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atljames
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Will Air America move to 1160?
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atlradiofan3
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will anybody notice?
Not very many folks will. I say this with reluctance as I would like to see liberal talk succede in Atlanta, but the hate message just gets tired after a while. It is just not very entertaining . . .
At least Randi has a free Podcast ...http://podcasts.yahoo.com/series?s=...03http://www.whiterosesociety.org/rhodes.xmlI podcast three shows to my mp3 player daily ... I record Clark Howard on my PC at home to an MP3 (from the WSB stream), Dave Ramsey, and Randi Rhodes. I wish Cox would start making podcasts available.
This will be no bigger waste than was on air at 1690, A syndicated bunch of nobody's who preach hate.. I would rather hear some local talk show hosts on liberal radio, to which I listen on a regular basis. I still say some broadcast corp,should fire up a Liberal, Left wing station with local atlanta hosts.. This I think would take off.. Air America was a waste itself, a rambling has been in Al Franken,Randi Rhodes, A super hate pastor herself, Lets have some real lib talk produced from Atlanta....
Mike Malloy was on WSB in the evenings a few years back but he did not last long. He did a lot of talking to himself as he was constantly hanging up on the many folks that did not agree with him. It seems like he did a little time on WGST prior to going to WSB if I remember correctly.lilburncommunityradio said:
Re: Air America Mike Malloy
Mike really went mad when he got to Air America Radio, I never remember him spewing all the hate filled garbage he does now, When he was at WSB! Although I think that it would be good to hear him live and local here in the BIG A! Im very much a Ronald Reagen Republican, but the idea of some different talk radio in this town would be a much needed relief. See, not all Republicans are hate filled, jerks like some I have met and spoken too. When it comes to radio we need the airwaves filled with differing points of view. It would take a really big effort to make this come about, but with some hard work even libs could have a really great radio station to listen to. I would just hate to hear Malloy. God what a jerk... Just to mention WGST is not the place for this format. The signal alone sucks... Please someone buy this damn station, and do something with it. ???
Mike really went mad when he got to Air America Radio, I never remember him spewing all the hate filled garbage he does now, When he was at WSB! Although I think that it would be good to hear him live and local here in the BIG A! Im very much a Ronald Reagen Republican, but the idea of some different talk radio in this town would be a much needed relief. See, not all Republicans are hate filled, jerks like some I have met and spoken too. When it comes to radio we need the airwaves filled with differing points of view. It would take a really big effort to make this come about, but with some hard work even libs could have a really great radio station to listen to. I would just hate to hear Malloy. God what a jerk... Just to mention WGST is not the place for this format. The signal alone sucks... Please someone buy this damn station, and do something with it. ???
This would be a good time for Greg Davis to drop the Spanish programming on 102.3 (goodness knows,we have 15 hispanic stations serving the area) and to pick up Air-America.
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al_atl
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I don't know about Air America on 102.3. Isn't Gwinnett largely a conservative population? I wouldn't think Air America would do so well on a signal that primarily serves the suburbs...especially the northern arc from Cobb to Gwinnett. I would think the larger liberal audience is located closer in, inside 285? Seems like Air America's best chance at success would be on a signal that is strong inside the perimeter. 1690 certainly fits the bill there, but how many people know it's there? I don't recall ever seeing a bit of promotion for this station...billboard, newspaper, TV etc. I still have several radios that don't even tune the expanded band. If I weren't a radio geek, I wouldn't know 1690 is there. I would think their best shot at success here, signal wise, would be if 640, 680 or 790 picked them up. The programming is another issue. I will confess that I have given them very little of my listening time, but I haven't been impressed with the little I have heard. But I am more conservative minded, so I guess I wouldn't be so impressed.Speaking of WLKQ...I do wish their old mix of oldies would show up somewhere.
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PaulBWalkerJr
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Maybe to you The Voice Of The Arts is the worst mess you've ever heard, a waste of the frequencies or whatever.. but if the owner likes it and the bills are paid or he's rich enough to run it at his expense.. I see no issue.If you don't like it, change the dial!
The airways were set up by the FCC to serve the community and not just a rich owner. One's personal taste in music and his or her idea of programing may not serve in the best interest to the licensed area. In this case it does NOT! It would be a lot cheaper to buy and ipod to play your old timey crap. One good note am 1160 is now business talk and is at least listenable.
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PaulBWalkerJr
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I agree that radio stations are supposed to serve the community, but if they run PSA's and other stuff.. they are meeting the minimum requirements.
It' sreally not if you like Liberal raidio or not but if you like having a diffrent voice on the radio in a city that's not all "angry white middle class Christian conservatives." C'mon how much Sean Hanity & Neal Bortz can you get in one town! I'm a "real" moderate and I love to hear a real point - counter point and you can't get that from just one side (either side). It's really a shame that the managment never invested in real promotion. Not one print ad or billboard for word of mouth it did GREAT. I hope they find a new home soon they hd one of the most entertaining drive homw with Randi Rodes and the morning show wasn't that bad not a big fan of Al or Springer but again the change was refreshing to say the least. Back to the ol' iPod 
This is honestly funny.. Joe Weber has bookoos of denerio, and can do as he wishes, and everyone is upset.. All of us, has in us a desire and dream to own or program what our own station should sound like.. Well Joe, did exactly that.. You go joe, you rid the airwaves of Syndicated talk hell, and at least gave us some music on Am.. Good Job, Now to go and work on 102.3. Gwinnett needs a local station that can be understood, not El Spanish.. Its time to re-clean the airwaves,and put some english speaking stations back on the air.. VIVA 105.3 is killing this little station, that used to serve Gwinnett county so well...
The Voice of the Arts
If I recall the set I heard on 1690 this morning while driving to work correctly, I heard Gordon Lightfoot, Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson and Patsy Cline. At other times, the format leans heavily towards Charlie Parker, Sinatra, Miles Davis, etc. Many of you may feel like the station is nothing more than Joe Weber's iPod gone AM, but for me, that's a pretty cool iPod he's got going. Much cooler than the one Dave-FM has claimed to be like.
If I recall the set I heard on 1690 this morning while driving to work correctly, I heard Gordon Lightfoot, Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson and Patsy Cline. At other times, the format leans heavily towards Charlie Parker, Sinatra, Miles Davis, etc. Many of you may feel like the station is nothing more than Joe Weber's iPod gone AM, but for me, that's a pretty cool iPod he's got going. Much cooler than the one Dave-FM has claimed to be like.
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