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I may have to order HBO just to see this!
DrewKaree:
HBO is set to air a behind the scenes look at the launching of liberal radio network AIR AMERICA.
The DRUDGE REPORT has obtained a director's cut of LEFT OF THE DIAL, a grossly entertaining docu-drama of life on the other side of the AIR AMERICA microphone.
The doubts. The lies. The bounced checks. The heartbreak.
The viewer is taken upclose to witness the ugly business of media ambition.
March 31st? I may have to FreeVo this!
mr.Curmudgeon:
Sounds like the birth of any media entity. I'd like to see it.
To me, it's heartwarming that such a rag-tag group has been able to weather the constant pummeling of the Right-wing media giants.
Good thing Air America made it through those rough times, as they continue to grow; entering new markets at an ever increasing rate; it seems like they are here to stay.
Remember, even Rush started small.
mrC
DrewKaree:
Throwing that bunch at the world and you see them as "rag tag"?
You must have rose colored corneas! ;D
If by small you mean the three largest markets in the U.S., then yes, Rush did start small....with far more than three, but not even close to the attention guaranteed to be generated, and he built himself up without the millions pumped into this lead zeppelin by folks who NEED this to succeed.
Nice try at an analogy. What's next, comparing Big Wheels to F1 racecars?
Zero_Hour:
Actually, Rush did start out small.
He pulled two stints in Pittsburgh in the early 70's - He used the on-air name of Jeff Christie.
He took some time off from radio in the late 70's and returned to broadcasting around 85 or so.
He got into hot water in Kansas City, allegedly for inserting his opinion into his newscasts - and was fired. Then off to Sacramento CA, to replace Morton Downy Jr. - Within 12 months there he was very highly rated, and that is what led to his nationaly syndicated show.
17 years or so to get to national syndication is not hitting it big overnight.
As for Air America - to say that the landscape of broadcasting has dramatically changed since the late 1980's would be like saying the surface of the sun is pretty warm. It would be nearly impossible for any individual broadcaster to do today what Rush did then without a big sackful of money. Considering that AA is packaging multiple shows, it would only increase the funding required to get it off the ground.
-As for my opinions on either outlet as a source of information? Let's just say that I don't particularly care for talk radio. ;)
DrewKaree:
Don't forget he did Royals broadcasts too.
Yeah, I know he started small, I just find it funny as all get out that MrC considers starting a show on the 3 biggest markets in the nation and the hoopla surrounding that launch as "small" and can use phrases like "rag tag" without any sense of irony whatsoever.
It does happen that people start small like that, and the launch Err America got is anything BUT typical. There are current shows out there that are on their way to becoming perhaps as big that had similar starts. Comparing Err America's start to Rush's or any of the other similarly growing shows is like comparing apples to peat bogs.
I listen to Rush about 10% now. They put Clark Howard on, who I enjoy immensely, and anytime Rush has a sit-in host, unless it's Mark Belling, it's an automatic switching of the dial. Rush is slowly becoming less aware of the repetition of things he is doing that have no broadcast worth, such as the laughing (for excessive lengths, in my mind) with no explanation, and when the explanation is given, it's might give a chuckle, but not to the extent he goes. Meh.....either he'll realize it and change, or he'll slowly start to fade.
Zero, what do you use to inform yourself? I know radio isn't for everyone, but informing oneself is always achieved by some means - I'm looking forward to how you do it :)