A Short Rant
The state of radio in this area is pretty pathetic.
We have no local radio personalities who are genuinely conservative. Aside from Mike Fendley on WSJS, we don't even have any who are marginally right of center, and Fendley's no prize. Mike is somewhat conservative until you begin talking about the public schools or the arts, both of which he has a personal interest in.
There is some moron on "The Two Guys Named Chris Show" who claims to be a Republican in one breath and then proclaims his undying admiration for Bill Clinton and John Edwards in the next. He also takes statism to an extreme. I guess it's part of the schtick, but when it gets repeated five days a week, it becomes bona-fide propaganda. To be fair, I don't think I've ever heard him claim to be a conservative, but that doesn't mean anything. He claims to be a Republican and obviously is not.
The newest morning program on WZTK, "The Brad and Britt Show" features two retread DJs who claim to be fair and balanced but are so obviously biased to the left it becomes embarassing to listen to them disclaim their neutrality. I guess they don't notice that they reserve their derisive sarcasm for the likes of Ann Coulter, Sean Hannity, and Rush Limbaugh. You never hear them deride Maureen Dowd, Howard Dean, or Susan Estridge. Every Tuesday they have a segment with some guy from state government radio who babbles the bureaucracy's party line and is only marginally subtle about representing the propaganda organ of the NC Democrat Party. I'm pretty sure the only reason they don't drop the pretense of balance is because they are a Fox affiliate.
We need a local conservative voice on Triad radio. If for no other reason than I don't have to bounce around the dial every morning and afternoon on my hour-long commute.
As a side note, you need to listen to my buddy Beeler on 90.9 (WQFS) every Thursday from 6 am to 8 am. His show is called "Americana in the Morning" and it is good stuff. He plays a mixture of older Country, Hillbilly Swing, Bluegrass/Oldtime, Tex-Mex, and Rockabilly. In other words, he plays good American music. You are even liable to hear a little Gospel and a little patriotic music. The radio station belongs to Guilford College, and the other 166 hours per week are a liberal whacko wasteland, so his show is a genuine ray of sunshine.
We have no local radio personalities who are genuinely conservative. Aside from Mike Fendley on WSJS, we don't even have any who are marginally right of center, and Fendley's no prize. Mike is somewhat conservative until you begin talking about the public schools or the arts, both of which he has a personal interest in.
There is some moron on "The Two Guys Named Chris Show" who claims to be a Republican in one breath and then proclaims his undying admiration for Bill Clinton and John Edwards in the next. He also takes statism to an extreme. I guess it's part of the schtick, but when it gets repeated five days a week, it becomes bona-fide propaganda. To be fair, I don't think I've ever heard him claim to be a conservative, but that doesn't mean anything. He claims to be a Republican and obviously is not.
The newest morning program on WZTK, "The Brad and Britt Show" features two retread DJs who claim to be fair and balanced but are so obviously biased to the left it becomes embarassing to listen to them disclaim their neutrality. I guess they don't notice that they reserve their derisive sarcasm for the likes of Ann Coulter, Sean Hannity, and Rush Limbaugh. You never hear them deride Maureen Dowd, Howard Dean, or Susan Estridge. Every Tuesday they have a segment with some guy from state government radio who babbles the bureaucracy's party line and is only marginally subtle about representing the propaganda organ of the NC Democrat Party. I'm pretty sure the only reason they don't drop the pretense of balance is because they are a Fox affiliate.
We need a local conservative voice on Triad radio. If for no other reason than I don't have to bounce around the dial every morning and afternoon on my hour-long commute.
As a side note, you need to listen to my buddy Beeler on 90.9 (WQFS) every Thursday from 6 am to 8 am. His show is called "Americana in the Morning" and it is good stuff. He plays a mixture of older Country, Hillbilly Swing, Bluegrass/Oldtime, Tex-Mex, and Rockabilly. In other words, he plays good American music. You are even liable to hear a little Gospel and a little patriotic music. The radio station belongs to Guilford College, and the other 166 hours per week are a liberal whacko wasteland, so his show is a genuine ray of sunshine.
posted by Anonymous | 8:21 AM
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Solution to your radio dilemma: iPod with an FM transmitter, combined with podcasts -- download shows that you want to listen to overnight and listen to them in your car.
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