Air America Radio

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LIBERAL TALKRADIO NETWORK TO LAUNCH MARCH 31Wed Mar 10 2004 13:15:26 ET

Air America Radio, a progressive talk radio network, announced today it will hit the airwaves on March 31st. "Air America Radio is launching in the top U.S. markets with leading talent that will provide compelling and entertaining programming on the radio, on satellite feeds, and on the web," said Mark Walsh, Chief Executive Officer of Air America Radio. “We aim to build an important new media franchise that delivers results.”

The network’s on-air personalities represent today’s top political and popular satirists, commentators and activists. Comedian, and best selling author Al Franken, who was recently taken to court when Bill O’Reilly and Fox News were seeking an injunction to halt distribution of "Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right," and is known for fact-based, drug-free satire, will host a weekday show on the network called “The O’Franken Factor.”

“I’m so happy that Air America Radio will be on in three battleground states, New York, Illinois and California….no wait…those aren’t battleground states. What the hell are we doing?” said Franken.

Air America Radio has signed actress and comedienne Janeane Garofalo, hip hop icon Chuck D, radio personality Randi Rhodes, and political humorist Sam Seder to join Franken at the network. Environmental activist Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., “The Daily Show” co-creator Lizz Winstead, and business-of-the-media analyst on the public radio program “Marketplace” Martin Kaplan will also join the network.

The network has unveiled its current weekday and weekend line-up:

Monday-Friday
Uprising: 6:00-9:00am

This is a fast paced morning show that will entertain and engage audiences with wit and political satire. It will feature the latest news, offering up to-the-minute interviews with newsmakers, analysis and strong opinions.

Host: Marc Maron
Co-host: Sue Ellicott
Co-host: Mark Riley

Unfiltered: 9:00am- 12:00pm
Air America’s midmorning program is a showcase for conversation about the political and cultural state of the union. Unfiltered introduces listeners to fresh new voices not available in mainstream media today.

Co-host: Lizz Winstead
Co-host: Chuck D
Co-host: Laura Flanders

The O’ Franken Factor: 12:00-3:00pm
Relentless, pure satire, delivered by the leading political humorist of this generation. With his partner, longtime radio host Katherine Lanpher, this will be three hours of fearless barbs, sketches, and interviews with newsmakers and characters who have lived, up until now, only in Al’s fertile imagination. He’s no policy wonk, but this best-selling author and veteran of Saturday Night Live, is devoting his energy to fighting back against rightwing propaganda with hard evidence and facts.

Host: Al Franken
Co-host: Katherine Lanpher
Producer: Billy Kimball

The Randi Rhodes Show: 3:00-7:00pm

Randi Rhodes has spent the last 20 years burning up the airwaves in southern Florida with her pointed and provocative brand of talk radio. Combining live interview, call-in and commentary, Randi engages her audience with a passionate presentation.

Host: Randi Rhodes

So What Else Is News? : 7:00-8:00pm
Based in Los Angeles, this is a one-hour program showcasing the intersection of politics, media and popular culture. This program will feature analysis and reports from the presidential campaign, as well as a daily reporters’ roundtable on how the news of the day is affected and reflected by the media. Marty will also cover the spinning of the news with a regular segment called “The Corrections.” This is also the place to hear the political voice of Hollywood, with celebrity guest interviews from the entertainment industries.
Host: Marty Kaplan

The Majority Report: 8:00pm-11:00pm

This program will introduce new, younger voices and opinions, with live guests from the world of politics, the arts and entertainment. Host: Janeane Garofalo
Co-host: Sam Seder

Saturday and Sunday

Air America Radio’s weekend line-up will offer more original programming, like Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Mike Papatanio’s “Champions of Justice,” a program that brings a fresh and entertaining perspective to talk radio from the top legal and social issues focused minds in the country. Additional programming will include Best-of Air America Radio and Best-of-O’Franken Factor as well as other original programming to be announced soon.

“Air America Radio will be available immediately in top markets across the country, and our distribution channels will continue to expand in the coming months via affiliation agreements with partner stations across the land,” said Air America Radio President Jon Sinton. Air America Radio will debut its programming on radio stations WLIB (AM 1190am) in New York, WNTD (AM 950) in Chicago and KBLA (AM 1580) in Los Angeles and a station in San Francisco to be named before launch.

Air America Radio’s partnership with WLIB owner, Inner City Broadcasting Corporation, is a complementary agreement that builds on the goals of each organization – to bring new energy and new immediacy to messages, issues and audiences that deserve a place in today’s media marketplace.

“We are excited about the diverse and important voices Air America Radio is bringing to the airwaves, both on our own WLIB signal and others,” said Pierre Sutton, Chairman of ICBC. “This strategic partnership allows both companies to combine our resources and deliver relevant messages to a broad and diverse audience. Our talented Mark Riley joins new and exciting co-hosts throughout the broadcast day in multiple major markets to open the airwaves to opinions and entertaining commentary that Americans can hear nowhere else.” Live streaming of Air America Radio shows, along with show archives, will be available on www.airamericaradio.com. Air America Radio is in negotiations with satellite television and satellite radio providers. These national services will allow potential listeners to tune in anywhere in the country. The details of these partnerships will be unveiled soon.

“Our success to date proves what we have known all along: a progressive radio network can be entertaining and engaging while also being a successful business venture. We have made a lot of progress…and more is to come. We expect to deliver valuable listeners to our advertising partners,” said Evan Cohen, New York-based investor and Chairman of the board of Air America Radio.

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*really can't stand Al Frankin*

Interesting station. I imagine I'll listen to a bit of it on webfeed. Mebbe.
 
Looks like it's pretty much bound to be as moronic and uninformative as conservative talk radio is today. :shrug:

Tickle their ass with a feather and they won't mind when you piss in their ear.
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Yes, I will.
 
Air America, the network will initially launch on AM stations in New York (WLIB 1190), Chicago (WNTD 950), Los Angeles (KBLA 1580) and San Francisco (to be announced), and on the Web at www.airamericaradio.com.[/quote] ...nene Garofalo and Chuck D.[/quote] :rofl2:
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Our Programs

Air America Radio's program lineup is as follows:

Monday-Friday

Morning Sedition: 6:00-9:00am

This is a fast paced morning show that will entertain and engage audiences with wit and political satire. It will feature the latest news, offering up to-the-minute interviews with newsmakers, analysis and strong opinions.

Co-Host: Marc Maron

Co-host: Sue Ellicott

Co-host: Mark Riley



Unfiltered: 9:00am- 12:00pm

Air America’s midmorning program is a showcase for conversation about the political and culture state of the union. Unfiltered introduces listeners to fresh new voices not available in mainstream media.
somebody needs to inform them that they are the mainstream media
Co-host: Lizz Winstead

Co-host: Chuck D

Co-host: Rachel Maddow



The O’ Franken Factor: 12:00-3:00pm

After debunking right-wing propaganda in his bestselling books Lies, and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them and Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot, Al Franken is taking the fight to America's airwaves--and he's doing it drug-free. With his co-host, veteran radio personality Katherine Lanpher, Franken will deliver three hours a day of fearlessly irreverent commentary, comedy, and interviews. Franken and Lanpher have a mean streak a smile wide. The O'Franken Factor will energize fans, infuriate liars, and deliver the truth--in what Al Franken likes to call the Zero Spin Zone.
Mediocrity already spews on the dress of originality
Host: Al Franken

Co-host: Katherine Lanpher

Producer: Billy Kimball



The Randi Rhodes Show: 3:00-7:00pm

Randi Rhodes has spent the last 20 years burning up the airwaves in southern Florida with her pointed and provocative brand of talk radio. Combining live interview, call-in and commentary, Randi engages her audience with a passionate presentation.

Host: Randi Rhodes



So What Else is News?: 7:00-8:00pm

Based in Los Angeles, this is a one-hour program showcasing the intersection of politics, media and popular culture. This program will feature analysis and reports from the presidential campaign, as well as a daily reporters’ roundtable on how the news of the day is affected and reflected by the media. Marty will also cover the spinning of the news with a regular segment called “The Corrections.” This is also the place to hear the political voice of Hollywood, with celebrity guest interviews from the entertainment industries.
Oh...goody
Host: Marty Kaplan



The Majority Report: 8:00pm-11:00pm

This program will introduce new, younger voices and opinions, with live guests from the world of politics, the arts and entertainment.

Host: Janeane Garofalo

Co-host: Sam Seder



Saturday and Sunday

Air America Radio’s weekend line-up will offer more original programming, like Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Mike Papatanio’s “Champions of Justice,” a program that brings a fresh and entertaining perspective to talk radio from the top legal and social issues focused minds in the country. Additional programming will include Best-of Air America Radio and Best-of-O’Franken Factor as well as other original programming to be announced soon.
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go see
 
:banana:

Hot Air America Radio...


http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/03/11/BUG305I4KS1.DTL

Upstart 24-hour talk radio network prepares to turn the dial to the left
Liberal Air America to start national broadcast at end of month

Dan Fost, Chronicle Staff Writer
Thursday, March 11, 2004

Some have questioned whether liberals can succeed at all in the realm of talk radio. Conservatives, the argument goes, see the world in black and white, and offer more-entertaining points of view, while liberals tend to debate shades of gray and put audiences to sleep. In addition, corporate advertisers may favor conservative hosts who are friendlier to their points of view.

"If you're promoting SUVs, you're more likely to get an SUV commercial than if you're bashing them. That's pretty elementary," said Oakland Mayor Jerry Brown, a liberal who had a talk show for several years on Pacifica Radio, including Berkeley's KPFA (94.1 FM). "The fact of the matter is, the liberal in American terms is offering correctives to capitalism, whereas the conservatives are singing the praises of capitalism, unfettered and unabashed and unapologetic. So, right there you have an order of magnitude difference in terms of corporate favorability."
 
has anyone listened to this yet? I've tried several times... but every time I tune in they're playing commercials.... I have yet to hear any of the personalities that they have listed :mad:

think I'll just stick to NPR for my liberal fix :shrug:
 
I caught about 20 minutes of teh afternoon woman. She stinks. Another show locally had some of Frankensteins first day & it sounded like a intercom/monitor thingy. He has an awful voice.


90 days will be stretching it.
 
ok... finally heard something besides nasssty commercials: Janeane Garofalo and two guys (can't remember who they were).... godawful boring... truly truly sleep inducing :rolleyes:

You're right, 90 days might be stretching it, Gonz.
 
Who'd have thought it would take liberal radio to bring Ms Ann Thrope and Gonz together? :D
 
So are all the rumors true? Are liberals really THAT boring?

BTW I haven't heard the station yet, though I'm sure I'll come across it sometime, unless it gets yanked.
 
Liberals boring? Better boring than offensive. :p

Btw, I never find NPR boring. In fact, there's a program called Wait Wait Don't Tell Me (satirical view of current events) that I find wildly funny. :D
 
Top Ten Things People Are More Likely to Say Than "Did You Hear What Al Franken Said Yesterday?"

10. "You know, in terms of pure aesthetics, I actually prefer the spork."

9. "Yo, Playah-- that Victorian ascot is the shizznat, Dog!"

8. "I know you're on the pill, but can't I wear a condom just this once? Why must it always be about your dirty needs?"

7. "It's this simple: if I can't put the vision I want on the screen, I'm not making this movie. And the vision I want is David Hasselhof."

6. "My scent? It's Nadler, the only perfume endorsed by 300-pound liberal Congressman Jerry Nadler-- a delicate yet sultry blend of cinnamon, pheremones and pork-chops."

5. "Topless dancers?!! The sign outside specifically promised me Stopless dancers. Now you instruct your staff to get off their break and put on some proper clothing or there are going to be consequences, my good man."

4. "When I move, I slice like a fucking hammer."

3. "There's something magical about riding the bus."

2. "Would I like to take a few minutes to discuss switching over to AT&T's new Friends and Family service? Would I! Would I ever!!!"

...and the Number One Thing People Are More Likely to Say Than "Did you Hear What Al Franken Said Yesterday?"...

1. "Who the fuck's Al Franken?"
 
He was/is a writer on SNL. He also did the Stuart Smalley I'm okay you're okay skit on SNL. He's written a couple of political books.

He's now going head to head with Rush on the O'Franken Factor.
 
Gonz said:
He was/is a writer on SNL. He also did the Stuart Smalley I'm okay you're okay skit on SNL. He's written a couple of political books.

He's now going head to head with Rush on the O'Franken Factor.
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I know who he is, I was joking. He acts like he thinks he's Christ Almighty though, doesn't he. Of course, Rush thinks he's Moses, so I guess it kind of balances out. I shall make every effort to never, ever listen to either one of them.
 
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