Attention Southerners. Hope is on the way. Freedom is on the march.
 

'Blue' radio to debut in Memphis

Ed Hicks

Jerry Springer is not coming to Memphis radio -- at least not yet --
but Al Franken is. Franken, the former Saturday Night Live comedian
who made a splash last year with his book about Fox News, will be
featured on a new AM format starting Friday.


Entercom Memphis will change the call letters of radio station
WJCE-680AM on Friday, and will launch a liberal talk radio format
under the name Progressive Talk 680 WWTQ-AM, broadcasting the Air
America Radio network.

Operations manager Jerry Dean says the station will go with the Air
America format for the first few months, but hopes to add a live
morning show thereafter. The station has not decided who will host
that show, Dean says.

The station's new format will offer current political topics, social
activists, occasional comical twists and "a creative approach to
liberal talk by the best artists available," he says. It also will
offer local news, weather and traffic.

Air America is heard on 47 stations from Los Angeles to Washington,
D.C. The network's appearance on WWTQ-AM will mark its debut in the
South. Dean says it's about time.

"Shelby County is a blue county in a red state," Dean says. "65% of
Shelby County voters went for Senator Kerry. Plus, it's different. And
when you can bring a format that hasn't been done before, that's half
the battle."

Entercom Memphis is a division of Entercom Communications Corp., which
is based in Bala Cynwyd, Penn., near Philadelphia. The company is the
fourth-largest radio broadcaster in the nation.

Entercom is not the only broadcast company that's trying a progressive
format. In Cincinnati, arguably the nation's most conservative major
city, Clear Channel Radio has launched a progressive format on
WCKY-AM, offering Jerry Springer, who once served as mayor of
Cincinnati.

Springer's talk show is not yet syndicated. Dean says Progressive Talk
680 WWTQ-AM has no plans to offer it.

The station's scheduled lineup kicks off at 5 a.m. with "Morning
Sedition" and ends at midnight with "The Mike Malloy Show." Franken
will be on the air from 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

The other programs currently on the schedule include "Unfiltered,"
"The Randi Jones Show" and "The Majority Report."

WWTQ-AM's signal reaches Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana
and Missouri, making it the most powerful AM signal in the region,
according to Entercom.

Besides Memphis, Entercom operates stations in Boston; Seattle; Kansas
City; Indianapolis; Milwaukee; New Orleans; Denver; Portland, Ore.;
Sacramento, Calif.; Norfolk, Va.; Buffalo, N.Y.; Providence, R.I.;
Greensboro, Greenville/Spartanburg, N.C.; Rochester, Minn.; Madison,
Wis.; Wichita, Kan.; Wilkes Barre/Scranton, Penn.; and
Gainesville/Ocala, Fla.

DaviD,
..
The One Big LIE is in the use of the Word "Progressive"
..
This is a DISTORTION of the Truth for clearly Air America is
Ultra-Liberal and Al Franken and other Air America Hosts are
all Elitist.
..
Do Not Disrespect all those Good Honest MODERATE Forward Looking
American's : republican, democrat and independent. Who Are In-Fact
True Progressives by Falsely using the Word Progressive and linking
it to Air America and the likes of Al Franken.
..
Blessed by God with Life and Progressive by Nature thru Living ~ RHF
[Just an Old Retired Blue Collar Union Member - Dosvedanya T=ADovarisch]
.. =20
=2E

Yes, there are a few nuts, kooks snd queers who live the South that will
listen to **** like that.

Won't last long............... No Advertising !

David wrote:

'Blue' radio to debut in Memphis

Ed Hicks

Jerry Springer is not coming to Memphis radio -- at least not yet --
but Al Franken is. Franken, the former Saturday Night Live comedian
who made a splash last year with his book about Fox News, will be
featured on a new AM format starting Friday.


Entercom Memphis will change the call letters of radio station
WJCE-680AM on Friday, and will launch a liberal talk radio format
under the name Progressive Talk 680 WWTQ-AM, broadcasting the Air
America Radio network.

Operations manager Jerry Dean says the station will go with the Air
America format for the first few months, but hopes to add a live
morning show thereafter. The station has not decided who will host
that show, Dean says.

The station's new format will offer current political topics, social
activists, occasional comical twists and "a creative approach to
liberal talk by the best artists available," he says. It also will
offer local news, weather and traffic.

Air America is heard on 47 stations from Los Angeles to Washington,
D.C. The network's appearance on WWTQ-AM will mark its debut in the
South. Dean says it's about time.

"Shelby County is a blue county in a red state," Dean says. "65% of
Shelby County voters went for Senator Kerry. Plus, it's different. And
when you can bring a format that hasn't been done before, that's half
the battle."

Entercom Memphis is a division of Entercom Communications Corp., which
is based in Bala Cynwyd, Penn., near Philadelphia. The company is the
fourth-largest radio broadcaster in the nation.

Entercom is not the only broadcast company that's trying a progressive
format. In Cincinnati, arguably the nation's most conservative major
city, Clear Channel Radio has launched a progressive format on
WCKY-AM, offering Jerry Springer, who once served as mayor of
Cincinnati.

Springer's talk show is not yet syndicated. Dean says Progressive Talk
680 WWTQ-AM has no plans to offer it.

The station's scheduled lineup kicks off at 5 a.m. with "Morning
Sedition" and ends at midnight with "The Mike Malloy Show." Franken
will be on the air from 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

The other programs currently on the schedule include "Unfiltered,"
"The Randi Jones Show" and "The Majority Report."

WWTQ-AM's signal reaches Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana
and Missouri, making it the most powerful AM signal in the region,
according to Entercom.

Besides Memphis, Entercom operates stations in Boston; Seattle; Kansas
City; Indianapolis; Milwaukee; New Orleans; Denver; Portland, Ore.;
Sacramento, Calif.; Norfolk, Va.; Buffalo, N.Y.; Providence, R.I.;
Greensboro, Greenville/Spartanburg, N.C.; Rochester, Minn.; Madison,
Wis.; Wichita, Kan.; Wilkes Barre/Scranton, Penn.; and
Gainesville/Ocala, Fla.

wrote in message ...

"Shelby County is a blue county in a red state," Dean says. "65% of
Shelby County voters went for Senator Kerry. Plus, it's different. And
when you can bring a format that hasn't been done before, that's half
the battle."

Just because a few Southern Democrats voted for Kerry does not mean that a
liberal talk radio format will last long in the conservative South. I don't
think this will last very long at all.


--
Tom Sevart N2UHC
Frontenac, KS
http://www.geocities.com/n2uhc

I am an old Southern boy and I never listen to them libs and democraps
stupid bull****.I may be dumb,but I am not stupid.Jim White,on his radio
(Jim White retired a few years ago) talk show out of KMOX,St.Louis used
to always say,YOU CAN'T FIX STUPID! And Jim White is right too.
cuhulin

wrote in message ...
Yes, there are a few nuts, kooks snd queers who live the South that will
listen to **** like that.

Why should they? Boring, boring, boring. I had the misfortune to pick up
Al Franken once and listened for 5 minutes. All I heard were his laughing
at his sick attempts at humor.

Won't last long............... No Advertising !

Who would support (pay) for such drivel? Only rich activists (Soros, etc.).

David wrote:

Not going to repeat that .....

HankG

Tom Sevart wrote:
Just because a few Southern Democrats voted for Kerry does not mean that a
liberal talk radio format will last long in the conservative South. I don't
think this will last very long at all.

Don't be so sure, Tom. At least 40% of the people in the South
lack the good sense to be a "red" person. That's more than enough
money to keep Franken(stein) and (hot)Air America turning up,
like a bad penny, for years to come.

You are full of ****!
cuhulin

On 29 Jan 2005 18:08:35 -0800, "RHF"
wrote:

DaviD,
.
The One Big LIE is in the use of the Word "Progressive"
.
This is a DISTORTION of the Truth for clearly Air America is
Ultra-Liberal and Al Franken and other Air America Hosts are
all Elitist.
.
Do Not Disrespect all those Good Honest MODERATE Forward Looking
American's : republican, democrat and independent. Who Are In-Fact
True Progressives by Falsely using the Word Progressive and linking
it to Air America and the likes of Al Franken.
.
Blessed by God with Life and Progressive by Nature thru Living ~ RHF
[Just an Old Retired Blue Collar Union Member - Dosvedanya T*ovarisch]
.
.

The basic principles of progressivism a

Social safety net
Those that work hard and play by the rules should receive a decent
standard of living, as well as freedom, security, and opportunity.
Democracy
Minimize concentrations of political, corporate, and media power so
that individuals have a stronger voice in their government. Publicly
finance elections to reduce the influence of wealth in the political
process. Improve public education, especially in civics and history so
that more citizens can take part in the political process. Bring
corporations under stakeholder control, not just stockholder control.
Larger role for government
Government provides public services that the private sector cannot or
is not doing effectively, or ethically. Government should promote and,
if possible, provide greater democracy, more freedom, a better
environment, broader prosperity, better health, greater fulfillment in
life, less violence, and the building and maintaining of public
infrastructure.
Ethical business sector
In the course of making money by providing products and services,
businesses should not adversely affect the public good, as defined by
the above values.
Foreign policy
The same values governing domestic policy should apply to foreign
policy whenever possible.

wikipedia

In article ,
Tom Betz wrote:

Quoth "HankG" in
:

wrote in message
...
Yes, there are a few nuts, kooks snd queers who live the South
that will listen to **** like that.

Why should they? Boring, boring, boring.

People are often bored by that which they do not comprehend.

Typical elitist, snobbish liberal take on anyone they disagree with.
"They don't agree with me because they are to stupid to understand
complex ideas."

Typical fare from Tom Betz, the talking ass of RRS.
----------------------
Hope is not a part of the Air America broadcasts.

Freedom means marching backward according to Air America.

Whether or not one agrees with the point of view expressed it was not
entertaining. Air america has sucked every time I tuned them in. Lame
humor and a rehash of tired, unrealistic, unworkable liberal ideas is
not entertaining in my view.

--
Telamon
Ventura, California

In article .com,
"RHF" wrote:

DaviD,
.
The One Big LIE is in the use of the Word "Progressive"
.
This is a DISTORTION of the Truth for clearly Air America is
Ultra-Liberal and Al Franken and other Air America Hosts are
all Elitist.
.
Do Not Disrespect all those Good Honest MODERATE Forward Looking
American's : republican, democrat and independent. Who Are In-Fact
True Progressives by Falsely using the Word Progressive and linking
it to Air America and the likes of Al Franken.
.
Blessed by God with Life and Progressive by Nature thru Living ~ RHF
[Just an Old Retired Blue Collar Union Member - Dosvedanya T*ovarisch]
.

Progressive is a term used by people of the liberal persuasion to
re-qualify unrealistic, unworkable and just plain dumb ideas as
something other than what they are.

--
Telamon
Ventura, California

On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 22:33:38 GMT, Telamon
wrote:

In article .com,
"RHF" wrote:

DaviD,
.
The One Big LIE is in the use of the Word "Progressive"
.
This is a DISTORTION of the Truth for clearly Air America is
Ultra-Liberal and Al Franken and other Air America Hosts are
all Elitist.
.
Do Not Disrespect all those Good Honest MODERATE Forward Looking
American's : republican, democrat and independent. Who Are In-Fact
True Progressives by Falsely using the Word Progressive and linking
it to Air America and the likes of Al Franken.
.
Blessed by God with Life and Progressive by Nature thru Living ~ RHF
[Just an Old Retired Blue Collar Union Member - Dosvedanya T*ovarisch]
.

Progressive is a term used by people of the liberal persuasion to
re-qualify unrealistic, unworkable and just plain dumb ideas as
something other than what they are.
These are the principles this country was fonded under. They were
called ''unrealistic, unworkable and just plain dumb ideas'' back in
1783, too.

"Tom Betz" wrote in message
. 69...
People are often bored by that which they do not comprehend.

That explains Kerrys campaign team.

"David" wrote in message
...
Wrong. Bush supporters appeared to live in an alternative universe.

Friday, October 22, 2004
Bush supporters are wildly misinformed.
tired old buzzflash propaganda snipped

I bet you watch "reality" TV too.

MnMikew wrote:

"David" wrote in message
...
Wrong. Bush supporters appeared to live in an alternative universe.

Friday, October 22, 2004
Bush supporters are wildly misinformed.
tired old buzzflash propaganda snipped

I bet you watch "reality" TV too.

I'm guessing that he has no connection to 'reality' what so ever.

dxAce
Some where out there
USA

Telamon wrote:
In article .com,
"RHF" wrote:


DaviD,
.
The One Big LIE is in the use of the Word "Progressive"
.
This is a DISTORTION of the Truth for clearly Air America is
Ultra-Liberal and Al Franken and other Air America Hosts are
all Elitist.
.
Do Not Disrespect all those Good Honest MODERATE Forward Looking
American's : republican, democrat and independent. Who Are In-Fact
True Progressives by Falsely using the Word Progressive and linking
it to Air America and the likes of Al Franken.
.
Blessed by God with Life and Progressive by Nature thru Living ~ RHF
[Just an Old Retired Blue Collar Union Member - Dosvedanya T*ovarisch]
.


Progressive is a term used by people of the liberal persuasion to
re-qualify unrealistic, unworkable and just plain dumb ideas as
something other than what they are.


Democracy is two wolves and a sheep voting on what's for dinner.
Liberty is a well armed sheep protesting the vote.


--
The name, "Rex Karz" is a pseudonym. The From: email address
is a spam trap. Messages sent to that address may cause the
sender's IP-address to be listed in one or more DNSBls.

On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 15:12:34 -0800, Rex Karz
wrote:

Telamon wrote:
In article .com,
"RHF" wrote:


DaviD,
.
The One Big LIE is in the use of the Word "Progressive"
.
This is a DISTORTION of the Truth for clearly Air America is
Ultra-Liberal and Al Franken and other Air America Hosts are
all Elitist.
.
Do Not Disrespect all those Good Honest MODERATE Forward Looking
American's : republican, democrat and independent. Who Are In-Fact
True Progressives by Falsely using the Word Progressive and linking
it to Air America and the likes of Al Franken.
.
Blessed by God with Life and Progressive by Nature thru Living ~ RHF
[Just an Old Retired Blue Collar Union Member - Dosvedanya T*ovarisch]
.


Progressive is a term used by people of the liberal persuasion to
re-qualify unrealistic, unworkable and just plain dumb ideas as
something other than what they are.


Democracy is two wolves and a sheep voting on what's for dinner.
Liberty is a well armed sheep protesting the vote.

On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 12:58:51 -0600, "MnMikew"
wrote:


"David" wrote in message
.. .
Wrong. Bush supporters appeared to live in an alternative universe.

Friday, October 22, 2004
Bush supporters are wildly misinformed.
tired old buzzflash propaganda snipped

I bet you watch "reality" TV too.


Here's the exact questions, Dagwood.

http://www.pipa.org/OnlineReports/Pr...re10_21_04.pdf

"RHF" wrote in message
oups.com...

3. Publish and Promote the Misinformation
Repeat the Big Lie ! Shout-It-Out ! until the
Lie is 'accepted by All to Be the Truth.

That sounds kind of funny, coming from a theist.

HONUS,
..
If you see me as a theist - Then A Theist I Be !
..
For a Theist - It's a Matter of Faith.
..
Knowingly Accepting Something as a Matter of Faith !
..
Understanding 'How You Feel' and "How You Think"
about something is for YOU A MATTER OF FAITH [.]
..
Asking Others to 'simply' "Have Faith".
..
Not Trying to Pass-Off VooDoo Pseudo Science
as so many Facts when they are really based on
- Phony Premises
- False Assumptions
- Fraudulent Conclusions
- Resulting in Manufactured 'facts' to Promote
"The Lies" that some claim in the name of 'science'.
[ The MISUSE of Scientific Principles and Methods. ]
..
For many 'feel' that Faith IS a "Fact" of Life !
..
For I Have Faith and I Believe ~ RHF

"RHF" wrote in message
oups.com...

HONUS,

I can hear you. There's no need to shout.

If you see me as a theist - Then A Theist I Be !

You'd be a theist regardless of whether I'd even heard of you or not. How I
see you has nothing to do with it.

For a Theist - It's a Matter of Faith.

Yes, yes...and grass is green, the sky is blue. Etc.

Knowingly Accepting Something as a Matter of Faith !
.
Understanding 'How You Feel' and "How You Think"
about something is for YOU A MATTER OF FAITH [.]
.
Asking Others to 'simply' "Have Faith".
.
Not Trying to Pass-Off VooDoo Pseudo Science
as so many Facts when they are really based on
- Phony Premises
- False Assumptions
- Fraudulent Conclusions
- Resulting in Manufactured 'facts' to Promote
"The Lies" that some claim in the name of 'science'.
[ The MISUSE of Scientific Principles and Methods. ]

Umm...was that some sort of dig at evolution?

snip

You know, if you tried to post the same way you speak in real life, you'd be
a lot easier to follow.

Honus,
..
Think of it as . . .
The Power of Thinking Without Thinking !
[ Now - Don't Blink ;-)
..
http://www.gladwell.com/blink/
..
Experiences, Environment Influence First Impressions, Snap Decisions
- by Bob Hoover, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Sunday, January 23, 2005
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05023/446202.stm
..
Truth in a 'Blink'
Yanking Conventional Wisdom's Chain,
Gladwell says Snap Judgments are Often Right
- by STEVE WEINBERG Houston Chronicle - Jan. 14, 2005
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory...eviews/2991485
..
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
- Reviewed by Janet Maslin The New York Times
- Tuesday, January 11, 2005
..
So... Honus, Have 'you' personal reached "The Tipping Point" ?
..
something to think about - just do it - or tip toe away ~ RHF
..

"RHF" wrote in message
ups.com...
honus, Honus. HONUS !
..
Follow this thead and don't try to make it
.. . . 'evolve' into something it was not..
[...]
I Write . . . Just Like I Talk
[ Thank God - For Freedom of Speech ! ]

Actually, your latest contributions make a strong case for suspending the first....
--
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On 1 Feb 2005 18:49:21 -0800, "RHF"
wrote:

david, David. DAVID !
.
This is the same sort of VooDoo Pseudo Science 'survey'
that is very typical of the Democrat Party of the USA
Propaganda Machine. Lies and Distortions.
.
1. It starts out with : What Do You 'believe'
vice What Do You "Know"
.
2. Ask 100 "Slanted Questions" and then 'select'
the 10, 20, 30 or 40 that support what you are trying
to make the 'survey' say.
.
The Classic : TORTURE-THE-DATA . . .
Until It Tells You What You Want It To Say !
.
3. Publish and Promote the Misinformation
Repeat the Big Lie ! Shout-It-Out ! until the
Lie is 'accepted by All to Be the Truth.
.
the truth will set you free ~ RHF
.
.

You didn't even read it, did you? Please post some examples which
support your allegations.

Copolo, you are an idiot and you have no penis.

TB,

" The more you know, the less likely you were to vote for Bush. "
http://shorterlink.com/?47TBP8
[ The Promotion of Democrat LIES and Liberal Elitist DISTROTIONS ]
..
This is the same sort of VooDoo Pseudo Science 'survey' that is
very typical of the Democrat Party of the USA Propaganda Machine.
[ Simply the Same Old Lies and Distortions. ]

"RHF" wrote in message
ps.com...
FDR - I Think and Reflect - Therefore Would Not ! ~ RHF

It would help with your mental problems if you tried Prozac.

In article ,
"FDR" wrote:

"RHF" wrote in message
ps.com...
FDR - I Think and Reflect - Therefore Would Not ! ~ RHF

It would help with your mental problems if you tried Prozac.

You could try Prozac yourself but I'll bet it does not help your posting
style or content.

Plonk

--
Telamon
Ventura, California

"Telamon" wrote in message
...
In article ,
"FDR" wrote:

"RHF" wrote in message
ps.com...
FDR - I Think and Reflect - Therefore Would Not ! ~ RHF

It would help with your mental problems if you tried Prozac.

You could try Prozac yourself but I'll bet it does not help your posting
style or content.

Plonk

Just out of curiosity, how many addresses do you have in your killfile? Have
you ever counted them?

In article _OUPd.27076$uc.15139@trnddc09,
"Honus" wrote:

"Telamon" wrote in message
..
.
In article ,
"FDR" wrote:

"RHF" wrote in message
ps.com...
FDR - I Think and Reflect - Therefore Would Not ! ~ RHF

It would help with your mental problems if you tried Prozac.

You could try Prozac yourself but I'll bet it does not help your posting
style or content.

Plonk

Just out of curiosity, how many addresses do you have in your killfile? Have
you ever counted them?

Currently at 506 filter rules. About 20 rules are positive or in other
words bring people or topics I care most about to the top of the current
posting list and the rest are kill filters.

The kill filters ban anonymous news servers and / or domains Trolls like
to use. I also ban any curse words, sexual anatomy type words, sexual
verbs and religious topical words in subject lines.

Most filters are on individuals. Many are currently not active because
once the Trolls figure out that they are not being read they either
leave or change their handle. Then I have another entry on them. I have
kill filed some people dozens of times and they are still here so I
expect that I will be adding another filter when they change. It only
takes seconds to create a filter and then I just re-filer the current
list of articles and they go away.

I kill file on all aspects of the article headers but it often does not
work due to my wonky news server that provides only some of the header
information depending on the age of the post.

When things are bad I find the average of killed posts to be around 60%.
Usually other people start complaining that the news group is unreadable
around those times. I don't have that problem. The news group is always
readable for me. I have noticed that the news group always gets worse
around school vacation times, which leads me to believe that the trouble
makers are juveniles and the rest are attention deficit disordered
arrested thinkers.

Recently my filters have only been taking out 35 to 40% of the posts,
which required new filters to make the news group more readable. Usually
the right ratio is around 50% killed when things are good to more like
60% killed during school vacations or contentious events the last
presidential election.

--
Telamon
Ventura, California