Mike Malloy is on AARPhoenix talking about Randi Rhodes right now...

[fadedrose]

I posted this under the Randi Rhodes thread, but thought I'd repeat it in a separate thread.

Mike Malloy is discussing the Randi Rhodes thingy right now...


Mike is on http://www.1480kphx.com/DynamoPages.php?PID=22 (Air America Phoenix) .

He was fired from Air America - never said why, but I SUSPECTED.....that it was because he was critical of Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton - and this was BEFORE Hillary started running for president. He called them republicans...

He's saying right wing thugs took over AAR....financially....because left wing liberals didn't support AAR.

Anyway, Stephanie Miller is on Air American Phoenix too, and she's been against Hillary, or maybe I should say, for Obama since the beginning of the the election cycle. Also Jeff Farias is on AARP, also for Obama. Randi Rhodes is on too, as are most of the Air America people.

Try it. I game up Air America long time ago, only listen to 1480.


Edited to say that I live in Michigan - not AZ....found 1480 when they put on Mike Malloy...

[phrigndumass]

1. Listening now, thanks for the link!

:hi:

Edit: Whoa, he's major pissed!

[phrigndumass]

16. "Senator Mrs. Jesus"

Whoa ...

:spray:

[JimGinPA]

2. Yeah, Thanks For That Link

K&R

[rufus dog]

3. the top dog at AAR is a Hillary supporter

He is on the cable news shows occasionally and is a strong supporter.

[Tatiana]

4. Democratic Underground mentioned as source to find video. n/t

[JackBeck]

5. Every Randi naysayer needs to listen to him

Right. Now.

[MadBadger]

6. I just listened to Geraldine Ferraro again talking about the flap on Fox..

She continues to blame Obama for people calling her to complain. She is continuing to play the story and her as the victim...so because of this Id have to agree with Randi's assessment of Geraldine Ferraro.

[Cha]

37. Yeah, geraldine is a whiny liar who

needs to go down in infamy 'cause of her actions as a hilary surrogate.

[me b zola]

58. Yes she is...

...and I can't believe the nerve of Hillary's theatric performance today in Memphis. Clinton supposedly holds dear the memory of King, yet trashed Obama for attending a church that preached the sentiments of Dr. King.

[TTUBatfan2008]

7. If it was only about...

Rhodes being anti-Clinton and pro-Obama, she would have been booted off of there a long time ago. Perhaps they were just waiting for her to go over the line, even off the air, to have an excuse to suspend or even fire her. From what I understand her show is still pretty popular so Air America was still raking in the dough and that's what matters most to them even though they disagree with her choice between the candidates. Either way, I think she did deserve to be suspended simply because it'll help her chill out some. I think they should just suspend her until a nominee is selected.

[phrigndumass]

14. Randi is AAR's cash cow

I'll bet she starts shopping around now. AAR seems to be giving talking points to their show hosts, sort of like Faux News does.

[Tatiana]

8. Malloy says that airamerica inner-core is supportive of Clinton.

Said that is the reason Rhodes was suspended, not because of remarks she made at some event.

Malloy says he might be sued for his remarks and he doesn't care; bring it on.

[DarienComp]

10. he's pissed.

[Tatiana]

12. He is. But he's also making some really valid points.

I'm rethinking the reasons for Randi's suspension.

[Whisp]

33. me too. geeze I hate when people make me think. ;) nt

[WolverineDG]

22. that's what tends to happen

when you fire someone while they're on their way to work.

Go get 'em, Mike!

dg

[Auntie Bush]

31. I'm pissed too!

But not for the same reason.

[sandnsea]

20. Imus, Matthews, Schuster

I think the Clintons throw their weight around all over the place.

Except when we needed them to get on the air and stop the invasion.

[Skidmore]

43. Recycled Bush tactics with the media.

[ampad]

39. Malloy made me rethink

this entire situation and I have to agree with him.

[eleny]

9. Stephanie is not an AAR employee

Her program is a Jones network show like Ed Schultz's program. Jones and AAR air their programs on a lot of the same stations owned by Clear Channel and other station owners.

[WolverineDG]

17. Nor does she "hate" Hillary

I'm getting sick & tired of "hate" meaning "not voting for Hillary." She has NEVER said she would not vote for her if she gets the nomination AND whenever Hillary surrogates are on the show, she is courteous to them. :eyes:

dg

[eleny]

28. Yes, Stephanie is always careful to make things clear about her vote

She may kid around with supporters of other candidates throughout this season. But she doesn't get hateful in the least.

[fadedrose]

27. I know...Stephanie is on AAR Phoenix tho...

She's on AAR Phoenix l480 at 9:00 am edst to 12 noon.

Also some repeats on the weekends.

[eleny]

29. Okay - it just sounded like you thought she was AAR, too

Btw, I like your nickname!

[fadedrose]

34. Thank you. I was going to go with "hotlips"

but the name was taken. Guess another 70-year old woman got it. ;:)

[eleny]

35. Aw, that's the way it goes!

[Tatiana]

11. How many firebrand kick-ass liberal hosts are left?

Randi Rhodes
Mike Malloy
Sam Seder
?

[baldguy]

13. Remember Alan Berg?

[eleny]

19. I sure do

Listened to his show all the time. They broke the mold.

[Upton]

24. Ray Taliaferro KGO San Francisco

1-5 mornings M-F He is real kick ass.

[Tatiana]

15. LMAO! He just asked if Ferraro's husband is out of prison. n/t

[Upton]

18. For those of you in the Puget Sound area, remember Mike Webb?

[eleny]

21. I'm not in the area but listened to him via the net

A huge loss.

[Upton]

26. Mike was my favorite listened to him every night

someone like him can never be replaced.

[SeattleGirl]

30. I absolutely LOVED listening to Mike Webb!

I was so bummed when they booted him off (for a fucking flimsy excuse, IMHO), and really sad when he was found dead.

Mike was a great guy, and I listened to him every night.

[AnnieBW]

23. I don't listen to AAR, but

I would have to think that Randi was fired not for criticizing Hillary, but dropping the F-bomb twice. Just a thought.

[tpsbmam]

Mike Malloy: "It's not what she said, it's who she said it about." n/t

[Garbo 2004]

38. She didn't do it on the air so no FCC issues involved. Off air at an evening event in SF. nt

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

41. unbelievable - this wasn't even said on the air!

They don't emphasize that in the story.

[Garbo 2004]

42. Not only was it not on the air , it was a couple weeks ago at a event people had to pay to go to

in SF. I don't think it was a "problem" until the youtube was posted on Tuesday.

[AnnieBW]

44. Oh, okay

I stand corrected. I still think it was pretty tacky, no matter WHO you support. Women get enough of that crap from men. We don't need to be getting it from other women.

P.S. I'm an Obama supporter, but sick of the sexist crap that Hillary's been getting.

[Catherina]

46. Not only off the air and two weeks ago but the show's sponsors loved it

and sent her a written thank you letter. She's just the latest victim of the HRC campaign's political witch hunt. I'm very angry about this.

[TTUBatfan2008]

25. Dang...

Malloy is pissed big time about this. He is definitely right about Geraldine's response. No one should compare this to Imus, which is what Ferraro is doing. She even said that Rhodes said this on her radio show. She didn't. She said it in a night club. It's not the same situation as doing it on the air, so a firing is not necessarily the proper action but that is what Ferraro is calling for. I do think a suspension is the proper decision.

[madrchsod]

32. is jay marvin still on in denver?

he was on wls890 chicago right after malloy...dam you talk about fucking crazy radio...malloy ranting and jay calling right wing callers "brain stems"...friday night shoot -outs were legend here in the midwest..

malloy was fired because he was to "dark" and jay left a little later because ,i think he had a breakdown and moved to denver. he came back to wls when it was right wing and lasted less than a year and moved back to denver. he gave us here in the midwest quite a show

[JimGinPA]

36. "Calling Her A Whore Is An Insult To Sex Workers Everywhere"...

That cracked me up.

[LTR]

40. Well, 1480 KPHX does carry AAR shows

Nova M Radio isn't much of a network. Malloy is the only thing they really syndicate.

Okay, I'm just getting technical here. Also posting to bookmark so I can read tomorrow.

:hi:

[Symarip]

45. I'm not really against Air America

As I am against terrestrial radio, period.

To everyone reading this post:

GET A SIRIUS RADIO

(We have Mike Malloy and Stephanie Miller, too ;) )

[Catherina]

47. What's a Sirius radio? n/t

[Symarip]

49. Satellite Radio

You get a special antenna and a little dashboard receiver module and you can listen to uncensored talk and music. It runs about 10 bucks a month and it's worth EVERY FUCKING PENNY.

I haven't listened to a regular radio station in nearly a year and a half. Regular radio sucks. It's watered down and spoiled with bullshit commercials every 5 minutes. On top of that, if your station doesn't make enough revenue then they shit on you and switch formats. Fuck all that noise. Let the right wing mouthbreathers have the AM stations. I no longer have to listen to their dribble and I couldn't be happier.

[Catherina]

50. Can it hook up to a stereo system or just a computer? Thanks n/t

[Symarip]

51. Both. Sort of.

You can hook it up to a regular stereo with your components you buy and if you pay the regular membership it streams online so you can listen at work.

[DangerousRhythm]

53. Or you can broadcast over FM for ease of use.

That's what I do. My Sirius unit sits on my computer desk, antenna on the window, and broadcasts on 89.7 FM (you can pick lots of frequencies btw, whatever works for you in your area) and I can pick it up in every room in my apartment, on 5 different radios. Yes, I have a radio in every room, even in the shower. :)

I also listen to and record the online stream using Starplayr for Mac. It's completely awesome.

[Symarip]

54. LUCKY!!!!! nt

[DangerousRhythm]

55. Haha!

I swear my life would be so much duller without Sirius. I love it lots. I'd hug it if I could. :D

[Catherina]

57. Oh! I get it. So it broadcasts like some of those Mp3 car players?

That's too awesome. I'm getting excited about this now!

[DangerousRhythm]

59. Yep!

At least my model does. You may want to make sure the radio you get does it! Mine also buffers, so if you pause your radio you can have a saved buffer for say, an hour and a half or more on Talk Left, at least until you change the channel. I listen buffered so I can fast forward through any commercials, and a trick I've learned is that if I want to save a show to listen to a little later, I'll take the antenna out of my window and put it where it gets no reception, so it actually saves the hour and a half of show I have in buffer, if that makes sense. :D If you get a more recent model radio you'll likely have a bigger buffer than I do. I saw one that gets 3 hours on talk radio! Some channels may vary though because they stream at higher bitrates. I get around 45 minutes of buffered high quality music, for instance.

No commercials on music radio, by the way, but since some of the talk radio shows are syndicated, they do have some commercials. The Sirius original shows like Alex Bennett, Lynn Samuels and Mark Thompson have maybe a minute or two of commercials max at a time though... it's really not bad and nowhere near as bad as regular, terrestrial radio. If you're not buffering you can always switch the channel to any one of over a hundred channels... makes the time fly by a lot faster when you're checking out what's on the other channels. :)

[Catherina]

56. Something like this $139 module?

http://shop.sirius.com/edealinv/servlet/ExecMacro?nurl=control/StoreItem.vm&ctl_nbr=2640&siId=1745656&catParentID=7874&scId=7874&oldParentID=

That's a little steep but if it's worth it I'll scratch up a few pennies. I'll look into it more but so far it sounds like a great alternative. I'm a little sick of Clear Channel taking over the conventional airwaves. Thank you!

[jillan]

48. The reason why Malloy was fired from AAR had nothing to do with the Clintons

If I remember correctly he said it was because he was speaking out against Israel.

[undeterred]

52. This subject has already been beaten to death.

I know its really important if you are a talk radio host. I listened to Malloy last night and then Jon and then Stephanie and then Sam and guess what: I don't want to hear about it for another 24 hours. There is other stuff going on in the world.

Randy can eat some humble pie and apologize just like she was telling Hillary to do a few weeks ago. Or she can leave and get another job. I don't care. Just stop talking about it like its front page news. Its not. There are plenty of other people who can fill her shoes.