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Brian Maloney Progressive Talk Interview in All Access 11/29/05 (link)

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Anyone have an All Access link to this 11/29/05 Maloney interview on progressive talk? Mr Maloney placed a portion of the interview on his web site. Use your browser's search function to find the interview with the key word "KGO."

http://radioequalizer.blogspot.com/

Two comments from Mr Maloney below, many more at his blog:

"Liberal talk's worked just fine at KGO and a few other local stations. If I were running Air America, my first call would have been to KGO management to find out how they'd done it."

"In fact, I could see Jones with more "progressive" talkers if Jones and Air America sever ties. At least at Jones you have radio people making the calls."
 
> Anyone have an All Access link to this 11/29/05 Maloney
> interview on progressive talk? Mr Maloney placed a portion
> of the interview on his web site. Use your browser's search
> function to find the interview with the key word "KGO."
>
> http://radioequalizer.blogspot.com/
>
> Two comments from Mr Maloney below, many more at his blog:
>
> "Liberal talk's worked just fine at KGO and a few other
> local stations. If I were running Air America, my first call
> would have been to KGO management to find out how they'd
> done it."
>
> "In fact, I could see Jones with more "progressive" talkers
> if Jones and Air America sever ties. At least at Jones you
> have radio people making the calls."
>

Brian Baloney Maloney is a has-been weekend guy with a chip on his shoulder and an axe to gring. His opinions mean nothing except to Michelle Malkin, Bill O'Reilly and vermin that prowl back alleys.<P ID="signature">______________
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> Brian Baloney Maloney is a has-been weekend guy with a chip
> on his shoulder and an axe to gring. His opinions mean
> nothing except to Michelle Malkin, Bill O'Reilly and vermin
> that prowl back alleys.

I thought it was an excellent interview, and Mr Maloney made several comments worth serious consideration, especially about syndication of progressive talkers by Jones and the success of mostly liberal KGO n/t 810. I agree when he says that if he was running AAR, he would have called KGO for advice on liberal programming.

I would hope that people would discuss the issues in the interview instead of attacking the guy.
 
> I would hope that people would discuss the issues in the
> interview instead of attacking the guy.

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Maloney Has No Credibility

> I thought it was an excellent interview, and Mr Maloney made
> several comments worth serious consideration, especially
> about syndication of progressive talkers by Jones and the
> success of mostly liberal KGO n/t 810. I agree when he says
> that if he was running AAR, he would have called KGO for
> advice on liberal programming.

Oh, please. Why should we take seriously the opinions of this failed weekend talk show host, especially now that he's trying to make a career of telling the right-wing what it wants to hear -- that Air America is "failing."

To refresh your memory, Maloney was fired from his weekend job at KIRO in September, 2004 and hasn't worked in radio since. He claimed that he was fired for criticizing Dan Rather, which was ludicrous, especailly since KIRO is owned by Entercom (a competitor to Infinity).

And KGO is NOT "mostly liberal." Its only liberal hosts are on when most people are getting ready for bed or sleeping. What would the KGO programmers have given as advice -- run moderate to conservative local programming until 10 PM and then turn things over to a couple of local libs until dawn?
 
Re: Maloney Has No Credibility

> Oh, please. Why should we take seriously the opinions of
> this failed weekend talk show host, especially now that he's
> trying to make a career of telling the right-wing what it
> wants to hear -- that Air America is "failing."
>
> To refresh your memory, Maloney was fired from his weekend
> job at KIRO in September, 2004 and hasn't worked in radio
> since. He claimed that he was fired for criticizing Dan
> Rather, which was ludicrous, especailly since KIRO is owned
> by Entercom (a competitor to Infinity).
>
> And KGO is NOT "mostly liberal." Its only liberal hosts are
> on when most people are getting ready for bed or sleeping.
> What would the KGO programmers have given as advice -- run
> moderate to conservative local programming until 10 PM and
> then turn things over to a couple of local libs until dawn?
>

Maloney might have at least some credibility if he took a minute or two to be a little less partisan and got some of his facts correct. For example, he claims that AAR is in a brokerage agreement with KQKE in San Francisco, which is certainly not the case. AAR currently buys time on only one station, WLIB in New York, though they have bought time on stations at the very beginning. And AAR did try to do a brokerage agreement with a couple co-owned Bay Area stations in Spring 2004 (one in Berkley, one in the South Bay), but the two stations did not have the proper satellite equipment to do it. Clear Channel picked them up a few months later as they rolled out their progressive talk format throughout the country.

As of now, he's an out-of-work obscure weekend guy who's only current claim to fame is being a self-appointed 'expert' on progressive talk radio. His political leanings make him a perfect guest for the likes of Bill O'Reilly. In reality, he knows no more than anyone posting here at Radio-Info.<P ID="signature">______________
The Liberal Talk Radio Update</P>
 
> "Liberal talk's worked just fine at KGO and a few other
> local stations. If I were running Air America, my first call
> would have been to KGO management to find out how they'd
> done it."

Now he's a friend of Air America and giving them advice? Please. The Unequalizer should spend more time finding a success formula for his own failed career in broadcasting instead of worrying about what the libtalk business is doing. After a summer and fall of invented and hyped "scandal" reporting about AAR, I see he's now trying to build some cred with anyone other than Fox News as an independent industry analyst. His website speaks volumes otherwise, and that's about the only audience he has these days.

> "In fact, I could see Jones with more "progressive" talkers
> if Jones and Air America sever ties. At least at Jones you
> have radio people making the calls."

What in the world is he talking about? Nothing precluded Jones from growing their business, and based on the number of stations that have just inked contracts with AAR and Jones' talent like Stephanie, why they would want advice from a one station talk show host (wait... FORMER talk show host) who now has a blog will be one of the mysteries even Leonard Nimoy wouldn't waste time examining.
 
> I would hope that people would discuss the issues in the
> interview instead of attacking the guy.

It would be the equivalent of the American people sitting back and thoughtfully considering the advice of Osama bin Laden or Saddam Hussein about how American democracy could be improved.

When you speak with no authority, much less credibility, on the issue of libtalk broadcasting because of a littered past of hysterical hit pieces on Air America strewn across your blog, you'll forgive AAR and the rest of us from not wasting any time on what this guy has to say about the topic of improving libtalk. In Baloneyland, the only way to improve libtalk is to put it off the air. His side reflections on KGO are intended to bolster some sort of credentials to speak on talk radio as an "independent radio analyst" as O'Reilly and friends at Fox News label him. He's as impartial as Slobodan Milosevic.
 
>
> I thought it was an excellent interview, and Mr Maloney made
> several comments worth serious consideration, especially
> about syndication of progressive talkers by Jones and the
> success of mostly liberal KGO n/t 810. I agree when he says
> that if he was running AAR, he would have called KGO for
> advice on liberal programming.
>
> I would hope that people would discuss the issues in the
> interview instead of attacking the guy.
>
you new here?? these guys are like a pack of wolves ready to slaughter anybody not pumping up air america 24-7.
 
Re: Maloney Has No Credibility

did you verify a single fact here?
>
> To refresh your memory, Maloney was fired from his weekend
> job at KIRO in September, 2004 and hasn't worked in radio
> since. He claimed that he was fired for criticizing Dan
> Rather, which was ludicrous, especailly since KIRO is owned
> by Entercom (a competitor to Infinity).
>
kiro is a CBS affiliate and regional CBS radionews room

> And KGO is NOT "mostly liberal." Its only liberal hosts are
> on when most people are getting ready for bed or sleeping.
> What would the KGO programmers have given as advice -- run
> moderate to conservative local programming until 10 PM and
> then turn things over to a couple of local libs until dawn?
>
very funny, think people here are stupid??
 
Re: Maloney Has No Credibility

> did you verify a single fact here?

Which fact do you dispute? Being an affiliate is far different than being an O & O. Maloney was fired from his weekend job and KIRO dismissed as nonsense his later claim that the firing was over the Rather issue. There are plenty of CBS affiliates that carry right-wing talkers who were all over Rather and the only one that was fired was Maloney. Do you actually believe that with all the heavyweight conservative talkers obsessing over the Rather issue, CBS bothered to pressure Entercom to fire one obscure weekend talker in Seattle?

And KGO carries no liberal programming until 10 PM, M-F. On the other hand, I realize that to an extreme right-winger, people like John McCain and KGO talkers Ronn Owens, Pete Wilson, and Gene Burns are "liberals."

> >
> > To refresh your memory, Maloney was fired from his weekend
>
> > job at KIRO in September, 2004 and hasn't worked in radio
> > since. He claimed that he was fired for criticizing Dan
> > Rather, which was ludicrous, especailly since KIRO is
> owned
> > by Entercom (a competitor to Infinity).
> >
> kiro is a CBS affiliate and regional CBS radionews room
>
> > And KGO is NOT "mostly liberal." Its only liberal hosts
> are
> > on when most people are getting ready for bed or sleeping.
>
> > What would the KGO programmers have given as advice -- run
>
> > moderate to conservative local programming until 10 PM and
>
> > then turn things over to a couple of local libs until
> dawn?
> >
> very funny, think people here are stupid??
>
 
> you new here?? these guys are like a pack of wolves ready to
> slaughter anybody not pumping up air america 24-7.
>

Pumping up Air America? Do you even read the posts here? There is one group of left, center, and right wing people making general comments with plenty of balance on AAR and progressive talk and a bunch of right wing fanatics twisting facts to suit their own agendas. Then people like you portray these fanatics as victims when they are rightfully called out.
 
> you new here?? these guys are like a pack of wolves ready to
> slaughter anybody not pumping up air america 24-7.

No one is criticizing the author of the thread here. We are commenting on the veracity of Brian Maloney to comment on liberal talk considering his record.

The only pumping here has come from those who actually launch blog sites devoted to spreading nonsense about AAR. The majority of messages about AAR come in reply to people who post attacks on the network. There is no concerted effort to bring down conservative talk radio as a concept. There is an effort underway to slash and burn AAR and libtalk, and Brian Maloney is right on the front line.
 
Re: Maloney Has No Credibility

> > did you verify a single fact here?
>
> Which fact do you dispute? Being an affiliate is far
> different than being an O & O. Maloney was fired from his
> weekend job and KIRO dismissed as nonsense his later claim
> that the firing was over the Rather issue.

He misspoke. He meant to say RATINGS not RATHER. :)

If Limbaugh can stay in his job after being a poster child for prescription drug abuse, it proves that ratings are king.

> And KGO carries no liberal programming until 10 PM, M-F. On
> the other hand, I realize that to an extreme right-winger,
> people like John McCain and KGO talkers Ronn Owens, Pete
> Wilson, and Gene Burns are "liberals."

Pete Wilson and Gene Burns are "liberals" only in a business where the most extreme right wing talk show hosts on radio stations today are put in comparison with them. Some of these local and regional right wing shows are so far to the right, I have to wonder if I am listening to one of those militia conspiracy radio networks.

There are still some people on Fox that claim Morton Kondracke is a "liberal!"
 
A "Radio Equalizer" Correction Or Two

Just a note, because I've known Brian for a while and I know he reads this board...

This one sentence comment on his blog needs some clarification:

"Lots of shakeups related to liberal talk radio reported in Phoenix, Ohio and Texas. More details coming soon."

The "Ohio" link is to an article about the recent sacking of Clear Channel/Cleveland market manager/regional VP/GM Jim Meltzer.

Really, Brian...it's only tangentially related to liberal talk radio. Yes, CC/Cleveland's big AM gun, WTAM/1100, airs Jerry Springer in middays (on a schedule otherwise filled with conservative talk and sports). And yes, CC/Akron-Canton's WARF/1350 is libtalk Radio Free Ohio. But the situation is much more complicated than that, and it's unlikely either of the above scenarios had much to do with what happened with Mr. Meltzer.

The above sentence makes it sound like the "shakeup" had to do with liberal talk radio in the local CC clusters, which it probably does not.

And please, Brian...next time you point out the inability of KOMY/1340 in the Monterey/Salinas/Santa Cruz market to sell time on its liberal talk shows, don't neglect to mention the quirky owner who, well, once aired you as a host on sister KSCO/1080. No discussion of that operation is complete without full disclosure on the nature of Mr. Zwerling and his colorful history as the station's owner. You know full well what's going on there.

Now, could it be difficult to sell libtalk even WITHOUT the presence of MZ, even with the other libtalk operation in the market (KRXA/540)? Sure. But ignoring a mention of your former employer and some of his history is ignoring the elephant in the middle of the room.

You know me, and you know I'm no automatic defender of the libtalk format. And some of your criticisms of how the AAR folks are doing business are certainly on target. But I believe you'd be better served by taking some of the above thoughts into account.

-OA<P ID="signature">______________
Ohio Media Watch - <a target="_blank" href=http://ohiomedia.blogspot.com>http://ohiomedia.blogspot.com</a></P>
 
Re: Maloney Has No Credibility

> Do
> you actually believe that with all the heavyweight
> conservative talkers obsessing over the Rather issue, CBS
> bothered to pressure Entercom to fire one obscure weekend
> talker in Seattle?

I used to work at the CBS Radio Network and I can tell you that the attitude at all the major market affiliates was that CBS Radio needed them far more than the affiliates needed CBS Radio. Some affiliates carried few if any CBS newscasts or other programs and the CBS suits didn't seem to care as long as the affiliates ran the network commercials. The idea that CBS would pressure KIRO to fire a weekend talk show host because he dissed Dan Rather is silly.
 
> Brian Baloney Maloney is a has-been weekend guy with a chip
> on his shoulder and an axe to gring. His opinions mean
> nothing except to Michelle Malkin, Bill O'Reilly and vermin
> that prowl back alleys.

Vermin?! That's Savage's word! "Just remember where you got it from." :)
 
Re: Maloney Has No Credibility

>
> And KGO carries no liberal programming until 10 PM, M-F. On
> the other hand, I realize that to an extreme right-winger,
> people like John McCain and KGO talkers Ronn Owens, Pete
> Wilson, and Gene Burns are "liberals."
>
Don't forget John Rothmann and Dr Bill - both are very much moderates.....me thinks somelone hasn't taken time to listen to a stream. The only advice KGO could offer is to acquire a library of very good radio hosts.....KGO has a batting lineup that would do well in many cities....they hit most of the spectrum....
 
Re: Maloney Has No Credibility

> > did you verify a single fact here?
>
> Which fact do you dispute? Being an affiliate is far
> different than being an O & O.

do you even work in radio??? cbs news and infinity broadcasting are different animals.

Maloney was fired from his
> weekend job and KIRO dismissed as nonsense his later claim
> that the firing was over the Rather issue. There are plenty
> of CBS affiliates that carry right-wing talkers who were all
> over Rather and the only one that was fired was Maloney. Do
> you actually believe that with all the heavyweight
> conservative talkers obsessing over the Rather issue, CBS
> bothered to pressure Entercom to fire one obscure weekend
> talker in Seattle?

why don't you show where all of this was asserted, network pressure and all, or is this just your crapola? Wasn't A.A.R. the topic anyway??
 
Re: Maloney Has No Credibility

> The idea that CBS would pressure KIRO to fire a weekend talk
> show host because he dissed Dan Rather is silly.
>
do you have a link for this, that anyone claimed network pressure, think the issue was the local manager, who was also fired..
 
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