"Ask an Atheist" show moving from Public Access TV to radio

[brooklynite]

(this is an intereting show, in the model of "The Atheist Experience", that started up recently in Seattle)

“ASK AN ATHEIST” TO PREMIERE ON KLAY 1180 AM; BENEFIT SHOW TO BE HELD AT TACOMA COMEDY CLUB

TACOMA — “Ask an Atheist,” a television program that debuted on Seattle public access in June is moving to radio early next year, joining the lineup of KLAY 1180 AM, a locally-owned station based in Lakewood.

“Ask an Atheist,” which swept the SCAN cable access Awards last month with four awards, including Favorite New Program of 2010 and Favorite Religious Program, was only the second atheism-themed television program in the country. In the move to radio, it will be the first explicitly atheism-themed program on commercial radio.

To provide the seed money for the radio show’s first round of episodes, “Ask an Atheist” is holding a benefit comedy show at the Tacoma Comedy Club on Thursday, December 9th.

WHERE:Tacoma Comedy Club
445 Tacoma Ave S
Tacoma, WA 98402
 
WHEN:Thursday, December 9th at 8:00 pm
 
WHO: Lineup includes:
Aaron “Riggs” Flett,professional comedian and writer/director of the locally produced feature length film Jesus For Less.
Derek Sheen, a member of the People’s Republic Of Komedy, and producer/host of the Delicious Mediocrity podcast.
Jeremy Whitman, Co-Creator of Ask An Atheist and nationally touring comedian.
The headliner of the evening will be Brad Upton, a former writer/performer on Seattle’s Almost Live!, as well as an internationally touring act.
 
Tacoma Comedy Club includes a full drinks and food menu. Tickets are $20 and are available online at Brown Paper Tickets.

“Ask an Atheist” is a live, weekly educational call-in program dedicated to atheism, skeptical inquiry and the separation of church and state. It premiered on SCAN Community Public Access in Seattle on June 6, 2010 and
has regular viewers in over a dozen countries.