tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8697187.post1623421747349769813..comments2023-10-23T16:12:01.685-05:00Comments on LTR - Watching Alternative Media for Five Years: How to merge Sirius and XM and make progressive talk radio fans happyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8697187.post-1686154594821261612008-06-23T09:13:00.000-05:002008-06-23T09:13:00.000-05:00Here's another obvious question: if Alex Bennett a...Here's another obvious question: if Alex Bennett and the unlistenable Lynn Samuels can get paid to broadcast, why couldn't the merged entity sign Sam Seder and Marc Maron for timeslots? I imagine the price would be fairly reasonable, the facilities (especially for Seder in NY) would be there, and once they're back on the air they would immediately become more viable to get picked up for Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13365402959109201643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8697187.post-54024981691007752852008-06-22T13:33:00.000-05:002008-06-22T13:33:00.000-05:00You are SO on the money! Democracy Now! BEYOND des...You are SO on the money! Democracy Now! BEYOND deserves a national satellite audience! Amy Goodman is probably 1 of what, a dozen or so, REAL journalists left! It's just SO sad how far we have strayed from the REAL LIBERAL VALUES this national was founded upon (flawed as they were, ie. most founders were WHITE MEN SLAVE OWNERS WHO WANTED TO BE *FREE*!) most notably the concept of the FREE PRESS. Lu Cifer, @Lu666Ciferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02750113265440115612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8697187.post-22585219972822964972008-06-22T05:42:00.000-05:002008-06-22T05:42:00.000-05:00Makes sense. But can we expect Mel Karmazin and t...Makes sense. But can we expect Mel Karmazin and the wing-nuts that dominate broadcasting (terrestrial and satellite) to do what makes sense? They haven't so far.<BR/><BR/>I hope the merger gets shot down. Both companies have been as mismanaged as, well, Air America Radio. They got themselves into a bidding war for talent and exclusive programming. Not only did this drive up their operating FSLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12167237852531711768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8697187.post-64576255023904392302008-06-22T00:28:00.000-05:002008-06-22T00:28:00.000-05:00This sounds like a pretty good idea; everybody win...This sounds like a pretty good idea; everybody wins. Plus, if you're turned off by one progressive talk show, you can flip stations to another one.<BR/><BR/>Though as you said, is it really worth it having an all-Air America channel anymore? It may have worked 2 or 3 years ago, but with their recent talent hemorrhages, they've been vastly reduced. Outside of Hartmann, Maddow, and some of the Casey Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14712702512024477675noreply@blogger.com