FLASH!! Ed Schultz going mainstream!!!!

[Radio_Realist]

Choice of music has nothing to do with politics.

If a new version of the Fairness Doctrine is enacted, then choice of music will be the ONLY choice on the radio.

Airwaves are owned by the public, and only one side of the debate is being heard.

What market are you listening in? If I want to hear the liberal side of the debate on my radio, I only have to change stations from the ones with high ratings to the one with really low ratings.

The thing is, if you enact a new "Fairness" Doctrine, the result will be that NO sides of the debate will be heard.

But then, that fits the liberal political philosophy. If there is inequality anywhere, "solve" the problem by making everyone equally miserable. That's how the liberals fight inequality in wealth -- they seek to make everyone equally poor. If there aren't enough liberal listeners who want to tune in liberal talk radio programming for it to be profitable, then pass a law that will take all political talk radio either off the air, or force it to be so bland and middle-of-the-road that no one pays any attention to it.

 

[Johnny Morgan]

What "big corporate radio groups" have "given away extra small freqs[sic] in some markets" and where are those markets?

Cleveland, for example. See July 2001's frequency swap.

 

[XTalker]

Radio_Realist is right! The any broadcaster has the right to put liberal talk on his signal! Problem is, it won't pay the light bill. That should tell you something!!! In our capitalist society, it is the business with the best product, and the broadest appeal that wins! Produce an inferior product and you are out of business. if Liberal Talk had any chance of being successful, it would be!

Liberals should get over it! Your point of view does not have majority appeal!

 

[Radio_Realist]

Your point of view does not have majority appeal!

In the interest of fairness, I should point out that no point of view has "majority" appeal. The best any advocates of any point of view can hope for is to convince a significant pluarity. And the liberal point of view is populated by more people than the conservative point of view. There are far more people in America who want to sit back and let the government take care of them than there are people who want the government to leave them alone to succeed on their own. Anyone programming a radio station should take that into account when choosing what things to put on the air.

But, they also need to take into account that the people who want to see liberal politicians win elective office in order to get their share of government pork and gravy don't want to listen to anyone talk about liberal policies. Most liberal listeners don't want to listen to boring old political talk, not even talk that they agree with. Most liberal listeners want to hear Howard Stern talk about lesbian strippers' breast implants. The few liberals who want to hear liberal news/talk radio are too few to make liberal news/talk radio profitable.

 

[XTalker]

It is about the number of listeners and being a successful medium to advertise products and services. If liberals really cared, they would support advertisers on liberal shows. Problem is, they don't want to pay the price. They want government to force it and to tell them what to think!