Peter B Collins going off the air: Friday, March 20 his last radio broadcast.

[Garbo 2004]

Peter B announced it on his show today. Below is Thursday's blog by the program director of one of his affiliates, KGOE in Eureka, CA.

Thursday, March 12, 2009
Say Goodbye To Peter B. Collins

I got the news this evening that the Peter B. Collins show heard live on KGOE from 3 to 6pm weekdays, has just one more week on the air.

Peter has had a hard time getting larger radio stations to pick up the show and he is self syndicated and pays his own bills. He told me tonight that Friday the 20th. of March is his last show.
Peter B. Collins will make the announcement tomorrow on his show.

I have considered Mr. Collins a good friend in the business and an excelent talk show host.
His style, grace and wisdom will be missed on the airwaves.

He hasn't ruled out doing a weekend show sometime in the future.
Tune in for more info.

Posted by Tom Sebourn at 7:50 PM
Labels: Liberal Talk Radio, Peter B. Collins, Progressive Talk Radio
http://tomonkgoe.blogspot.com/2009/03/say-goodbye-to-peter-b-collins_12.html

Peter'B's site: http://www.peterbcollins.com/

[lordsummerisle]

1. That's too bad

he just got picked up by KPTK here in Seattle...

[chknltl]

2. Jeez, AM1090 in Seattle just picked him up this week.

I miss Randi Rhodes and wasn't all that fond of that Skinner gal who replaced her but I confess that I did enjoy listening to Peter B Collins for the short time he was on. I wish we could get Randi back or keep Collins on the air.

[masuki bance]

4. From what Peter said today

they weren't willing to continue with him.

[Natural Wonder]

3. This is horrible

I am so outraged I want to implode, the way this all came down......the way, this transition between the radio and internet...its the missing link, we need a new business model, we need perhaps newsletters with pod-cast links and new ways of looking at bundling out media. I like what I see here at Democratic Underground. Perhaps an artist could store their pod-casts here with transcripts and google advertising will save us, see the aD- sense code book, that guy makes millions just drawing readers to his fresh content on his web sites, why cant us progressives seem to get in the groove, We certainly are going to have to full throttle support Malloy and Hartmann, and Rhodes when she comes back and Amy Goodman, just to keep the species propagating, I have a feeling we will figure this out as soon as progressives value optimum business plans with dedicated sales staff, as the natural foods industry figured it out, my g-d, we have got to get it together!

[Fovea]

8. You have nailed it.

I wish I could recommend a reply.

*Oh, and welcome to DU!*

[Natural Wonder]

10. I will reply for you then perhaps...........

Nice to meet you, Fovea

And thank you for having me here. Thom and Mike talk about this and Brad mentioned the thread as well. I see everyone is constraining themselves re the Green 960 issue. I tell you, I feel contempt for them in as gracious a way as I can say it. The majority of the blog filled with suggestions for intelligent news and to allow San Franciscans a dignified microphone to the rest of the world and John Scott comes back with "I think you want to be entertained."- as surely the gladiators said to the crowds roasting the first christians. Maybe he ought to post films of himself on a stripper stage with a g string- then we would not have to listen to the fart jokes.

John Scott's station posted Randi's rant on you tube without her permission. This got her fired from Air America. then John's station knew how well established and professional and world class was PBC show and they chose to watch him starve to death, while they aired pubescient comedy.

I am certainly not visiting that web site again, nor will I recommend it- just making laughing stocks out of us he was.

My hope is that our progressive leaders will tell us exactly what we can do and we had better do it. I even had little business cards I had printed so that when I spoke to persons, I could hand them a little card that showed them how to listen on line and get pod casts.

If you have gone to Thom's new web site and listened online, you will hear that it sounds as though he is building an online empire with appropriate messages on the commercial breaks geared to online listeners and thanking and acknowledging us as online listeners.

Thom and Mike and the other brain power we have amongst us should be able to figure this newly needed media out and then we must hope that the FM Station's youth will come to us for curiosity and that eventually, some of AM stations will become bargain basement prices so we can buy them back.

Forgive me here, I am so angry.

[PFunk]

5. To me this sucks.

However to me it proves that the future of progressive talk radio is a new internet-based model, not the current on-air model (which from what I hear is losing ground due to it's now a RW haven).

[Natural Wonder]

9. Reduced like the Republicans and faxing talking points

No kidding PFunk,

The silver lining is the i-phone? One other model is what Karel did, if you know who that is, he's a touchy feeling debatable if he is progressive or not host who was taken off the air for not knowing the mic was on while he went into a Jo the Plumber rant. He is a bit on KRXA now but the other interesting fact and why I bring him up here is that he also has found himself on FM radio! YES! incredible.

I have gotten numerous marketing services surveying which FM radio I listen to. I always tell them that I stopped listening and only get talk radio. The interviewer always seems to respond with one big hm////as if FM is having problems getting listeners now, too.

All in all, Malloy was right this eve and as Bradblog.com and PBC alluded to- where the hell are the rich liberals- but...that is a misnomer isn't it because really, this is not the liberals against the progressives when it comes to basic rights and number of working hours to provide the basics,that's just the age old rich against the poor. Perhaps the issues re the environment may split along liberals and conservatives, but not basic daily bread, again, thats just the age old war fare between the rich and the working poor.

[Garbo 2004]

6. From Brad Friedman's blog (The Brad Blog) on Peter B:

'Peter B. Collins Show' to Leave Air Next Friday

Another progressive talker falls victim to the rightwing corporate stranglehold of our public airwaves...
Posted By Brad Friedman On 13th March 2009 @ 20:25 In Mainstream Corporate Media, BRAD BLOG Media Appearance, Mainstream Media Failure | 4 Comments

The Peter B. Collins Show <1> will come to an end, as of next Friday, according to an announcement by Collins on today's broadcast. After nearly five years on the air, the economic climate, and the stranglehold of rightwing corporate control over the public's airwaves has made it impossible for him to continue...

...After a quick segment, during our appearance on today's show, discussing a number of this week's developments in elections issues, we turned to the matter of his leaving the air, and our belief that the playing field is indisputably rigged against non-rightwing talk radio. It's not a matter of "Progressive Talk" having failed in America, it's a matter of progressives, to this day, not having been given a level playing field on which to compete. Period...

...As our friend and progressive talker Thom Hartmann <4> pointed out on his show this morning, Stephanie Miller <5>, another friend and progressive radio host, noted that she's syndicated on some 60 affiliates from 9 to Noon ET each weekday, while rightwing whack-job Laura Ingraham is on some 300 stations during that same time slot. Yet, Hartmann noted, Miller beats Ingraham in almost every single market where they air at the same time. Does that sound like fair competition, or that "Progressive Talk" has failed? We haven't failed, corporate America, however, has failed you.

More details on all of that, in the audio of today's hour posted below. It should also be noted, by the way, that PBC mentioned he'd be open to the idea of an angel from heaven dropping in to help meet his $5000 monthly nut. If someone could do so, a long shot we both realize, then one of the nation's most intelligent, informative, insightful, entertaining and important progressive voices would likely be able to stay on the public airwaves, where he belongs...

Here's part of PBC's announcement today:

Earlier today I've announced that after reflection, consideration and a few setbacks, we're going to wrap up the Peter B. Collins Show a week from today. And I'm very disappointed, obviously, in telling you this and in ending the show. Because it means a lot to me to be able to connect with you every day.

I am so pleased at the listeners to this program, and how smart you are, how well informed you are, and the level of discussion we're able to generate on a program like this.

And when you compare it with so much else that's on the dial, that's reduced to just name-calling and snivelling and self-aggrandizement for the host, I'm very proud of what we've done here and I have no regrets about that.
...
I really call on listeners to speak up, not on my behalf, but for what you want from talk radio. And make sure that the operators of the radio stations in your area know how you feel and no that you don't want "shock talk", that you don't want tabloid radio.

Full article with comments here: http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6986 Print version with footnoted links: http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6986&print=1

[omega minimo]

7. Peter B is a gem and a kind person. Thank you Peter B and Katrina for a great run. CU soon

:thumbsup:

[BuyingThyme]

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