Randi is not on the air in Chicago

[LSK]

Randi Rhodes and Air America
Chicago (April 10, 2008) — As many of you know, Randi Rhodes has chosen to terminate her relationship with Air America.

While WCPT is a network affiliate of Air America, we were not involved in their decision to suspend Randi, nor were we a part of the discussions which led to Randi terminating her relationship with Air America. However, WCPT is very much involved in putting out the best Progressive Talk station for Chicago and as such, we are in the process of deciding on a new line-up for the station. As the situation with Randi has developed over the past few weeks, we have received passionate feedback from our listeners both in support of Randi as well as in support of Air America’s moves. It is this passion which drives the station and without it, we would not be able to succeed.

For now, we ask you to please bear with us as we take the time to determine the very best lineup. We acknowledge that whichever path we choose to take, some segment of our audience may not agree with us right off the bat, but rest assured whatever we do will stay true to our ideals of offering the very best Progressive Talk programming. Progressive talk radio has come a long way since it first launched a few years ago and we’re in a fortunate position that our options have greatly expanded in such a short time.

We certainly regret that this situation happened, but now that it has, we are going to do our best to take this opportunity to build an even better WCPT. We appreciate the feedback that we have received and are fortunate to have listeners who are so engaged in “their” station.

http://www.wcpt820.com/news/view?articleID=78

Please DU this station, she was on the air there before she left AAR.

http://www.wcpt820.com/contact

Harvey Wells, General Manager
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Melissa Ryzy, Director of Sales
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Kevin Clarke, Promotions
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To Contact WCPT 820 AM:
6012 S. Pulaski Rd.
Chicago, IL 60629
773.767.1000

[LSK]

1. kick

[orleans]

2. i called wcpt today to find out if they were going to carry her

and was told that at least for this week they are going to carry air america during her time slot

possibly next week as well

i said can i put in a vote to carry randi and that i'd love to hear her in the car, but in the meantime i'll be streaming novam and her on the computer.

give them a call.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

3. Harvey Wells know good radio.

:sarcasm:

Well, it didn't take long for Jake Hartford to land on his feet. Just two weeks after he was among more than a dozen staffers fired in a cost-cutting bloodbath at news/talk WLS-AM (890), the veteran host has been picked up just down the dial.

"I've always been a fan of Jake's Saturday morning show," said Harvey Wells, Newsweb vice president and group station manager. "As soon as I heard that he was one of the people let go , I knew that WCPT had found the perfect show to begin its Saturdays."

http://www.suntimes.com/business/feder/847800,CST-FIN-feder18.article

Makes sense. Hire away one of the shills from the most conservative station in town to host a show on the most liberal station. I guess Teri O'Brien couldn't reach the phone that day. Hartford's been fluffing the GOP on WLS for 10 years and even if it was all showbiz, he has zero integrity.

[tritsofme]

4. I'll take Boers and Bernstein over that coot any day.

I think Chicago's airwaves are richer because of this.