Ed Schultz Ends Radio Show, Moves to Web-Based Broadcast

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

Source: Mediaite

MSNBC host Ed Schultz announced Wednesday that he will no longer be hosting his long-running syndicated radio show and will instead host an online-only broadcast hosted on his website, wegoted.com.

The move from radio to online means that instead of hosting a three-hour radio show each day, in addition to his daily TV show on MSNBC, Schultz will only produce one additional audio hour on a daily basis. The host said the change would go into effect next Tuesday after Memorial Day and that the new one-hour show will stream for free on his website, Monday through Friday from noon – 1 p.m. ET.

“Really this change will give me more flexibility to be on the road to do the kind of shows I want to do here for The Ed Show on MSNBC,” Schultz told his audience, putting a positive spin on the change. “This is on me, you know. I just don’t want to do a three-hour talk show anymore.”

Noting that his radio career began all the way back in 1978, Schultz said, “I guess I never thought this day would come, where I would make a change like this.”

Read more: http://www.mediaite.com/tv/ed-schultz-loses-radio-show-moves-to-web-based-broadcast/

[JDPriestly]

1. Love to Ed Schultz!

[uhnope]

39. bad news. this will probably increase the RW monopoly on talk radio which is worse than FOX

and IMO radio is responsible for even more of the wingnuts and brainwashed RWers than FOX

[burrowowl]

2. Damn!

Randi is gone Really, really sad, she ws the most intelligent and fisty!.My puter is too slow for web shit. I like to drive and hear some AM good stuff.

[bigdarryl]

4. So does that mean he's off Sirius XM also

If so they should offer Randi that time slot.I contacted Sirius and asked them why they never put her back on air after that screw up with that broadcast she worked for.

[YOHABLO]

9. I was of the impression that Randi was calling it quits. She checked out the 15th.

Unless she's not telling us the whole story. I know that she was the only progressive talk show host for the company that aired her. It's a shame to see her go. She will be missed by so many.
Maybe she'll come back. Who knows.

It seems we keep losing all the progressive stations around the country. Denver's station just switched over to something else; probably right wing talk. Also two stations in California went right wing. You think the Kochs have anything to do with this? No wonder the people in this country are getting dumbed down by the minute. It's just unbelievable .. and mind you, we own the airwaves folks.

[bigdarryl]

35. She did retire but money talks if Sirius offers her a good package

More than double what she was making plus do her show in her own home like Stephine Miller does she might come out of retirement.

[cascadiance]

46. I have an old friend I used to work with who works for the company she and Glen Beck worked for...

Premiere Radio Networks I think... They do the Blaze web site, etc. for Beck. I heard rumors from him that Randi got caught once by after hours cameras dumping Glen Beck's ash trays around Beck's office. My guess is that over time she got a little tired of the arrangement where she was surrounded by the likes of Beck, etc.

[Omaha Steve]

24. About Randi

X 2!

[brett_jv]

7. There's virtually no PC made in the past 12 years that can't easily stream audio off the internet

Especially the spoken kind. Unless your PC is ANCIENT and/or you're still on dialup (in which case that's the issue, not your computer itself) you shouldn't have a problem listening to Ed's show off the internet.

Just sayin' ...

That all being said, hearing this news, esp. after losing Randi so recently is definitely a blow ... what will I listen to on the way to work every day? And are we going to lose Thom next?

[newthinking]

11. Yes, but you have to know the stream is there. This limits exposure to progressive ideas

in the radio media.

[Snarkoleptic]

13. Here's a station you can hear online.

It's WCPT - Chicago's Progressive Talk, which is independently owned.
www.chicagosprogressivetalk.com

[kaiden]

15. We have been listening to it all week!

We lost 760 AM in Denver last Friday, so on Saturday went to Target and purchased an auxiliary cable and a Phillips radio that streams. We now listen to that Chicago station at home, in the car and through our computers at work. I urge all listeners of progressive radio to do the same.

[titaniumsalute]

21. Oh please this is 2014 -

Anyone can take 10 seconds and Google online "progressive" or "liberal" radio shows. Here's what comes up:

.

https://www.mikemalloy.com/

http://www.thomhartmann.com/

http://www.billpressshow.com/

http://chicagosprogressivetalk.com/ (Lots of talk that can all be streamed)

http://www.ringoffireradio.com/about/mike-papantonio/

http://www.peterbcollins.com/

http://www.stephaniemiller.com/listen-live/

Between my computer and Sirius/XM subscription I haven't listened to the over the air radio in years EXCEPT NPR.

[VanillaRhapsody]

31. I have been an avid Progressive Talk Radio fan for over 10 yrs...

When I say avid....I mean EVERY DAY.

On your list the only one left on your list I can listen to for hours on end without dozing off....is Stephanie Miller.

All the "Entertaining" Progressive talk radio is gone now.....

[newthinking]

48. But radio waves expose people that ordinarily would not look for a progressive view

The internet is great for those who are already interested in progressive views. But Radio and TV are still a primary "educational" outlet (unfortunately) for many in the US.
It is a significant loss to lose access to radio stations.

[uhnope]

38. Yes, this sounds like a step backward that will increase the RW monopoly on talk radio

[LTR]

45. Another option

Get an Android phone with an inexpensive plan. There are a few carriers that charge as low as $35 per month, and a basic smartphone can be had for less than $50. They also all have Wi-Fi capabilities to save on 3G/4G data.

Next, download an app called TuneIn. With this, you can easily find and stream a number of progressive talk stations and shows. The app also lists shows and podcasts by host. In addition, you can find plenty of web-only broadcasts.

What's more - you can plug it into your car stereo and listen while you drive.

[doxydad]

17. Uh...

Randi is gone Really, really sad, she ws the most intelligent and fisty!

Don't you mean 'Feisty' ? Because 'fisty' is COMPLETELY DIFFERENT! just sayin'...

[7962]

18. I wouldnt have thought about it until you pointed it out!! But yes, VERY different

[Yavin4]

3. This is a good thing. Radio is dying a fast death.

Ed will have ultimate freedom on the web.

[Chakab]

5. Randy Rhodes just quit. Now this. Terrestrial talk radio is dead.

[newthinking]

12. It is not dead. Just certain viewpoints are being suffocated by semi-monopolies

[DontTreadOnMe]

27. yes, terrestial radio is dead... especially music radio

the advertising dollars are gone, just like newspapers.

Streaming radio is the future, because it is cheaper to produce.

[yurbud]

34. semi? Clear Channel gets to decide which formats live or die

[Judi Lynn]

6. Good luck to Ed Schultz. He throws himself whole-heartedly into his work. n/t

[polynomial]

8. Is it half empty or half fool.

From my view Ed Shultz is sort of like looking at the glass either half empty or half full. My reasoning is a just plain long listening developed in a philosophical nature of being, in reality, as well as the basic relations.

Especially, Ed’s relations to MSNBC, a theater characterized as news yet loaded with hate, bias, political lies, smear, deception, always eluding the truth. MSNBC have key players, and formidable anchor Journalist that are hardwired to the federal reserve, metadata collection, the treasury, and the largest corporations in America that flex every singularity of the tax code.


To be up front, honest, with the mission to serve the public under the laws of the Constitution is basically what the mainstream media has not done very well since the inception of the electromagnetic principles applied to communications. To quote a famous television journalist of the past;

“That’s the way it is” … Walter Cronkite.

Today, it is obvious, obnoxious, commercialized, social rape. On the so called free air television many can notice the proliferation of constant legal advertisements making offers to take legal action for free getting paid only if you win in court; I see this stuff all the time.

That basically reveals the tsunami of corruption in laws and legislation and the fundamental judicial system that is dominated by who ever decides to be the decider. This history always existed but cover up till now; known now because of the Internet.

The real winner is that these right and left wing screw balls that run the country have always been there it is just now we all realize what idiots we have running the country dancing for tax dollars.

[santroy79]

10. Put Tom Hartman on in that radio spot!!!

Please XM/Sirius

[LTR]

43. He originally was on in that time slot

Moved it to later when Schultz moved his. Wonder if Thom will move it back.

EDIT: Looks like he is:

https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10152236124673220&id=336666483219&refid=17

[Hoppy]

14. XM/Sirius get suckier by the month...

Weekends are now nothing but re-runs. Looks like Dave Marsh is off the air.

As for N.P.R., three hours of Car Talk in the afternoon?

Well, at least they have, You Bet Your Garden."

I see no reason any longer to renew a subscription.

[PDittie]

16. Just let mine lapse

after almost seven years. I'm so old I remember when the selling point for sat radio was "there's no commercials".

[doxydad]

19. Just spitballin' here...

Sirius /XM has Michelangelo Signorelli on in the afternoon. I don't mean to start a war here, but GAWD....he'ss-l-o-w and needs to PICK UP THE PACE!!!

His show reminds me of an overnight college station. It's abysmal. Ari Rabin Haft is on early mornings there, and he's not much better. You cannot tell me, with all the sharp young communication based progressive minds out there that Sirius / XM cannot come up with decent programming.

I stopped listening to Media Matters on the weekend...if I wanted to go to a goddamn Teddy Bear's Picnic, I would get out my unicorns and teacups! It's horrible. Maybe they don't pay their people enough, but after Stephie Miller in the morning, I'm done till whenever she's back on. Randi is gone , Ed is gone, and there is no looking back!

When I was working temp radio slots, ( insert old man pulling his pants up to JUST below his nipples... HERE) I would be put up against the likes of Rush Limbaugh...so it was Oldies versus Assies...and he won the time slot. Now, he is hitting in the .06-.08 ratings area, being actually thumped in his time slot by college and Spanish speaking stations and he is the one to blame for the death of Talk Radio.

Again, just spitballin' here, this would be MY OPINION only, and ...END of RANT.

[VanillaRhapsody]

30. That's how I feel about Thom Hartmann

He says a lot that I agree with.....

I just cannot listen to him for hours on end. It is too much like listening to NPR!

I miss Randi Rhodes!

[SunSeeker]

40. +1

[cascadiance]

47. They replaced Thom Hartmann's live slot with Michelangelo Signorelli about the same time...

... that Liberty Communications bought stronger control of ownership over the Sirius / XM "formed" monopoly of satellite radio. I'm thinking that it wasn't a lot of coincidence there. They would rather people have a live show where the focus is on social issues like gay and lesbian topics that Michelangelo focuses on rather than the issues surrounding corporatists that Hartmann focuses on. They have to keep us dumbed down on that stuff (albeit very worthy topics) and keep us divided instead of uniting the 99% to take the system back from the 1%!

[Botany]

20. But you can still go across the country and always hear right wing crap

Radio still has its place ....

[jwirr]

22. I really love his show on MSNBC.

[rurallib]

23. the worst thing about Ed moving on is that he is THE fighter for workers

hardly anyone else ever brings up worker issues.

[ramapo]

25. Nobody listens to the radio

Radio is dying a slow death, especially AM radio. Nobody listens if not in the car. The 'progressive' outlet in NYC flipped to a Spanish, maybe it was Mexican, format in January so Ed hasn't been in the NY market since then.

Three hours of radio plus a TV show is a lot of talk time. Ed's decision is understandable.

[Shankapotomus]

26. If less radio means more tv time

and more exposure (and acceptance) to a larger and more varied demographic, I say more of it. When I see progressives moving from radio to tv while conservatives like Limbaugh seem unable to make the transition, I take it as a sign progressive ideas are becoming more accepted by the general population. There's a reason Limbaugh can't do tv. Most of the country would soundly reject him if they were directly exposed to his ideas.

[Tom Rinaldo]

28. Not more TV time, but more time to spend on his TV show

I can understand that. How much planning can go into a daily hour TV show when you also have a 3 hour daily radio show? Hopefully his TV show can now become even more hard hitting.

[GoCubsGo]

41. And, he doesn't always do 3 hours on the radio.

Lately, it's been 2 hours and an hour of "best of". I can't blame him, either. Even with a lot of overlap, that's still a hell of a lot of prep work, even with a staff.

[VanillaRhapsody]

29. DAMN! First Randi Rhodes now this?

my whole fucking day is shot full of holes!

[House of Roberts]

32. Anyone who listens to Ed's radio show,

has to have noticed how frequently he has Best of Ed segments in place of live shows recently. For a while Papantonio took up some slack, and later Mike Rogers has been filling in, also Joel Heitkamp. He's just too busy to do it all anymore.

[House of Roberts]

36. Ed Schultz just said it:

“My heart’s not in it, to do three hours of radio a day.”

[northoftheborder]

33. Yeah, I was already thinking of dropping XM. It's still worthwhile if you're doing a lot of driving

out in the boondocks where you can't get NPR. But not doing any of that anymore, so, I'm saving that money for something else.

[doxydad]

49. Little shopping tip for you...

My 6 month subscription was about to expire, and I called Sirius, told them I wanted a smaller package due to basically listening to Oldies, progressive radio and business. It was still $164 a year, so i told them to cancel me. Not worth it for 3 lousy stations a year! They kicked me up to somebody else who offered me AND my wife's subscription for $115....both radios for a full year with the packages we already had! It pays to bitch!!

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

37. With both Randi and Ed gone, I have gone into a deep "radio talk show" depression...

I used to love Mike Malloy, but he became too much for me. Then Stephanie was too chatty and silly. Mark Maron was too whiny. Bill Press too wonky and often boring. Ed was entertaining. Randi was funny and brilliant! Ed and Randi were the only two I had left. They were the only two that I paid money for to maintain those podcasts.

The good news is that I'll be saving money every month.

The bad news is that I will no longer have their voices...and this during an election year.

I'm not sure what's *really* going on here; all I know is that we continue to lose these liberal stalwarts who truly speak up for the downtrodden in this county and now they are both gone.

Ed's t.v. show is fine, but it's not the same. He had more flexibility on his radio talk show than he does on his t.v. show. He had more freedom to say what he wanted. Now I can't help but thing he's simply fulfilling some kind of corporate-based contract, just biding his time until that's over when he can leave the show, too, and retire for good. Very sad.

[ErikJ]

42. We have Herman Caine on 2 radio stations here--AT THE SAME TIME!

Proof that they are running RW radio not for profit but for ideology saturation.

[doxydad]

50. Clear Channel...

loses money every day because they have this 'Right Wing Radio Blitz' mentality. they are their own worse enemy!

[LTR]

44. Apparently, Thom Hartmann is moving back to that time slot

And, for the time being, is doing TWO live shows.

https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10152236124673220&id=336666483219&refid=17

From WCPT:

Ed Schultz announced today that he is leaving
radio. His last live show will be this Friday.
Thom Hartmann will be moving up to take
Ed's time slot starting next Tuesday. Next
week Thom will be doing two live shows. He
will be live in his new time slot, and in his
current time slot.
We wish Ed Schultz the best as he leaves
radio.
We will keep you informed about future
developments. Thank you for your loyalty.