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Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Chokehold on the Airwaves in SE Pennsylvania

     Am I the only one who has noticed, that all you have on AM radio in Southeastern Pennsylvania is Conservative/Libertarian/Tea Party talk radio. I mean, I hope its the low quality of this radio that was placed in nine tower; yet, I highly doubt it.

      I usually listen to sirius/xm radio when I am in the car, so I don't have to rely on AM raido for news, or political talk. However, I'm sure most go Pennsylvanians go to AM for their news. I, mean you can always listen to KYW1060, but I can only listen to the same headlines repeated every 22 minutes, just so many time.

     Pennsylvania is not Georgia, or South Carolina, nor another on of these bright red states. Pennsylvania is quite often a Democratic carrying state; Democrats taking the electoral votes, in the previous five presidential elections. Southeastern Pennsylvania is usually quite blue in that respect. That is why this concerns me when I turn the dial, I find six stations with the talking points: "the federal government grinding to the halt is good, the less legislation out of congress then better.", "Your news sponsered by the Washington Times.", "The latest from the socialist senator Bernie Sanders.", "God's judgement is waiting for homosexuals and Ideolouges.", "More from that Marxist President of ours." Are there any Progressive, or mainstream liberal media outlets to respond? Where is this main stream liberal media that I hear Ann Coulter crying about? I would love to see a moderate, centrist news agency on the radio; if that animal even exists.

     Rupert Mordor is not the only billionaire news mogul out there, clear channel can't own every station, where is the response from MSNBC, CNN, The New York Times, The Washington Post, these left leading news outlets to respond. Are our airwaves to be controlled by the right; this Randian/Tea Party message demogauging the airwaves. If so, I gor one, do not hold much hope for the prospects of our nation. I mean when I have to hear a rumor,  that if Biden leaves Obama's ticket, that Gov Cuomo might be one of the primary choices on 92.5 wxtu, Philly Country Music, I feel slighted.

     What makes our country great is the free flow of ideas; one message, one voice cannot replace that. I, for one, would absolutely love a radio show where a moderator would discuss the issues of the day, then a Ed Schultz and a Sean Hannity would present the liberal/conservative viewpoints; then take calls from the people. The value of such a forum would be infinite to the American Psyche. That fourth estate of Edward R Murrow is sorely missed, and might reappear. I, for one, have faith and hope that one day we will have that again. The prospects on the other end are just too grim to fathom.

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