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The Capital Times - Q&A with Lee Rayburn

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Preface Note - The Capital Times recently ran an interesting interview with The Mic's Lee Rayburn - to read the article, see link pasted below:

http://www.madison.com/tct/entertainment/77staging/284597

Q&A with Lee Rayburn

Jane Burns — 5/08/2008 10:25 am
The Capital Times

Last month, Lee Rayburn really wanted to watch Air America radio host Rachel Maddow fill in for MSNBC host Keith Olbermann on "Countdown."

Rayburn couldn't do it, though. He was busy filling in for Maddow on her nationally syndicated Air America show. The morning drive-time host for The Mic 92.1 has expanded his audience from Madison by filling in for Maddow and the recently departed Randi Rhodes. He has also filled in for national hosts Sam Seder and the Young Turks.

That's a far cry from just a year ago, when Rayburn, 34, was temporarily unemployed after The Mic's corporate parent, Clear Channel, announced plans to switch to an all-sports format. Rayburn was cut from the lineup in late 2006 in anticipation of a transition that never happened, but it took six more months for him to get back on the air locally. ...
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