You mean whiners like Rush Limbaugh? On Feb 3, 10:20 pm, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > 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/AR200...> > > : > > > 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-...>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
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