All-Women Radio Talk Network - from GD - cross-post from Feminists Group

[Cerridwen]

From babylonsister's post in GD here

Fonda, Steinem Launch All-Women Radio Talk Network

September 13, 2006 1:55 p.m. EST

Julie Farby - All Headline News Staff Writer

New York, NY (AHN)- Greenstone Media, a radio company whose founders include social activist Gloria Steinem and actress Jane Fonda, has launched an all-women, all-talk network across the United States.

The network, which is run by women, aims to provide an alternative to current radio talk, which Steinem describes as "very argumentative, quite hostile, and very much male-dominated."

In an interview with Reuters, Steinem says, this network "has a different spirit. It has more community. It's more about information, about humor, about respect for different points of view and not constant arguing."

But, chief executive officer of Greenstone, Susan Ness, hopes the company will attract male listeners, saying "We do have male voices on the network. It's much better to have a mixture of voices."

Steinem pointed out that the idea of an all-women network stemmed from a company survey showing an 18 percent decrease in female listeners over the past seven years, telling Reuters, "Women are really fleeing from AM talk radio and now FM music because people get their music in different ways. So there's an enormous window of opportunity, and we're diving in."



Greenstone Media Website

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[Greyhound]

1. My SO has been listening today and I like what I've heard so far.

K & R :kick:

[midnight]

2. I have the feeling that it is the voice of Women that will be

will become the voice of reason. It seems that reason has left the building ,and women along with many caring men will be bringing it back into the building. I wish I could remember that women who's book title was " Let's Roll" . She is a widow of 9-11. Smart and gutsy. Look out- here they come!!!!!!

[Cerridwen]

3. I found a link to that book if you'd like it...Lisa Beamer and

Ken Abraham are the authors of Let's Roll!: Finding Hope in the Midst of Crisis.