A local radio station here plays 9 hours!!! of straight, conservative talk radio. 3 hours of Dr. Laura, 3 hours of Rush Limbaugh, and 3 hours of The Black Avenger (Ken Hamblin). I know that there’s no way, here in the land of the conservative, that I’d ever have exposure to real liberal media, but I was wondering if it even existed out there?
Is there a radio talk show equivalent to Rush Limbaugh?
(I put this in IMHO because I didn’t think it was really important enough for GQ and because I think “liberal” and “conservative” are pretty subjective terms.)
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You got it easy. Up here in WA state they start at 5 am with a local Rush wannabe, 3 hours of Rush, and then on into the night with more local Rush wannabees. And get this - the current Republican gubernatorial candidate’s main claim to fame was that he was once one of the local Rush wannabees. No elective office ever - just a big mouth in the local radio market. Same pitch as Bush and Jesse Ventura, too: “I offer leadership,” and “I don’t need experience - I’ll hire the best advisors.” Huh?
It’s not so much the conservative rhetoric I don’t like - American conservatism isn’t any more beyond logical construct than liberalism. It’s just the strident, SMUG and us-versus-them notes being hit over and over.
I receive 13 hrs. of conservative radio starting at 6:00am until 7:00 pm. We get Rush plus local wackos. What kills me is most of the conversation is ranting about the “liberal media” day in and day out.
G. Gordon Liddy runs opposite Rush where I live, and I vastly prefer Liddy. Sure he’s republican, but he reads the news and is at least open minded. I mean, he takes calls on air from people who disagree with him, something I have never ever heard Rush do. Ever. Liddy’s cool. Plus (hijack imminent), his show leads directly into the show of Don & Mike, radio gods. (end hijack)
Atomic: thanks for the link. I don’t have a soundcard here at work, but I’ll check it out when I get home today. I looked around the site, but I couldn’t find a listing of stations. Is there one on there?
Nice to know, though, that the “liberal media” is getting its hooks into talk radio!!
Why Triumph, Satan? Because they’re also a power trio from Canada? Just asking; I’m a fan of both bands and find Triumph to be slightly more “musical”, although Neal Pert’s lyrics are superior compositions.
A Geddy Lee solo effort? What the hell? Is Rush Limbaugh penning the lyrics?
Definitely head on over to http://www.webactive.com and listen to the RealAudio streams from Pacifica News, Democracy Now, Jim Hightower, RadioNation, Counterspin, etc.
