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Let the boredom begin. Liberals just don't get it. Most of the reason that conservative talk radio was such a huge hit, is because those opinions and discussions weren't being aired anywhere else! Liberal assumptions and groupthink dominated almost every single aspect of the media. Broadcast news, newspapers, public broadcasting, newsweeklies, tv talk shows like Donahue, tv and movie entertainment....there was nothing for conservative guys. And you saw how liberals reacted at the slightest outlet of differing opinions: they called it "hate radio", blamed it for Tim McVeigh and the militia movement, hate crimes, church burnings and puppies being run over. And they freaked even harder when FoxNews took half the market share of cable news. "No one could possibly hold these opinions, it must be an unofficial propaganda arm of the Bush White House and corporate plutocrats". That's why this Liberal radio shit isn't going to succeed. It's not necessary, there's no need for it like there was for conservative talk radio and Rush. |
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· An outage is an event, measured in minutes, in which any portion of the functionality of an application is not available to any of its end user’s, thereby affecting the end user’s ability to perform their work functions. A factory outage is an outage in which a Factory Application is effected. Give me a fucking break. The liberals actually think they are the majority in America? |
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I don't see this taking off. I would guess these kinds of shows have a better chance when the other party is in power, but still I just don't see it succeeding. I did hear Al Franken drooling over this, that weasel is already hoping he will be the commie Rush Limbaugh, wait til he has to fill up 3 hours a day. Al Gore talked about this also, but I can't picture that stick of wood keeping a radio show interesting for even 5 minutes Edit- I think Raven is right on. If they go sort of mainstream Democrat, then it'll just sound like CNN, if they go hard leftie there will be too small an audience and most of those bums don't have any money to spend on advertisers' products anyway. I don't think a radio network will succeed solely on the advertising dollars of E-Z-Wider and Birkenstocks |
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Quoted: NPR is getting funded by some outside source? [b]During its most recent fiscal year, which ended in September, NPR had an operating budget of $103 million and broke even despite the cost of covering the war in Iraq. Despite gains in listeners, its income has grown slowly over the past three years. In fiscal 2001, NPR lost about $4 million. About half of NPR’s revenue comes from public radio stations that pay annual dues based on the size of their audience. The balance comes primarily from private donations and corporate contributions. [i]The organization receives less than 1 percent of its funding directly from federal tax dollars.[/i] The federal Corporation for Public Broadcasting supplies about 15 percent of the budgets of NPR’s member stations, however, which then pay some of that money to NPR.[/b] National Public Radio (NPR) is a loosely-organized public radio network in the United States. NPR was created in 1970, following the passage of the Public Broadcasting Act in 1967 which established the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and also led to the creation of the Public Broadcasting Service. The network was founded on February 24, 1970 with 90 public radio stations as charter members. Over the years, the portion of the total NPR budget that comes from government has been decreasing. During the 1970s and early 1980s, the majority of NPR funding came from the government (through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which also funds PBS). Steps were being taken during the 1980s to completely wean NPR from government support, but a major funding crisis in 1983, which almost led to the demise of the network, brought about more rapid shifts in NPR's funding setup. More money to fund the NPR network was raised from listeners, charitable foundations and corporations, and less from the government. Some citizens believe that any government funding is too much, while others believe the government should provide more funding to NPR to reduce corporate influence. NPR member stations also receive charitable and government funding, but are famous for raising money through on-air pledge drives, during which programming is interrupted and listeners are encouraged to donate money to keep the station on the air. On November 6, 2003 NPR was given $200 million from the estate of the late Joan Kroc, the widow of Ray Kroc, founder of McDonalds Corporation. In 2003 the annual budget of NPR was $100 million. NPR's major production facilities have been based in Washington, D.C. since its creation. On November 2, 2002, a west coast production facility, dubbed NPR West, was opened in Culver City, California. According to a 2003 Washington Monthly story, about 20 million listeners turn into NPR each week. On average they are 50-years-old, earn an income of $78,000, and about 10% are either African American or Hispanic. Many of its listeners consider NPR to be at the apex of journalistic integrity, while others claim that it has a liberal bias, lacks diversity, and still dependent on public funding. [devil] |
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I will listen long enough to find out who the sponsers are and then I will write them letters telling them exactly why I will no longer be using their product! Did you know Levi struass and hallmark cards are anti-gun??? There is a bunch of companys I just don't do business with! |
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Quoted: It will be interesting to see if there is a market. A good place for the NRA to advertise. It would be really interesting to see if they actually allowed the NRA to advertise with them. In my town we have a very conservative radio talk show. Once a lady called in and asked why the station allowed certain liberal ads on the show when they were in direct conflict with the talk host opinions. His answer was simple : their check cleared. Sgtar15 |
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Quoted: Al Franken, Chuck D & Jeneane Garafalo????? Are you fucking kidding me? This is their talent stable? A washed up SNL writer, a washed up rap artist, and a comedienne so bad she hasn't been successful to BE washed up. Priceless. [ROFL2] Too funny, and too true. |
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Quoted: I will listen long enough to find out who the sponsers are and then I will write them letters telling them exactly why I will no longer be using their product! Did you know Levi struass and hallmark cards are anti-gun??? There is a bunch of companys I just don't do business with! I'm with you Big-Big1 |