A message from Randi Rhodes- Nova M Radio Welcomes Randi Rhodes today at 3 PM ET

[Breeze54]

Randi Rhodes - Daily Blog

http://novamradio.com/live/rhodes_blog.php

WE DID IT!

On 2008-04-13 22:48:33, randirhodes wrote:

April 14, 2008

MY DEEPEST GRATITUDE TO YOU ALL - THE RANDI RHODES SHOW IS BACK NATIONWIDE TODAY!


Together all of us just saved the national syndication of The Randi Rhodes Show. ALL OF YOU DID IT! Thank you…

To all of you who called and blogged and wrote to your local stations and showed up for our show in MASSIVE NUMBERS.

To the AMAZING Nova M who gave me a new home and all the tools I needed to make this happen in RECORD TIME.

The INCREDIBLY LOYAL Randi Rhodes Show Affiliates who built a fortress around me and said, “We’re with you Randi!”

All of us worked our asses off and MADE A BRAND NEW NATIONAL RANDI RHODES SHOW in 4 days (Thank you Manzo, Duffy, Dave and Scott for working ALL WEEKEND!). Thank you to all of you who haven’t slept, eaten or WASHED in 4 days!!! We’re not pretty but we are TOUGH muthas.

THIS HAS NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE and without everyone giving it EVERYTHING THEY HAD, it would not have happened.

Be very sure that I couldn’t have done it without the unbelievably smart John Manzo who rolled up his sleeves and lent me his brain when mine just wanted to shut down.

The MOST PROFESSIONAL STAFF IN RADIO are the Engineers and Operations Managers at 1290 WJNO/West Palm Beach, my REAL HOME FOR THE PAST 9 YEARS. My old WJNO studio is now my flagship studio for the national show.

Thank you to Ken Charles, Dave Denver and John Hunt in South Florida and ONE OF THE TRUEST BELIEVERS, Mr. Gabe Hobbs. Gabe sent Mr. Manzo to West Palm 6 years ago to take the show National. And that’s exactly what Mr. Manzo did. These two incredible men are the two who STOOD WITH ME EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. THEY ARE TALK RADIO and without them, I would never have been able to take this show national and never would have been able to KEEP IT NATIONALLY SYNDICATED today. If you ever want to know what I have that no one else does, it’s Hobbs and Manzo. They are THE RADIO ELITE who opened the door and held it open when some tried to slam it in my face.

Thank you to the General Managers and Programmers at all of our affiliate stations who said YES before I ASKED. . Almost ALL of THE RANDI RHODES SHOW affiliates will be carrying the show.

And most of all, I am so grateful to ALL OF YOU who did everything you could think of while we were doing everything we could think of to make this happen.

IT’S IS HAPPENING.

TODAY, AT OUR USUAL TIME, THE RANDI RHODES SHOW IS ON THE AIR!

You are the MOST powerful force in Radio THAT I HAVE EVER SEEN. No one has ever seen anything LIKE US!

AMAZING JOB EVERYONE. I AM SO PROUD OF YOU AND I WILL NEVER EVER FORGET THIS EXPERIENCE.

ONWARD AND UPWARD!

Love ALLways,

Randi

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It Begins...

http://novamradio.com/live/

The Nova M Radio Network is thrilled to announce addition of The Randi Rhodes Show
to our nationally syndicated talent offerings beginning TODAY!

Randi Rhodes is the #1 rated progressive talk radio host in the nation and she, like
Mike Malloy, is now finally home.

A message of thanks from Randi is on her Daily Blog.

Today is also the first day of the brand new NovaMRadio.com. All your favorite features
are still here plus several new ones and many more on the way.

Welcome to the dawning of a new era in Progressive Talk. Welcome to Nova M Radio!

[ChicagoBurbsMale]

1. Radio elite?

Sour grapes geez

[mikelgb]

3. He also helped start Air America

[Breeze54]

5. In her opinion they are! n/t

[orleans]

43. pfft.

[Rex]

54. LOL!

Funny!

[mac2]

2. Isn't Nova owned by the same group as Air America?

[Breeze54]

4. Not at all!

ABOUT NOVA M RADIO

http://novamradio.com/live/about.php

Nova M Radio is in the business of building a Progressive Talk radio network with the original founders of Air America Radio.

Nova M Radio nationally syndicates The Randi Rhodes Show and The Mike Malloy Show and operates radio station 1480 KPHX in Phoenix, Arizona.

Nova M Radio's affiliate markets include Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Dallas, Washington DC, Seattle, Miami, Phoenix, Minneapolis, Denver, Portland, plus both Sirius and XM Satellite Radio.

Nova M Radio's CEO John Manzo has nearly two decades of winning broadcast experience with groups such as Saga Communications, Jacor Broadcasting and Clear Channel Radio. Manzo was also one of the original executives at Air America Radio, where in 2004 he and Randi Rhodes first took The Randi Rhodes Show into national syndication. Manzo left Air America in 2007 to take over the reigns of Nova M Radio for founders Sheldon and Anita Drobny.

Nova M Radio operates a tri-platform business model based on national radio syndication, local radio station management and new media services. This proven approach - coupled with highly compelling programming, delivering extremely satisfying results for clients, strong community/grassroots support, and competent and efficient operations - has allowed Nova M to consistently grow both audience and revenue even while competitors in the same field flounder.

Nova M Radio is the future of Progressive Talk.

[peacetalksforall]

6. I haven't been able to follow all of this - two questions...,

since I don't have Nova and the affiliate is not carrying it (yet).

For fun. Will she still own the song that plays at the start of the show on Fridays? I hope so.

Second. Who owns Air America now?

[Breeze54]

7. You can listen ONLINE at at least two places for free!

1480 KPHX Streams

Listen Live: http://www.1480kphx.com/DynamoPages.php?PID=22

OR

Nova M Radio

Listen Live: http://novamradio.com/live/

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Go to Air America and see. I forget his name. He's a jerk!

[mac2]

8. You can get Nova radio on line live or pay for it via the Internet.

Just go to Mike Malloy's web page.

[Breeze54]

9. Why would Malloy have Randi's info?

:shrug:

She's on Nova M radio now too; with Malloy.

They have their own separate affiliates.

Nova M Affiliates

http://novamradio.com/live/affiliate_list.php

NOTE:

Due to the very quick change in networks many Randi Rhodes affiliates are still processing contracts
and working to switch over to Nova M Radio. As we hear from Randi's stations we will update this listing.

If you would like to hear Randi Rhodes and Mike Malloy in your city, be sure let your local station(s) know.

Location Station RandiRhodes . MikeikeMalloy

Albuquerque, NM 1350 AM KABQ X .
Ann Arbor, MI 1290 AM WLBY X .
Asheville, NC 880 AM WPEK X .
Augusta, SC 94.7 FM WAAW . X
Buffalo, NY 1520 AM WWKB Soon .
Chapel Hill, NC 1360 AM WCHL X .
Charlottesville, VA 1450 AM WVAX X .
Chicago, IL 820 AM WCPT . X
Columbus, OH 1580 AM WVKO . X
Coos Bay, OR 1340 AM KBBR X .
Dallas, TX 1360 AM KMNY . X
Denver-Boulder, CO 760 AM KKZN X .
Eureka, CA 1480 AM KGOE . X
Huntington, WV 1340 AM WCMI X .
Los Angeles CA 1150 AM KTLK X . X
Madison, WI 92.1 FM WXXM X . X
Miami, FL 940 AM WINZ X . X
Minneapolis, MN 950 AM KTNF . X
Phoenix, AZ 1480 AM KPHX X . X
Portland, OR 620 AM KPOJ X . X
Reno, NV 1230 AM KJFK X .
San Francisco, CA 960 AM KKGN X . X
San Luis Obispo, CA 1340 AM KYNS . X
Santa Barbara, CA 1340 AM KIST X .
Seattle, WA 1090 AM KPTK X . X
Spokane, WA 1280 AM KPTQ X .
USA - Satellite Radio Sirius Ch. 146 . X
USA - Satellite Radio XM Ch. 167 . X
Washington, DC 820 AM 3WT X .
West Palm Beach, FL 1290 AM WJNO X .

[Liberal In Texas]

16. Not on XM.

Yet.

[orleans]

chicago wcpt is not carrying randi. not yet. hopefully in a week or two

if not--i'll keep streaming.

[Breeze54]

21. Maybe they're still doing the contract. We don't have ANY progressive talk radio

in Mass anymore. :( It sucks. I have to listen online.

[LTR]

10. Well, Stereomud owns the song

The theme that opens her show. I assume she'll still use it. Same with "Bounce Your Boobies." I doubt she owns it, but I know that AAR doesn't, so they have no say.

Only thing we won't hear is the AAR voiceovers.

[chknltl]

83. Song: Bounce Yer Boobies

Will she play it this Friday???? I don't know but I suspect that she will be playing it.

Just in case you need a fix and don't mind an offensive cartoon, (You don't need to fill out anything, just be sure to click on the 'confirm age' button and the song will appear):

http://youtube.com/watch?v=8Es4Ms1Q8Xc

[TriggerGal]

86. Bounce Your Boobies - MP3

http://blogumentary.typepad.com/secretfarm/files/bounce_your_boobies.mp3

SHHH....
If you RIGHT CLICK on the link above ... you can choose to save it to your computer (but, I didn't tell you to do that). ;)

[Breeze54]

89. I saw that! Pretty cool but I'm in pain from the other day you made me bounce 'em! LOL!

:P

Rusty Warren, the Knockers Up gal -- Order her video, CD & cassettes!
"Bounce Your Boobies" featured on the "Rusty Warren Bounces Back" album
coupled with my "Sin-Sational" album to give you 80 minutes of side-splitting comedy ...
www.rustywarren.com/order.html

[Flying Dream Blues]

11. Good luck, Randi, I wish you well. You're so smart, you do your homework, and always

think fast on your feet. But somewhere in there you forgot how to be nice to the people who are on your side. Get that back and you are a force to be reckoned with and will gain lots more listeners. I know way too many people who USED to listen to you but got tired of your arrogance and just plain meanness. We have way too much of that in our lives already, thanks to the BFEE. I doubt you or your people are reading this, but just in case...

[Breeze54]

70. As if all the callers are Mensa members?

:eyes:

A lot of them are just looking for a fight and she's quick enough to realize it but

I agree she's lost her cool at times, as we all have but so do many other radio hosts and humans.

At least she didn't do her stand up routine on the air and AAR tried to blackmail her with it.

I don't blame her for telling them to FO!

[Breeze54]

12. It's time... almost!

I gotta get a soda for this! :D

[PM7nj]

13. Can't wait for todays show!

[Breeze54]

14. Are you listening?

:hi:

[TriggerGal]

81. Oh yeah !!

[Breeze54]

15. "Truth is of the people, by the people, for the people..."

"if not today what happens tomorrow?"

Who is singing this song? It's great!!!! :applause: :applause:

Perfect song for the opener!! :toast:

[VenusRising]

17. Melissa Etheridge.

She's awesome!

[Breeze54]

19. They both are but now I want that CD!

:D

Thanks! :hi:

[VenusRising]

25. Yes, they both are.

Next commercial break check out this song. I LOVE IT!!

Melissa Etheridge - Message to Myself
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9VzTRqt8X8


:hi:

[Breeze54]

28. I'll have to listen later but thanks for the link!

I have dial up. :( I'll lose the stream if I try it now.

[VenusRising]

31. Don't do that!

Something to remember and treat yourself to later. :)

We need to get you some speedier interwebs. :P

[Breeze54]

34. As soon as we move we will get it but I don't want to sign

a year long contract and then have to move the service and pay again, ya know?

My son and I are going to split the cost @ $99.000 a month for TV Cable, DSL and phone.

[VenusRising]

36. I totally understand!

Our recent deposit made my jaw drop. The nice part was they gave us the 6th and 12th month free. That's going to be nice this month not having to pay that bill.

[Breeze54]

37. That's cool! We're hoping to get FIOS. Super fast!

It's run on fiber optics! :D

[VenusRising]

38. Fancy shmancy.

Is this where I call you an elistist? :crazy:

:rofl:

[Breeze54]

41. But, I don't drink Starbucks, Dunkin' Donuts or wear Berkendorfs!

:rofl:

No, but MA is wired for FIOS almost everywhere now. Why not get it?
It's almost the same price as Comcast but a hellava lot faster!

I am in no way an elitist! :P Hippie? Yes! ;) Elitist? No!

[VenusRising]

45. Berkendorfs!

:rofl::spray:

[orleans]

18. and pain by stereomud opened her show. SHE'S BACK!!

here's a youtube video

http://youtube.com/watch?v=VXJG3EQy4AY

[AllexxisF1]

20. Holy Shit

Air America freaking black mailed her!

What a bunch of assholes.

[orleans]

24. no shit. like she keeps saying, they aren't radio people. n/t

[orleans]

22. she's referring to aar as "scare america" HAHA n/t

[Breeze54]

30. LOL!

I don't blame her for turning them down.

They screwed her and would have been hanging over her shoulder all the time.

She is pretty free to say what she wants on

http//www.NovaMRadio.com and 1480 KPHX http://www.1480kphx.com/DynamoPages.php?PID=22

[JackBeck]

23. She's spilling the beans.

"Scare America"!

And she had no morals clause, for those who knew what her contract said without even seeing it.

[JackBeck]

26. AAR wanted to give her a raise and pay for damages!

:hurts:

[orleans]

27. omg--scare america offered her MORE MONEY and was going to

PAY FOR DAMAGES

if she would come back and amend her contract.

[JackBeck]

32. This is why I held back during the feeding frenzy around here.

I want to go to each and every poster on this site that touted the morals meme in defense for Randi's firing to tell them to suck it.

We knew we'd get it straight up from Randi.

[Breeze54]

35. Go to GDP... I have a similar thread going and a lot of insults from

the moralists on there. ;)

[orleans]

42. link? n/t

[Breeze54]

49. It's on the greatest page... 37 recommends - here's the link!

Sorry, I don't have the link handy as I type this... :(

On edit: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=5496595&mesg_id=5496595

[Breeze54]

53. Here you go....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=5496595&mesg_id=5496595

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

29. I'm having a problem with the site. It's taking forever. Is it possible that the server can't handle

all the new listeners?

[Breeze54]

33. Go here--> KPHX 1480 Progressive Talk

http://www.1480kphx.com/DynamoPages.php?PID=22

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

39. Thanks!

[FedoraLV]

44. Also here

<http://www.ktlk.com/main.html>

-FedoraLV

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

40. They stole her website.

[Breeze54]

47. What? They moved her website to Nova M

but KPHX has been carrying Randi for a lng time! AAR shut down her AAR messageboard.


You can go to her new messageboard here-->

The Randi Rhodes Show

A forum for discussing the Randi Rhodes Show (3 PM - 6 PM Eastern)

http://www.novamradio.com/msgbrd/

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

56. When it first went down, AAR was redirecting her own site to AAR. It seems she

managed to have it redirected.

[Breeze54]

57. No, AAR redirected it to Nova M but it was missing. Her 'orange' board

is still missing! She's saying that they better find it but now I'm thinking that maybe they're trying to get people to pay the $10.00 a month to access the new board at Nova M, so they can keep the network going.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

58. So if AAR can redirect, they are definitely in control of her site.

[Breeze54]

60. They did have control of it on AAR... it was attached to their site

but she says she owns it outright. Someone just called and said to look on the net for RRMB Archives.

[VenusRising]

48. My husband and I were talking about that this morning.

We were wondering what was happening because that was been her site before she signed with AAR.

I can't wait to hear the story behind this.

[VenusRising]

46. I love how some of the commercials are welcoming Randi

and taking pot shots at AAR.

"that other network"
"Randi not in conflict anymore"

:rofl:

[Breeze54]

50. They're funnier at NovaM and KPHX ! ~ Better gags!

:P

[TriggerGal]

87. I loved the "free agent" bit

Seems the only thing they missed sticking in there ... the steroid scandal. ;)

[Cleita]

51. I'm listening to her right now, but I have to stream because my

local affiliate isn't carrying her. However, she seems to have brought most of the affiliates with her nationwide. It appears not many will be listening to her replacement. The only problem is I will have to listen to the local radio station in my car when I am running errands.

[Breeze54]

52. We don't have any affiliate in MA. You're lucky!

:(

I used to have to listen in my car at 3 PM or wait until 6 PM but now I have to go online to listen. :(

[Breeze54]

55. WTH? AAR trashed her messageboard?

That's very FU!!

Another Super Beans AD not mentioning "that other netowork" :rofl:

Randi says AAR will be sued if they deleted her website.

She owns it out right!! She says they're trying to find it. :wtf:

[ellacott]

59. A caller just mentioned the archives

I wish they hadn't done that. I used to go there for the shows I missed.

Randi said earlier in te show that she's going to podcast exclusively from NovaM and no one will be allowed to keep archives.

I can't afford to pay for NovaM.

[Breeze54]

61. I hear you ....

I'm in the same boat sort of but I quit the RRMB in 2005/2006? Somewhere in there.

I asked them to suspend my account and Libertas banned me instead. :shrug:

I didn't do anything wrong though.

[ellacott]

63. Man, I'm sorry he misunderstood

That's bad.

[Breeze54]

66. He didn't ... "misunderstand" ....

He was being vindictive due to the revolt at RRMB at that time. 40+ members left at the same time.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

62. I can't afford it either.

[ellacott]

67. So many stations are going to Premium Memberships

$100 a year is a lot. I hope this trend will change. I understand that they need to pay for their bandwidth but it still can be a lot of money.

[Breeze54]

69. I think if they lowered the membership fee's more, they'd get more payers.

And the more payers would add more to support the radio stations.

[TriggerGal]

73. There's always the monthly option

for $10

It's not as hard a "pick in the pocket" as the $100 annual amount.

[Breeze54]

78. It is for me and many others....

Times are tough and $10.00 can be the difference between having gas to get to work
or a gal. of milk and bread for your kids. Just sayin'. I can't commit to another
$10 monthly payment right now either. I just can't swing it.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

90. If it was say $4 a month or so, I would swing it, but on top of all of my utility bills,

bills that didn't exist 25 years ago (cable tv, cable internet, 3 cellphones -mine and my kids) I just can't swing $10 now. Even a $4 a person I'd think they'd make more than enough money over what it would cost to keep up an archive.

[Breeze54]

91. I could handle that or even $5.00 but

$10.00 is a chunk and it adds up.

[TriggerGal]

71. Better go there and grab them now ...

because AAR has issued a "cease & desist" against the owner of the site.

For anyone who doesn't know the address ... it's:
http://www.randirhodesarchives.com

IF, in fact, AAR is holding her archives "hostage" - and Randi DIDN'T know about that site - the caller did her a favor (so she can get someone to grab everything from it as soon as possible - and "stick it" to AAR again).

[Breeze54]

72. Thanks, TriggerGal !

:yourock:

[TriggerGal]

75. Maybe ...

We should divy up the download - to speed the process.

Do we have any other takers??

[Breeze54]

74. Who gave that site owner a 'cease & desist" order? Randi? n/t

[TriggerGal]

76. According to the site ...

AAR (and that's all I'm calling that tanking corporation).

[Breeze54]

84. Randi and the advertisers were calling it "Shame America" today!

:P

[LTR]

79. The archives site is not owned by Rhodes

They're owned by an individual not affiliated with her show. He's merely a fan.

I noticed Green 960 will no longer archive her podcasts. Not sure about KTLK, but I'm sure they won't archive either. Same with White Rose Society, as Ben records shows for Nova M.

There's always BitTorrent, if you're desperate, though that's pretty unreliable.

[TriggerGal]

82. Shh ...

you posted that T word !!!

shhh ... ;)

[LTR]

92. Well, we're talking amongst friends here

;)

[TriggerGal]

64. WOO HOO!!

I got through!!

[Breeze54]

68. WooHoo! Success for TriggerGal!

:woohoo:

:hi:

:D

[TriggerGal]

77. I'm so excited ...

I just can't hide it! ;)

[Breeze54]

80. LOL! Good song!

:P

[Breeze54]

65. But I like that song, Randi !

;)

[WA98296]

85. Totally thrilled Randi's will still be on KPTK 1090 Seattle! Best of luck Randi... and

Thank You KPTK for making sure we still have Randi AND Mike Malloy -- Good Move!

[Breeze54]

88. That's awesome for you! -- Jeff Farias is going nuts right now! LOL!

:P

http://www.1480kphx.com/DynamoPages.php?PID=22