William Rivers Pitt Signs Deal With Progressive Media!! [View All]

[JohnLocke]

Pitt Signs Deal With Progressive Media
Thursday, April 1, 2004
Associated Press
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NEW YORK - They haven't got a name or a launch date yet, but the entrepreneurs who dream of launching a liberal radio network have just landed themselves a lead Liberal: best-selling author William Rivers Pitt.
Progress Media planned to announce Tuesday that it has reached an agreement with Pitt to host a live, three-hour nightly broadcast that would form the late night hours of the programming schedule, according to people familiar with the matter.
In an interview, Pitt said the format of the show was still evolving, but he said he was certain that it wouldn't be akin to that used by rival Rush Limbaugh, which Pitt described as "non-guested confrontation."
"He has no one on the show but it's confrontation," Pitt said. "His show is just him railing for three hours."
Pitt said he planned to use a mix of interviews, calls from listeners and quotes from Blogs. He said he planned to have a co-host with long experience in radio, but he said that role had not been finalized.
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But Pitt had been holding off in recent months, partly to promote his hot-selling book, "The Greatest Sedition Is Silence: Four Years in America" and partly because he had reservations about the previous owners of the venture.
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Putting Pitt in the late-night time slot of 1 to 4 am. Eastern time is a direct challenge to Limbaugh, whose show is repeated in that time slot.
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Great job, Will Pitt and trumad!! :yourock: