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What do y'all think of the new WSMB?

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AUdubon5425

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I've listened to a good deal of the syndicated shows touted as "Progressive Talk" over the last several days, and while many of the Air America hosts have differing opinions on matters of the day, there's one recurring theme. They may as well call the station "We Hate Bush 1350."

The "My America" and "...Telling the Truth" promos are a little self-righteous for me; I think there are better ways to promote the format.

And they have Ed Schultz. I lived in Fargo, No. Dakota when he was a TV newscaster and then local radio talker there in the late '90's. He's a guy who's pretty full of himself. As a side note, he mysteriously shot his own dog one weekend. He eerily struck me as North Dakota's own Ron Hunter.

So, any guesses as to how long "Progressive Talk" will survive in New Orleans?
 
> I've listened to a good deal of the syndicated shows touted
> as "Progressive Talk" over the last several days, and while
> many of the Air America hosts have differing opinions on
> matters of the day, there's one recurring theme. They may
> as well call the station "We Hate Bush 1350."
>
> The "My America" and "...Telling the Truth" promos are a
> little self-righteous for me; I think there are better ways
> to promote the format.
>
> And they have Ed Schultz. I lived in Fargo, No. Dakota when
> he was a TV newscaster and then local radio talker there in
> the late '90's. He's a guy who's pretty full of himself.
> As a side note, he mysteriously shot his own dog one
> weekend. He eerily struck me as North Dakota's own Ron
> Hunter.
>
> So, any guesses as to how long "Progressive Talk" will
> survive in New Orleans?
>
in the 90s we could have called wwl 870am we hate clinton 870am..there is an audience for it or it wouldnt be on. i dont like it and i voted for bush. but that doesnt mean i am 100% pro bush like rush and sean are. i am more like michael savage. i personally feel both sides are wrong! we need a new party in this country. neither democrat nor republican..some party that practices what it preaches...
as far how long will it be around? considering new orleans is about 55 % liberal..probably a long time...<P ID="signature">______________
note to tvland...bring back wkrp!!!</P>
 
The previous post hit the nail on the head. I mean, really, are we going to put (or keep) on blinders and pretend that Rush and Hannity aren't FULL OF THEMSELVES, as well? Lest we forget "the golden EIB microphone," manned by the announcer "with talent on loan from GAWD?"

I also agree with smashed when it comes to the "other" party out there, waiting to be formed. It'll consist of the moderate republicans and conservative democrats (aka "the middle ground") that doesn't give a flying FLIP for all the right-wing "pander to the lowest common denominator" ignorance on talk radio or the uber-liberal whackjobs, either.
 
> The previous post hit the nail on the head. I mean, really,
> are we going to put (or keep) on blinders and pretend that
> Rush and Hannity aren't FULL OF THEMSELVES, as well? Lest
> we forget "the golden EIB microphone," manned by the
> announcer "with talent on loan from GAWD?"
>
> I also agree with smashed when it comes to the "other" party
> out there, waiting to be formed. It'll consist of the
> moderate republicans and conservative democrats (aka "the
> middle ground") that doesn't give a flying FLIP for all the
> right-wing "pander to the lowest common denominator"
> ignorance on talk radio or the uber-liberal whackjobs,
> either.
>


Yeah but look at today...the republicans and Democrats got smart and basically made starting a new party that has any clout almost immpossible in the US. For example,Most canadates in Louisiana are listed as independant if they wasn't a democrat or Republican till recently (except for national elections I beleive)(http://www.sec.state.la.us/elections/MISC/Recognized_Political_Parties_handout.pdf). Right now the only one close to succeding I think is Ross Perot's Reform party on the national front... and his platform is closer to conservative than anything.

Yeah I agree on the middle ground. It would actually make for interesting talk radio but in reality, you could possibly have people tune out cause their ideas are differnt than your personality's (and this is why MOTR listeners swap between Liberals and Conservatives for) as 1 MOTR (Middle of the road)will go one way on a issue where as another may go the other.... My thing would be if MOTRs would be accepting of other viewpoints (which the other 2 can't do even if they say they do) I say YES to a point..but can we have this group be big and as faithful as the dittoheads and liberals?

ON AAR in Louisiana on air currently:

WSMB 1350 New Orleans - I figured the Big Slezy was gonna be the first with Liberal talk. BR beat them by roughly 2 weeks.... But with NOLA being the 26th most liberal city in the nation.. It's gonna have fans for a while.

WYNK 1380 Baton Rouge - If the ratings stay the same or slightly better than the Conservative YNK-AM ..expect it to stay... if ratings tank, sing Bye Bye Love on this one.

KEUN 1490 Eunice - Ok, this looks to be filler more than anything (or they liked what was being offered by AAR). Lafayette is the 9th most conservative town in the nation..It has been said, this format is to stay if this station moves to Pineville as the application has requested (Ron can you fill us in on your opinions of political climate in Cenla?)...But in my stays there, Central Louisiana is more of a conservative town just like Lafayette.

The ratings are from http://www.votingresearch.org/ BTW and do refer that a lot of the southern cities lean liberal due to African American voting trends.

Also Ron, I was recently surprised on what you were spinnning on q93 (KQID-Alexandria)... Classic AC/DC? Haven't heard that on a CHR in ages...

RFLA
 
Sometimes ya gotta spike those throwbacks in to bring the 25-54 to your format. :)

When I was at WABB in Mobile, they'd play "Sweet Home Alabama," as an oldies' spike.

I hate that song, but it's HUGE there, of course.
 
> > The previous post hit the nail on the head. I mean,
> really,
> > are we going to put (or keep) on blinders and pretend that
>
> > Rush and Hannity aren't FULL OF THEMSELVES, as well? Lest
>
> > we forget "the golden EIB microphone," manned by the
> > announcer "with talent on loan from GAWD?"
> >
> > I also agree with smashed when it comes to the "other"
> party
> > out there, waiting to be formed. It'll consist of the
> > moderate republicans and conservative democrats (aka "the
> > middle ground") that doesn't give a flying FLIP for all
> the
> > right-wing "pander to the lowest common denominator"
> > ignorance on talk radio or the uber-liberal whackjobs,
> > either.
> >
>
>
> Yeah but look at today...the republicans and Democrats got
> smart and basically made starting a new party that has any
> clout almost immpossible in the US. For example,Most
> canadates in Louisiana are listed as independant if they
> wasn't a democrat or Republican till recently (except for
> national elections I
beleive)(http://www.sec.state.la.> us/elections/MISC/Recognized_Political_Parties_handout.pdf).
> Right now the only one close to succeding I think is Ross
> Perot's Reform party on the national front... and his
> platform is closer to conservative than anything.
>
> Yeah I agree on the middle ground. It would actually make
> for interesting talk radio but in reality, you could
> possibly have people tune out cause their ideas are differnt
> than your personality's (and this is why MOTR listeners swap
> between Liberals and Conservatives for) as 1 MOTR (Middle of
> the road)will go one way on a issue where as another may go
> the other.... My thing would be if MOTRs would be accepting
> of other viewpoints (which the other 2 can't do even if they
> say they do) I say YES to a point..but can we have this
> group be big and as faithful as the dittoheads and liberals?
>
>
> ON AAR in Louisiana on air currently:
>
> WSMB 1350 New Orleans - I figured the Big Slezy was gonna be
> the first with Liberal talk. BR beat them by roughly 2
> weeks.... But with NOLA being the 26th most liberal city in
> the nation.. It's gonna have fans for a while.
>
> WYNK 1380 Baton Rouge - If the ratings stay the same or
> slightly better than the Conservative YNK-AM ..expect it to
> stay... if ratings tank, sing Bye Bye Love on this one.
>
> KEUN 1490 Eunice - Ok, this looks to be filler more than
> anything (or they liked what was being offered by AAR).
> Lafayette is the 9th most conservative town in the
> nation..It has been said, this format is to stay if this
> station moves to Pineville as the application has requested
> (Ron can you fill us in on your opinions of political
> climate in Cenla?)...But in my stays there, Central
> Louisiana is more of a conservative town just like
> Lafayette.
>
> The ratings are from http://www.votingresearch.org/ BTW and
> do refer that a lot of the southern cities lean liberal due
> to African American voting trends.
>
> Also Ron, I was recently surprised on what you were
> spinnning on q93 (KQID-Alexandria)... Classic AC/DC? Haven't
> heard that on a CHR in ages...
>
> RFLA
>
disclaimer:
i am only stating this too say what party i fit in. no other reason..and not too start anything..


the main reason i am a republican is because i am pro life. if it wasnt for that one single issue i would probably be a democrat. but since most democrats are pro choice i would have a hard time ever voting for the party. but.if they would ever change their hard line stance on that one single issue i would probably vote fpr them and switch parties..back to wsmb...i actually like the station..i agree with one major issue they talk about daily..we need to get the hell out of iraq!! why are we letting our troops get killed in that godless country? they have been in a cival war for 2000 years. why does george bush think he can change that???<P ID="signature">______________
note to tvland...bring back wkrp!!!</P>
 
> Sometimes ya gotta spike those throwbacks in to bring the
> 25-54 to your format. :)
>
> When I was at WABB in Mobile, they'd play "Sweet Home
> Alabama," as an oldies' spike.
>
> I hate that song, but it's HUGE there, of course.
>
i remember when they played that as a new song :)..when they were a rock station!! or was it a rock 40 station .....<P ID="signature">______________
note to tvland...bring back wkrp!!!</P>
 
There's a little irony in somebody being a Republican because they're pro-life. We re-elect a Republican president who we all now know sent 1,830 of our men and women to an unnecessary grave in Iraq, neverMIND the countless tens of thousands of Iraqis now dead, too. But millions rallied to re-elect him because he's pro-life. Oh, and not for gay marriage.

Yes, THOSE are issues gripping this nation. Boys kising boys and girls kissing girls. And people not ready to have children being 'morally' pushed to have them.

Sorry to rant... but I don't believe people should sweepingly vote for a party over any single issue.

I remember when people voted for Republicans because they were supposed to be 'fiscally responsible,' and now we're in a record spending deficit with Republicans controlling the House, Senate AND White House.

I remember when Republicans were considered 'strong' leaders when it came to our national defense, and yet our military is now stretched so thin, and recruiting is suffering miserably, in the after-math of what is now an unpopular war.

All the GOP radio blowhards can (still) talk about is Clinton Clinton Clinton. I'll respect a man, a party, when they can admit their own failures instead of trying to capitalize on percieved negatives of their rivals. The Republican party has failed to show me that.

I, too, on a personal level, don't believe in abortion as a 'birth control' method. But I'm a male, and the debate affects me none. We could end the abortion debate if we didn't have whole religions preaching against birth control and holier-than-thou pharmacists who refuse to dole it out, when they're all too happy to hand out viagra to horny old guys for a keen profit.

But I digress. :)
 
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