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Those who track broadcasting trends say there's money to be made in liberal talk radio. Todd Webster, a consultant for Washington-based liberal talk show producer Democracy Radio, said Clear Channel is expected to introduce the left-leaning format on 20 more stations by the end of the year.
"There is a tremendous appetite out there for progressive talk," he said.
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This is my favorite part, considering all the smug posts here and articles elsewhere when Air America first got started. Any volunteers to eat crow? 
Basically, though, I agree with Sinanju. The market will decide. If the liberal shows stink, they'll fail. After all, Rush built his audience primarily on entertainment value. The fact that he filled an ideological void helped, but if he had been boring, he'd have been gone.
Ideally, the next step would be to raise the quality of discourse on both kinds of talk radio. I'm not holding my breath in either case. |
Exactly raytri.. and I will admit that Air America is doing just fine. Or at least better than I expected. However, i will defend their right to broadcast as long as they keep it clean and I do not have to pay tax money to subsidize them.
Besides, i think there is a market for liberal talk radio... I am not so sure that there is enough "talent" to keep it afloat for long... Though Alan Colmes' radio show is one of the better ones.