WROC-AM goes liberal beginning tomorrow

[LosinIt]

http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040916/BUSINESS/40916006

In a complete flip of political content, WROC-AM (950) will switch Friday to a schedule of liberal talk radio, including the Al Franken Show from Air America Radio.

The WROC-AM lineup has included some of conservative radio’s best known commentators, including Laura Ingraham, Bill O’Reilly and Sean Hannity.

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“We looked at the programming on Rochester commercial radio and saw a decidedly conservative bent,” Michael Doyle, Entercom Rochester’s general manager, said in a statement.

“At Entercom, we believe one of our roles is to engage the community we live in. We think both points of view should be heard on the radio,” Doyle said.

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Rochester, NY. Susan B. Anthony, Frederick Douglass, and now Liberal AM radio. What a town!

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. They are doing this on their own

who said liberal radio did not sell?

LORD it took AAR to prove that there was a market

Expect most freepers to continue whining

[Born Free]

8. advertisers: it's better to have 1 liberal spending listener,

than a dozen penny pinching, right wing, hate talking, conservative listeners that are too cheap to buy your products. This is one area where the tag "big spending liberals" should be considered good. Spread the word to other advertisers, "big spending liberals" looking for places to spend their money and consider sponsors of Air America first.We have the power, and te financial resources to make any radio station profitable, we just need to let the sponsors know we are out here wanting to spend money on quality products, and although we may not buy every product or service mentioned on Air America, we will consider them first.

[whirlygigspin]

2. good morning Genesee

Woooooooo Hooooooooo!

Makes me Proud of the old home town.

Go Roch!

[ClintonTyree]

3. WAHOO!!!!

I didn't know this and I live 20 miles from there. No more streaming AAR!!! This is fantastic, especially since they just brought back that other douchebag for freedom, Bob Lonsbury on another station.

Liberal Radio in good old Rachacha.......I'll listen and support every sponsor they have. This is terrific news.

I guess sometimes I concentrate so much on the news at the national level that I forget to see what's going on right in my own backyard!!

[jshafted]

6. Ilove this

AAR here ic Roch-cha-cha fabu, I'm giving up all sports talk now, OTOH I actually kinda like Lonsberry, He's nuts and wrong but entertaining and local. God help me I've actually come clean on liking Bob

[LosinIt]

7. Do you listen to the Wease?

While he doesn't spend a lot of time on politics he is very liberal. And they do a lot of sports. Sally the sidechick says that she posts here.

Are you out there Sally???

[PeaceProgProsp]

4. I wonder if Simone De Beauvoir would now be willing to live there?

http://www.torontolife.com/magazine/index.cfm?listing_id=30

[LosinIt]

5. I wonder what they will have for overnight

I work nights but live quite a way from Rochester. So even if I were awake during the day, I doubt I could get a signal. Maybe they replay some of the programs from the day.

[PATRICK]

9. Thank Lonsberry and Clear Channel

When the idiot went over the top and lost his job in a racial slur against the mayor he offended the major market of the area. They LOST listeners and revenue big time.

Bushco Clear Channel reacted predictably in bringing back a "chastened" suffering Lonsberry. That whiny creep had snuck into a local GOP picnic looking like a lost lamb instead of the snake slithering back to his nest. Low and behold the wistful exile was back behind the mike in a few days.

WROC made the saner and more lucrative decision to play to the now attentive market.

Hate radio should never have crept into this area to begin with.

[LosinIt]

10. Great Point, WHAM is soooo right wing

I was trying to catch the news the other night driving into work at 11PM and I caught the last few minutes of Savage, yikes. What a fuckin' nutjob this guy is. His last comments were how Bush* supported the military. What is he smokin?

[Dem2theMax]

11. Look out America. The truth is out to get you! lol.

Enjoy it. We just got it here in San Diego a few weeks ago. It is SOOOOO much fun to hear people on the radio who speak the way I believe. And they don't even shout. Imagine that. You don't have to shout to get a point across. Well, I guess you do when the point is a BIG FAT LIE coming from a BIG FAT IDIOT. (Thank you Mr. Franken.) :)

[Deb]

12. Fantastic news!! Here is the new lineup

NEWS TALK 950 WROC WEEKDAY LINEUP:

5am-6am AMERICA IN THE MORNING
6am-8am WROC "NEWS NOW" HOSTED BY ALLAN HARRIS, WITH JIM WHITE & STEVE HAUSMANN (Local Rochester Show)
8am-9am WROC FIRST TALK WITH ALLAN HARRIS (Local Rochester Show)
9am-12noon UNFILTERED (Air America Radio)
12noon-3pm THE AL FRANKEN SHOW (Air America)
3pm-6pm THE ED SCHULTZ SHOW (Jones Radio Networks)
6pm-6:30pm WROC-TV's "NEWS 8 NOW" EVENING SIMULCAST
6:30pm-10pm THE RANDI RHODES SHOW (Air America)
10pm-11pm THE LIONEL SHOW (WOR)
11pm-11:30pm WROC-TV's "NEWS 8 NOW" EVENING SIMULCAST
11:30pm-1am THE LIONEL SHOW (WOR)
1am-5am AIR AMERICA OVERNIGHTS

http://newstalk950.com/listingsEntryFeature.asp?ID=255195&PT=TODAY'S%20TOP%20STORY

[LosinIt]

13. Make sure to visit their site and patronize their advertisers

I'm stopping at Dunkin' Donuts on the way home this morning!

[Deb]

14. Good idea, thanks

We'll be heading to our place on the lake tomorrow and I'm just tickled we can add AAR to our list of things we love about Rochester.

This really made my day.

[LosinIt]

15. What Lake, the Big One or a Finger Lake?

We live on the beach in Sodus Point. You know what the say, life's a beach, then you live on one.:hippie:

[Deb]

16. The big one

Too cool, you're right down the road from our little "get away". We are between Sodus and Pultneyville. Keeping my fingers crossed that all the new developement doesn't change the area too much. The secret is out on how nice an area it is... sigh.

[Dick_Tuck]

17. The Whackos are at it again....

Sending emails, and threatening boycotts...the usual nonsense.

Here's a Hannity thread to call out the freepers:

http://www.hannity.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=94025

Your line up change SUCKS!!!!!

I plan to boycott your advertisers AND will be sending them e-mail also. Also, I plan to tell everyone I know on every conservative forum I can think of!

WROC SUCKS.

Pat

Be sure to drop them a counter email, telling them how grateful you are that they are starting an enlightened lineup.