That means that nobody outside of the station was listening. On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 10:57 AM, Zebnick <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >ratings collapsed to a level that could not be measured after the > election. > > ROTFLMAO!!! > > On Feb 3, 4:04 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, 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: > > > > 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 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. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
