Who wants to listen to babies whining and crying all day. On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 3:04 PM, Cold Water <[email protected]> wrote:
> * "Its predictable failure illustrates why liberals' hatred of free > markets is particularly intense when it comes to radio." Moonbat Radio > Flops Again > > No wonder Democrats are so gung-ho about the Unfairness > Doctrine<http://www.heritage.org/Research/Regulation/EM368.cfm>, > which would coerce radio stations to feature left-wing talk show hosts even > if no one wants to listen to them. Two weeks into the Age of Obama, and > already DC's WWRC OBAMA 1260 has been forced to change format because radio > listeners get enough moonbattery from print and TV. The Washington Compost > reports<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/01/AR2009020101836_2.html> > : > > President Obama may be riding high in Washington, but OBAMA 1260 is not. > > The area's only progressive talk station is changing formats, dropping such > syndicated liberal hosts as Ed Schultz, Stephanie Miller and Bill Press in > favor of financial news, starting next week. > > The move by Redskins owner Dan Snyder, who purchased the station, WWRC, and > others in Washington last summer, leaves the city without a liberal radio > outlet. Program Director Greg Tantum says he thought the station could work > because of enthusiasm over Obama, but that ratings collapsed to a level that > could not be measured after the election. > > But ratings nearly doubled, he says, at Snyder's conservative station, > WTNT, which features Laura Ingraham and Bill Bennett. > > As > NewsBusters<http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tim-graham/2009/02/02/d-c-station-dumps-its-failing-liberal-obama-1260-talk-format>points > out, there are other liberal talk stations in DC, namely NPR > affiliate WAMU and the even wackier Pacifica station WPFW. But WWRC is the > only one competing as a commercial station. Its predictable failure > illustrates why liberals' hatred of free markets is particularly intense > when it comes to radio. > > http://www.moonbattery.com/archives/2009/02/moonbat_radio_f.html > * > > > > -- *~@):~{> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
