WJNO is airing Hannity after Randi now? WTF?

[tridim]

Am I the only one hearing this crap?

Wonder what Randi thinks about this?

[AX10]

1. Location?

[tridim]

3. I think WJNO is Randi's home station in Florida..

It's the stream I listen to every day.. They replaced Ed Shultz' time slot with Hannity! That's not good.

[seriousstan]

2. Beck, Limbaugh,Rhodes, Schultz and then Hannity. 5 days a week.

9:00-12:00pm Glenn Beck
Noon-3:00pm Rush Limbaugh
3:00-6:00pm Randi Rhodes
6:00-9:00pm Ed Schultz
9:00pm-12am Sean Hannity

I doubt they really care how Randy thinks about this.

[tridim]

4. Randi is their top show.

At least that's what Randi always says.

[seriousstan]

6. Randi says plenty of things without the benefit of thought..

Ratings are available.

[tridim]

7. Got any proof of that?

She has beat Rush in the same time slot for many many years, there's no chance Rush-wannabe Hannity beats her.

[walldude]

9. She's on the drive time shift. That adds weight to her claim. n/t

[eagler]

5. This is exactly why we need the FAIRNESS DOCTRINE

reinstated - so that all of the station that air Hannity and Limbaugh and the like are required to allow opposing viewpoints to be heard by the same audiences as are brainwashed on a daily basis by the RW.

[tridim]

8. I just sent an email to the station producer.

It's clearchannel.

[KharmaTrain]

13. Sorry...Fairness Doctrines Never Covered Talk Shows

These are considered "entertainment"...thus why Rushbo keeps calling himself an "entertainer". THe Fairness Doctrine only pertained to Public Affairs and station advertising...preventing stations from charging what they want for political advertising.

The way to beat the RW spin machine is to develop a strong Progressive radio network...also to revisit Telcom '96 and reinstate shorter license renewal periods, limit the number of stations a company can own in a market and make license challenge easier.

[eagler]

16. Sorry.. but you are dead wrong. The Fairness Doctrine covered

especially talk radio - in particular, anytime a contrary position on an issue was espoused or a person's character or political opinion was expressed, the FD allowed for rebuttal and defense. That was its purpose. talk radio show hosts know that and that's why they fight so hard against reinstitution of it. There is a direct correlation between the rise of RW talk radio, the decline of the Democratic party in the South and midwestern states, and the abbrogation of the FAIRNESS DOCTRINE. Nothing puts fear and rage into the hearts of RW talkshow hosts as does the FD because they realize that it would require them to be held accountable for there words and actions over the airwaves.

[KharmaTrain]

17. Only Public Service Programming

Which was required at the time to maintain a license. These were the Sunday morning shows ones...not the "prime time" personality programs. I know, I worked with the Fairness Doctrine...did the Ascertainment and License renewals. Fairness Doctrine also didn't cover what was considered "bona fide" news...thus that if a reporter covered one candidate that they would be required to give equal time to all.

Equal time in the past was more a concern of station ascertainment...a critical element in how licenses were renewed (no longer that important)...stations were more concern with license challenges and other legal hassles from candidates and civic groups. Lots of complaints in the public file could be a big problem at renewal time...which in those days was every 3 years. Now it's 7 and most the local programming and ascertainment requirements have been eliminated (thanks to Telcom '96).

I witnessed the birth of RW hate radio...the strategies that were involved and how it dovetailed thanks to deregulation that took local control away from thousands of stations and turned them into satellite stations for the large corporates. It was done through being aggressive in marketing, taking advantage of "deregulation" and having a lot of money and powerful friends. Read up on the history of Clear Channel...the Mayes family and their good friends the Hicks at the former Chancellor Media (both boooshie rangers) and you'll see where political connections, not the fairness doctrine, made hate radio as big as it is today.

[eagler]

18. Sorry but I did a graduate thesis on the FD. It covered any kind of programming

that might have required a person or a viewpoint to be defended. It did not require equal air time, but a chance to rebut or defend. Even Limbaugh and Hannity admit that it would greatly affect the way they operate. http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=2053

[Bonhomme Richard]

10. Frankly I think that is the way it should be.

As long as there is going to be RW bullshit on a station there also ought to be available to thats stations listeners a counterpoint, or as you and I know it as the truth.

[tridim]

11. Good point, I guess I'm being selfish..

My whole progressive radio schedule just got thrown out of whack. I need to find a new stream to listen to after Randi because I'm certainly not listening to Hannity. Any suggestions?

[Divine Discontent]

12. in your car or at home I think you can

subscribe to AAR. I don't listen to it but my mom does. I can understand your disgust, Hannity is as painful as, if not more because of his voice, Rush.

[tridim]

14. I have a local AAR station, but it plays Randi on tape-delay immediately after..

the live version on WJNO. That's not going to work. Maybe I'll just turn on music or something, crazy as that is for this talk-radio junkie. :)

[nadinbrzezinski]

15. Hey you still have that

my talk radio is now all conservative, all christian all sports all the time.

IPOD is my friend now.

Right now listening to Hartmann on a podcast