouthing is too contagious and maybe we should all be more resourceful when the re-runs happen.

Edit to add: I DID break down during my vacation last week and changed from Sirius to XM, because I missed driving to AAR too much!

[LaurenG]

25. I can only listen on line

I get really burned out. Tell me NEW stuff.

[Tommymac]

15. What's with the AAR bashing on this site?

My gawd, we waited years to have such a thing...now some bend over backwards to complain about it.

Sure it is flawed...it is a relatively new venture. I'm sorry Sirius refused to re-up. Evidently, they told AAR to take a hike, not the other way around. AAR made them an offer and Sirius decided not to carry them. But instead of putting pressure on Sirius, people bash AAR.

Me, I can't afford either Satellite service...it's hard enough justifying internet access since I have been unemployed for over 6 months...but I make do with what I have. AAR is not on the airwaves here in Western PA...do I wish they had a station here? Damn right, and a few of us are discussing ways to get them here...rather than say we don't get them, f' them.

Sorry for the rant, it just amazes me that some people here are trying to stifle a liberal radio network...

:rant:

[getmeouttahere]

16. Right on, Tommymac

and I hope you fine folks in Western PA are successful in getting AAR in your region.

[ronnykmarshall]

21. No kiddin'!

I'm so greatful to have AAR.

[checks-n-balances]

24. I totally agree - why can't we be supportive of ALL of them?

It's not like there are that many of them yet!! Why does it have to be "either/or"? That's kind of like right-wing, black-and-white thinking, isn't it? Why not "both/and" (as in, "there's something good and unique about BOTH networks" instead of the mindset of "Mine's better than yours?"

[Touchdown]

34. You don't know that.

It's amazing the lengths people go to to make connections based on Randi's VERY few words. She didn't say ANYTHING of the sort. All she said is "we went to them". The rest of AAR isn't talking, and Sirius isn't either. When did AAR go to Sirius? After XM's deal was cut? How much was AAR demanding Sirius fork over? Were they trying to bilk more money from Sirius than XM offered? None of these question has been answered, by Randi or anybody else. You know nothing about this, just like the rest of us. Stop trying to glean "what really happened" with your own Sirius bashing, based on incomplete info from a radio host.

AAr's content is fantastic, but even you have to admit that their business practices since last April have been considerably less than honorable. Nobody is trying to stifle Liberal Radio, but we don't have to accept the dregs just because last year it was different.

[eagler]

19. In a large area of the country the only radio that people

have access to is neocon talk radio. That is exactly why we need an updated Fairness Doctrine covering these shows broadcast over the airwaves. This is still the way most people in the red states get their information and everything they hear is from the right - and we wonder why so many voted for the right.

[GreenPartyVoter]

26. Increased on acct of Plamegate

[Talismom]

27. Soon after hearing about it I started listening whenever possible

and nothing's changed since. It's the BOMB!

[ellenfl]

28. since i found it, it's the only radio i listen to.

i don't even listen to music anymore.

ellen fl

[mandyky]

29. Decreased dramtically

I haven't listened all summer. I can't stand Springer's voice and the repeats of shows bores me.
I will probably listen to mornong sedition once the child is back to school.

[Rob H.]

31. I voted "Other"

It's probably about to go down a bit. The owner of the local AAR affiliate starts his own show today from 4-7pm, which is going to preempt Majority Report.* Since Majority Report was the only show I could listen to in its entirety (iow, I'm not at work or running errands and such when it's on), I'm not likely to turn in to the new, local show. I care about what's going on locally, but I can't see doing 3 hours a day, every day when there are so many larger issues/events happening on the national level and that's what I'm more interested in.

I also went to the local affiliate's Web site, and they don't have any merchandise, even. I wanted a bumpersticker, but no-o-o-o.... Kinda makes me wonder who's in charge of their marketing and why they aren't yet doing the basics.


*There's also no info on the site as to what time, if any, Majority Report will be broadcast. I'd hate to think that we're gonna lose it completely.

[wookie294]

33. I don't know

You need to give a time frame. Has it increased "in the last month" or the "last 6 months" or the last "seven days" or the "last 100 years."

My listening has increased dramatically in the last 4 months.

[proud patriot]

36. stayed the same

:hi:

[DemoTex]

38. I never listen anymore .. I got Sirius specifically for AAR.

I am getting used to Sirius Left. I especially like Thom Hartmann.


Sirius loves it when they say his name on the radio!

[mvd]

39. Well..

I listen to Malloy on the computer since XM doesn't have him on at the right time. I can't stomach much of Colmes. So my listening's about the same.

[SunDrop23]

40. I bought XM specifically for AAR