Brad Blog: Another Progressive Talker (Peter Collins) Falls Victim to the Rightwing Corporate Stranglehold of our Public Airwaves

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A lot of folks assume that the success of right wing talk radio is because of its popularity .. Wrong! its actually subsidized and heavily marketed, and even then it loses out to liberal talkers in most cities where said liberal talker is lucky enough to have a show. As Brad Blog notes “Stephanie Miller, progressive radio host, noted that she’s syndicated on some 60 affiliates from 9 to Noon ET each weekday, while rightwing Laura Ingraham is on some 300 stations during that same time slot. Yet Miller beats Ingraham in almost every single market where they air at the same time” – mab

 

 

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