Air America on WHJJ 920 (Providence) starting 10/15

[semass]

On weekdays WHJJ will air Morning Sedition, Al Franken, Randi Rhodes and Mike Malloy. They replace Hannity, Laura Ingraham and Dr. Laura!!

[LTR]

1. It's official

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http://www.projo.com/yourlife/content/projo_20041015_whjj.335f54.html

WHJJ-AM is moving sharply to the left.

Starting this morning, the news/talk station at 920 AM will be airing a five-hour block of Air America in the 10 a.m.-to-3 p.m. time slot, formerly the home of John DePetro.

(snip)

"'PRO has the right wing locked up with Mr. Limbaugh. It will be interesting to see how long it takes Al Franken to beat him in the ratings," said Jim Corwin, market manager for the four Clear Channel stations in Rhode Island, including WHJJ. "I doubt it's going to take very long."

Starting today, WHJJ will begin with Imus in the Morning from 6 to 10 a.m., then a delayed broadcast of Air America's morning show, Morning Sedition, which normally begins at 6 a.m.
Then local host Arlene Violet takes over from 3 to 6 p.m., followed by Air America's Randi Rhodes from 6 to 8 p.m. and Geoff Charles from 8 to 10 p.m.

http://ltradio.blogspot.com/

[LTR]

2. Here's the lineup

They're keeping some of their shows, so they're not officially a 'progressive talk' station. From what I understand, AAR likes stations to pick up a package of shows. Franken was originally the only show WHJJ wanted, but they accomodated to squeeze in a few others. In addition to Franken, WHJJ adds Morning Sedition, Randi Rhodes and Mike Malloy.

http://www.whjjam.com/program.html

5:00am-5:30am America In The Morning
5:30am-10:00am IMUS In The Morning
10:00am-Noon "Morning Sedition"
Noon-3pm The Al Franken Show
3pm-6pm The Arlene Violet Show (local)
6pm-8pm The Randi Rhodes Show
8pm-10pm Geoff Charles (local)
1:00am-5:00am The Mike Malloy Show

[m_welby]

3. very cool !!

...and about time. Althiough I'd rather have AAR on during drive time, but I'm very pleased.