Reply #23: I disagree with the commentary [View All]

[sandyd921]

by Steve Young. All political satire is not what I want in liberal radio. I certainly believe that humor is essential and I especially enjoy Stephanie Miller and greatly miss Morning Sedition. However, I am also looking for interviews with people who have interesting slants on issues and insightful commentary from a progressive point of view. In these crazy times of the takeover of our government by neo-con/theocratic/fascist forces, I also listen to liberal radio for information about what is happening within the progressive movement. What I want is variety and I believe that there is good quality programming out there, some of it on AAR and some of it from other sources. Besides Stephanie Miller, some of the better shows/hosts out there include Thom Hartmann, Peter B. Collins, and Sam Seder. There are others I can take or leave or that are not my cup of tea. However, the beauty of the recent growth of liberal talk radio is that more and more there is something for everyone.

Unlike Steve Young and so many others I do not disparage AAR or other liberal radio. A few years back all I had that I felt that I could listen to was NPR. I'm very grateful that I now have real listening choices. Because I have limited access to terrestrial liberal radio stations, I have discovered the many options for streaming progressive radio content (including the streams of progressive radio stations all over the US, as well as the official AAR feed). More terrestrial radio stations would be great as far as getting progressive ideas out to many more people across the country, but I believe that it's just a matter of time before this happens on a much wider scale. I think that it may grow faster if we can find ways to support liberal radio, for example by getting a membership in AAR Premium or by working to bring progressive radio to our areas or to save it where it's threatened (like the folks in Phoenix did).