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To: Raymond Duray who wrote (6172)	3/13/2004 12:27:02 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 173976

America's liberals to 'bash Bush' with talk-radio network After a decade of battering from the right on the airwaves, America's liberals will finally have their first ever talk radio network later this month, featuring an array of celebrated and less celebrated Bush-bashers, spearheaded by the comedian Al Franken. Air America Radio, owned by Progress Media, will launch on 31 March on stations covering four of the biggest US media markets, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and San Francisco. By the end of the year the project's backers plan to be on the air in a dozen markets across the country, offering an ideological alternative to conservatives like Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and Michael Savage, who have long had the field to themselves. "We are going to stick it to Bush," Mr Franken said as final plans for the network were announced this week. "Bush is going down in November, and then we're putting it to the rest of the right-wing media." The kingpins of right-wing radio however seem notably unimpressed by the upstart challenger, saying liberal radio will never take root. "It's a very tough job," Mr Savage said. "It sounds easy, you get up there and attack Bush. But it's a phenomenal demand that no one can understand until they try it." Media specialists also point out that the stations where the network will launch have much lower ratings than those of the established right-wing stars - meaning that Air America will have to spend heavily on promotional advertising. But Air America, which says it has $20m of financial backing, insists it is in for the long haul. It promises "compelling and entertaining programming" - in other words that it will take on the conservatives at their own game, avoiding the liberal tendency to nuance and political correctness, qualities which may be worthy but tend not to make riveting radio. news.independent.co.uk I think the wingers that think this station won't get ratings are underestimating the level of anger out there. This station is going to get phenomenal ratings at least until Bush is out, because liberals are as mad as the right- for now. Long term I don't know if this station will fly because liberals tend to avoid hate based media in general.