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Article: Why talk radio is conservative.
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- The Public Interest
- Article date:
- June 22, 2004
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On March 31, 2004, the latest venture in liberal talk radio was officially launched. A left-wing radio network called Air America began broadcasting a full day's worth of programming on radio stations in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, and Portland, Oregon. Its on-air hosts included comedians Al Franken and Janeane Garofalo, rapper Chuck D, and former Walter Mondale speechwriter Marty Kaplan, as well as a sprinkling of more experienced radio performers such as Randi Rhodes and Katherine Lanpher.
Air America is the creation of a group of wealthy entrepreneurs and venture capitalists who, contrary to the usual stereotype, are using their resources to promote a ...