http://www.centralairmedia.com/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=24 Taking another step toward redefining the landscape of American talk radio, program production and syndication company Progress Media Inc. today announced its Central Air radio network will hit airwaves in the first quarter of 2004, in time for the election season.
“Our success to date proves what we have known all along: a progressive radio network can be entertaining and engaging while also being a successful business venture,” said Mark Walsh, Chief Executive Officer of Progress Media, Inc. and the Central Air radio network.
Progress Media is in discussions with comedian and author Al Franken, whose book, Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them, a current best-seller and actress, comedienne and commentator Janeane Garofalo. The company also announced the hiring of Lizz Winstead, creator of the “Daily Show,” to oversee entertainment programming; Shelley Lewis, a longtime network news producer who was most recently in charge of “American Morning” on CNN, to oversee news programming; Dave Logan, former Chicago radio executive, to serve as Executive Vice President of programming and operations and Martin Kaplan, a screenwriter and former chief speechwriter to Walter F. Mondale, to host a talk show about the news media.
“The top talent in the country is coming together to ensure Central Air provides the most compelling and entertaining programming on radio,” said Central Air President Jon Sinton.
Central Air will broadcast a full schedule of programming on radio stations they are close to buying in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Philadelphia and Boston, five of the ten largest media markets in the country.
“Central Air will be available in the first quarter in top markets across the country, and our distribution channels will continue to expand in the coming months,” said Sinton