Little Question

[Guest MikeSC]

the JG show right now is really annoying... it has no flow what so ever and it just reminds me of a few "think they know everything about how the world works" college kids spouding nonstop liberalism

 

"I just dont understand why everyone got so upset about the janet jackson thing... when there are soldiers dying in Iraq every day!" My first thought at that comment... is... duh. I feel the same way, but she could AT LEAST try and sound a little more intelligent about it, instead of sounding like some stupid 21 year old student who is just now beginning to get interested in world events after spending her highschool years fucking the football team

Well, I can't claim to have heard Janeane's show. I don't have that much masochistic glee in my life.

-=Mike

[Guest thebigjig]

Janeane... is Meg Griffin

 

the vocal resemblance and personality is uncanny

[Guest MikeSC]

Janeane... is Meg Griffin

 

the vocal resemblance and personality is uncanny

Well, I suppose if Mila doesn't wish to return to Family Guy when it restarts --- they have a cheap replacement.

-=Mike

[Guest MikeSC]

Ugh.

 

I actually listened to Janeane's show. She is griping that people argue that "women aren't funny writers" is ridiculous --- after having done more to prove that axiom true more than anybody else could hope to.

-=Mike

[Guest thebigjig]

I cant take anymore of this... JG is turning EVERYTHING into a race based matter... everything is the fault of the white man

 

this is stereotypical liberal thinking and it gives us all a bad name

[Jobber of the Week 0]

I cant take anymore of this... JG is turning EVERYTHING into a race based matter... everything is the fault of the white man

 

this is stereotypical liberal thinking and it gives us all a bad name

Well, damn, that's not going to help matters much. She was talking to someone on the phone about Richard Clarke when the neighbor came for his radio.

 

I think that once this station comes to SF, I'll probably adopt Franken as my new morning show, replacing the jazz station. But otherwise, I don't think I'll be listening to this station that often unless there's big political shit brewing.

[Guest thebigjig]

I'll just stick with NPR...

 

which is strangely painted by many to be ultra liberal when really... its not. Infact, it's the most fair and balanced radio news network I've heard

 

and I cant listen at work because we're on the company firewall... so it looks like I wont be able to listen to Franken, which is very sad because I worship him... he's just such a sarcastic, funny, strange looking little jew

[Jobber of the Week 0]

and I cant listen at work because we're on the company firewall... so it looks like I wont be able to listen to Franken, which is very sad because I worship him... he's just such a sarcastic, funny, strange looking little jew

They'll have archives ala NPR, so you can just pick the show with the guests that interest you and listen to them after work.

[Guest Anglesault]

I think Garafafafalo is on drugs.

 

Either that, or she has no attention span.

 

She started to rant on how we're a society of prudes for not wanting a women to flash us during the Super Bowl, and then MID SENTENCE she starts ranting on the War in Iraq.

 

It was really quite scary. It was almost a parody on your stereotypical liberal.

[Guest MD2020]

lol oh this is classic... JG just said Blair was fired from the NYT because he was black...

She can't be serious...can she?

[Guest thebigjig]

I think Garafafafalo is on drugs.

 

Either that, or she has no attention span.

 

She started to rant on how we're a society of prudes for not wanting a women to flash us during the Super Bowl, and then MID SENTENCE she starts ranting on the War in Iraq.

 

It was really quite scary. It was almost a parody on your stereotypical liberal.

gotta love how she'll rant about how insane we reacted about the janet thing (while I agree... american is insane) but if you've read anything about her short stint as an SNL cast member, she CONSTANTLY bitched about sketches that to her seems sexist and her life was so miserable there that she only lasted a single season

[Guest thebigjig]

lol oh this is classic... JG just said Blair was fired from the NYT because he was black...

She can't be serious...can she?

I am dead serious...

 

even Franken isnt that liberal

 

JG (the initials because I dont want to take the time to look up how her name is spelled) is to the left what Pat Robertson is to the right

 

EDIT: of course, I'm only speaking on hysterical political views... not in terms of power/influence, since I doubt JG has an army of hundreds of thousands of people listening to her show like Robertson has on the 700 club

[Guest Anglesault]

Judging by her picture on the website, I think she got some work done on her face. She's less beastly.

[Guest MikeSC]

Judging by her picture on the website, I think she got some work done on her face. She's less beastly.

Well, AS, could she have possibly become MORE beastly?

-=Mike

...Gee, JG can't do an entertaining or enlightening show. Color me SHOCKED!

[NoCalMike 0]

I wonder how it will do in SF considering SF already has KGO, which althought pretty balanced during the day, gets pretty liberal with Bernie Ward/Rar Talufero(sp?) back to back for night/late-night talk shows. Then again with only 4 shows right now, KGO would be going up against repeating shows anyway.

 

I still have reservations about this whole project, I mean is this liberal radio or DEMOCRAT(and get Democrats elected) radio?

[NoCalMike 0]

well I see Bill Mahr is gonna be one of JG's upcoming guests. So I guess I will listen to that show. Of course there is no date, so chances are I miss it.

[Guest Anglesault]

well I see Bill Mahr is gonna be one of JG's upcoming guests. So I guess I will listen to that show. Of course there is no date, so chances are I miss it.

Today.

 

He gave her a couple of pity laughs to her flat jokes.

[NoCalMike 0]

well I see Bill Mahr is gonna be one of JG's upcoming guests.  So I guess I will listen to that show.  Of course there is no date, so chances are I miss it.

Today.

 

He gave her a couple of pity laughs to her flat jokes.

well hell, forget that idea then hahahahha. I hope Bill Mahr got some shots in on everyone.

[Guest Anglesault]

It was kind of hard for him to find the time, as Garafafalo has ADD. The topic just changed at the drop of a hat.

[Guest MikeSC]

It was kind of hard for him to find the time, as Garafafalo has ADD. The topic just changed at the drop of a hat.

Man, in her stand-up act, she always has a list of topics to discuss because she says she'll get lost and forget things.

 

Maybe she should do that for radio.

 

Man, that was horrible. Worse than Michael Savage. Worse than Ken Hamblin. Worse than O'Reilly's show.

 

Heck, I'll be disappointed if any conservative host doesn't do a bit of research to see the last time NBC did a fluff piece on ANY network with only 6 affiliates.

-=Mike

...Hint: It probably never happened

[Guest MikeSC]

BTW, MORE PR problems for Air America:

Liberal talk radio network comes to Bay Area

Robert Mullins

A tiny Berkeley AM radio station that carries Chinese and Korean programming is the likely Bay Area home of Air America Radio, a new left-leaning political talk radio network designed to counter conservative talk shows.

 

KVTO-AM General Manager Harvey Stone says an agreement to carry the network programming isn't official, but he confirms the sides are negotiating.

 

"If it happens," he says, "it will happen on us."

 

Inner City Communications Corp., which owns KVTO, (frequency: 1400 AM), KVVN (1430 AM) and KBXR (102.9 FM) in the Bay Area, also owns WLIB-AM in New York, which has been identified as an Air America station. Other stations confirmed are in Chicago and Los Angeles.

 

Air America said they had no announcement to make about a Bay Area station. Inner City did not return phone calls.

 

Air America is being launched by Progress Media, a $60 million startup that wants to challenge the dominance of conservative broadcasters on AM radio. While KSFO talk show hosts, such as Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity, hold down the right end of the political spectrum on the air, comedian and author Al Franken and actress Janeane Garofalo will be among the hosts on Air America with an approach from the left.

 

Air America plans to start broadcasting March 31, but KVTO is unlikely to be ready by then, even if a deal is signed immediately, Mr. Stone says. If the network is delivered by satellite, as most national radio programs are, KVTO has no equipment to receive a feed.

 

Some Bay Area broadcasters expect Air America will have trouble making an impact in the area if KVTO is the station carrying it. For one, the signal may be hard to pick in Silicon Valley.

 

KVTO's 1,000-watt signal is puny compared to the 50,000-watt signals of highly rated KGO-AM and KCBS-FM, says Chris Anderson, manager of 5,000-watt KABL-AM in San Francisco.

 

"They have their work cut out for them," says Mr. Anderson.

 

Mr. Stone says KVTO's signal reaches the nine counties surrounding San Francisco Bay, but he admits it doesn't cover the larger standard metropolitan statistical area, which broadcasters use to define a radio market.

 

But another area radio executive thinks Air America has a good chance of success. given this area's reputation as one of the most politically liberal parts of the nation.

 

"Here is as good an opportunity for it to succeed as it is anywhere else," says Bill Conway, station manager at KOIT-FM.

http://portland.bizjournals.com/industries...o/2004/03/29/sa

njose_story8.html

Wow, they replace black radio and appear ready to replace Korean and Chinese radio.

 

And they say the RIGHT quiets differing voices?

-=Mike

[Jobber of the Week 0]

Wow, they replace black radio and appear ready to replace Korean and Chinese radio.

 

And they say the RIGHT quiets differing voices?

-=Mike

It's only spin if you want it to be.

 

There's a lot of multicultural sources around here. And there's certainly a variety of colorful radio stations, some more radical than others.

 

I think the bigger problem is the signal strength. I thought that station is reaching very many people in the first place.

[NoCalMike 0]

Wow, they replace black radio and appear ready to replace Korean and Chinese radio.

 

And they say the RIGHT quiets differing voices?

    -=Mike

It's only spin if you want it to be.

 

There's a lot of multicultural sources around here. And there's certainly a variety of colorful radio stations, some more radical than others.

 

I think the bigger problem is the signal strength. I thought that station is reaching very many people in the first place.

What happened to the "anyone but bush pic" in yer sig? Mine won't work anymore. Where did you get it from?

[Jobber of the Week 0]

That was something someone emailed to me. I only intended for it to last a week, wasn't my fault everyone else jumped on it as well.

 

I wonder how it will do in SF considering SF already has KGO,

My mom listens to KGO as her wake up show, but I never have. I actually tried NPR, but it's really difficult as only KQED comes in well at night but loses signal in the mornings, when an itty bitty station with a signal that doesn't in the evenings suddently works. So, to listen to NPR, I have to listen to two different stations depending on the hour of the day.

 

That and the Morning Edition host, no matter how nice his voice sounds, isn't capable of waking me up.

 

I still have reservations about this whole project, I mean is this liberal radio or DEMOCRAT(and get Democrats elected) radio?

The one hour I heard of that Rhodes woman today had a caller from Canada, who talked about how narrow US politics are, minority governments, etc. Basically said that if we were more like many other countries, Nader would have more support. Rhodes just totally snapped at him and talked about how the country can't afford to give support to Nader right now, etc etc.

 

Now, that might just be her opinion, or it might be consistant across the network. Franken pretty much didn't talk about Nader at all in his books, so I don't know what he thinks.

[kkktookmybabyaway 0]

Come on you guys, this is only their first day on the air for pity's sake. Give them some time and Air America will become the next Clear Channel in terms of stations owned...

[Guest thebigjig]

Well to be fair, you cannot expect the first day to be perfect or technical-difficulty free... and it's kind of ridiculous if you expected people that have never done radio before to be automatic experts

 

that said, from what I heard, the most entertaining aspects of hour and a half that I listened to, were the guests... Bill Mahr was as usual, pretty funny, even if I find him obnoxious and usually cant stand him. Dave Chapelle was pretty funny as well, even though by having him on, JG pandered the entire time to him and wouldn't shut up about how everything is the fault of the white man

 

oh, and her "when there's people dying in Iraq" line is a classic... I think I'm going to start using it whenever I get into an argument with someone

 

"how could you complain about higher gas prices, when there are soldiers dying in Iraq!"

 

"how could you go and see the new Cohen Bros movie: the Lady Killers, when there are soldiers dying in Iraq!"

 

"how could you eat pastrami on white bread with maynnaise, when there are soldiers dying in Iraq!"

 

you get the picture

[kkktookmybabyaway 0]

Well to be fair, you cannot expect the first day to be perfect or technical-difficulty free... and it's kind of ridiculous if you expected people that have never done radio before to be automatic experts

 

that said, from what I heard, the most entertaining aspects of hour and a half that I listened to, were the guests.

Which only shows the bright future Air America has -- after all, bringing out the best in your guests is crucial for a talk-radio program's success...

[Guest MikeSC]

Well to be fair, you cannot expect the first day to be perfect or technical-difficulty free... and it's kind of ridiculous if you expected people that have never done radio before to be automatic experts

 

that said, from what I heard, the most entertaining aspects of hour and a half that I listened to, were the guests.

Which only shows the bright future Air America has -- after all, bringing out the best in your guests is crucial for a talk-radio program's success...

I'll go on record, I'm liking the April Fool's Day Joke with kkk and Tyler.

 

Oh, and Janeane is an fugly, unfunny, prematurely bitter woman.

-=Mike

[kkktookmybabyaway 0]

I'll go on record, I'm liking the April Fool's Day Joke with kkk and Tyler.

Excuse me?

 

The only collusion going on in these parts are the Big Oil Companies trying to squeeze every last penny from the working class.

 

Ohhhhh, it's noon -- time for the O'Franken Factor...

[Styles 0]

April Fools Tyler and KKK have me in stitches!

 

I would do something similar, but unfortunately I don't have as well a defined personality, so I'll just leave it to them.

EDITED POSTHUMONOUSLY: yeah, so I lied

 

Anyway for god knows what reason, I'm listening to the car crash again, and Richard Clark is about to be on the Ofranken Factor (LOL2004). This should be good. (If you define "good" as bitter dillusional people kissing as much ass as possible for publicity)...

EDIT: Well, right now Franken is playing an extended parody song supposedly sung by Rush that just makes every drug joke you could make. What a nice, understanding liberal to make fun of a pill addiction....