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2016 Postmortem

TheDebbieDee

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1. I don't think Dems have been ignoring talk radio....

Reply to certainot (Original post)

Sun Dec 18, 2016, 02:40 PM

Dec 2016

They have just been unable to compete. Even with Air America (Which I subscribed to and listened to everyday, ALL DAY LONG) there were many markets that they just could not enter.

You could listen to Air America over radio livestream in Chicago, New York City, Boston, Los Angeles and Washington DC - but almost no where else.

Progressives and Dems have been so maligned by 30 years of right-wing talk that local stations are afraid to carry progressive programing or these stations are owned by right-wing corps that are waiting for the chance to air right-wing talk.

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"I listened to thousands of hours of talk radio, and he (Trump) was getting reports from me," [View all] certainot Dec 2016 OP

I don't think Dems have been ignoring talk radio.... TheDebbieDee Dec 2016 #1

there is NO organized opposition outside of the limited and underestimated certainot Dec 2016 #3

and not a single dem candidate took out a single ad that i know of. mopinko Dec 2016 #14

Talking $ and cents, why should Dems advertise on progressive talk radio outside of primary season? TheDebbieDee Dec 2016 #15

tell it to the people who keep hate radio afloat. mopinko Dec 2016 #16

it might help to use ads on rw stations to debunk the lies certainot Dec 2016 #19

That is why Franken,Baldwin and others tried to have Air America... coco22 Dec 2016 #2

I agree with you 100% karmaqueen Dec 2016 #4

thanks. and that's one of the worst part about this certainot Dec 2016 #5

Great post, certainot. I had no idea about the connection to university enough Dec 2016 #6

they're actually regular commercial stations certainot Dec 2016 #11

it's not all one sided. there is also the thing of them WANTING to believe that crap JI7 Dec 2016 #7

i think that's a minority and always will be. imo the problem is that in certainot Dec 2016 #9

i might have agreed before Trump JI7 Dec 2016 #10

I Posted This A While Ago & Thought It Was Worth Re-Posting Here Again... global1 Dec 2016 #8

Right wing hate radio is a crisis we really need to address better than we have in the past mtnsnake Dec 2016 #12

they have a well protected monopoly and the notion of competing certainot Dec 2016 #13

Boycott their advertisers mcar Dec 2016 #17

every advertiser on every rw radio station certainot Dec 2016 #18