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Justpat

(3,567 posts)
17. My road trip story
Sun Nov 11, 2012, 12:18 PM
Nov 2012


A couple of years ago I was driving from Long Island, NY to Lexington, KY to attend the annual yearling sales there. I started out listening to WWRL in NY, a progressive station that has Mark Riley, Ed Schultz, Thom Hartmann and Randi Rhodes in the daily line up. Then I get to MD/VA where there was only Pigboy and Beck.
Then I get through south western VA and southern West Virginia where, literally in the middle of nowhere, the only voice on the airwaves was Glen Beck.

The sw VA and southern WVA area is very mountainous and rural. But somehow Fox news had managed to get a signal as clear as day to all the people living there. There was nothing but static on any other station. The fox station was so clear it sounded like Beck was in the passenger seat.

How come we cannot get our voices heard? How come we cannot get progressive businesses to invest in
radio? The most ignorant, backwards voters will continue to be that way if they never hear a peep from
some other point of view.

The particular Beck rant that day was one of his super crazy ones. He was speaking in a low, conspiratorial voice claiming that us liberals were coming for them and their way of life and to prove his point he was reading from
a SDS tract from the '60s. Holy shit the man is crazy.

Thank you! Scuba Nov 2012 #1
Wow!!! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! RKP5637 Nov 2012 #2
Thanks man. mahina Nov 2012 #3
Thank you! n/t fredamae Nov 2012 #4
Don't forget... BVictor1 Nov 2012 #5
Sorry if those weren't on the list. I should have noted that I had no way napi21 Nov 2012 #6
I live in north central FL Justpat Nov 2012 #7
thanks MissNostalgia Nov 2012 #8
Thanks for the list lillypaddle Nov 2012 #9
There are NOT too many choices. dixiegrrrrl Nov 2012 #11
Did you think I lillypaddle Nov 2012 #15
Sorry if you misunderstood me. dixiegrrrrl Nov 2012 #16
Thank you! spedtr90 Nov 2012 #10
LOL. Look at the numbers. PSPS Nov 2012 #12
It's really a sad story. I wonder if we progressives could get some napi21 Nov 2012 #14
25 stations in 50 states. GeorgeGist Nov 2012 #13
My road trip story Justpat Nov 2012 #17
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Houston: 90.1 KPFT (Pacifica) DangerousRhythm Nov 2012 #18
Cannot Find Anything In 47374.... Corey_Baker08 Nov 2016 #19
About KPOJ going down: Orange Papers Dec 2018 #20
Well you'll be hard pressed to find Ed anymore Docreed2003 Dec 2018 #21
Unfortunately, Ed Schultz died last summer DesertRat Dec 2018 #22
@DesertRat, thanks for the heads-up, and thanks for the welcome. Orange Papers Dec 2018 #24
I stream Stephanie Miller's show on Free Speech TV DesertRat Dec 2018 #32
am950radio.com progree Dec 2018 #34
Free Speech TV MontanaMama Dec 2018 #23
@MontanaMoma, thanks for the hints. Orange Papers Dec 2018 #25
"Stations dedicated to advancing the ideas of Karl Marx and Woodrow Wilson" DBoon Dec 2018 #26
Here in Nebraska PoorMonger Dec 2018 #27
Kick lunasun Dec 2018 #28
Not sure about that site, FoxNewsSucks Dec 2018 #29
KPFT but no KPFA (Berkeley) or KPFK (City of Angels) Stargleamer Dec 2018 #31
Progressive Radio running 24/7/365 saveferris Dec 2018 #33
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