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07/07/2003 Archived Entry: "Hoffmania's media rant..."
Hoffmania's media rant...
My buddy Howard at Hoffmania! has been in the radio biz for a long time, and he knows whereof he speaks. Catch his rant on the 'failure' of liberal radio:
You realize of course that liberal talk shows are dabbled in and cleared by syndicators in dribs and drabs. These half-hearted attempts at showing the world "Hey, we tried puttin' liberals on, but look!" are token moves using hosts who are uncompelling and/or not very radiogenic. For every liberal talk show that launches, 50 right-wing shows are also foisted into syndication. Guess which ones get the push at the NAB radio conventions?Using the above example, Cuomo's radio show was a disaster. He showed none of the fire he displayed in his convention speeches of 1988 and 1992. Whether it was by his decision or that of his superiors, Cuomo took on a faux-folksy approach on the air which well, flopped. By the way, this example which everyone keeps bringing up was EIGHT FREAKING YEARS AGO and it aired ONCE A WEEK - hardly any threat to the daily hammerings of Limbaugh and his spawn.
Once someone realizes there's more to being a liberal than the whiny-homespun-pacifist-Jim-Hightower-Chew-n-Chat-poetry-readings-earth-mama-Powdermilk-Biscuits-folksy-Alan-Colmes-pushover image we've been painted as over the years, they're going to put a left-of-center show on that kicks ass and eats red meat.
Haven't bookmarked Howard yet? Do so, now.
