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March 31, 2004
Air America, Sorta
It must have been an interesting calculation for the folks over at Air America to choose AM 1580 to be the LA station. It doesn't reach Orange County or the San Fernando Valley. But in South Central and the Westside it comes in loud and clear. That is if they haven't changed the transmitter since back in the day when 1580 was KDAY, the station that broke West Coast Gangsta Rap to the world. Be that as it may, as I drove north from Irvine, the garbled horror became more clear and finally intelligible around Carson. It's amazing to me that the station doesn't reach Long Beach, what are they thinking? If this is the America they want to air, they've got a long way to go. Start with radio stations we can hear, morons!
I hardly expected to enjoy Garafalo's show, but they do a good job of not taking themselves seriously while sticking a few serious subjects into the mix. The show immediately previous, while mostly garbled, was mostly whining about GWBush and the war in Iraq. But Garafalo and her co-host were actually reasonably entertaining, and saying things outright which are only cleverly hinted at on NPR.
Air America is going to eat NPRs lunch, and that's a good thing. There is nothing so annoying as their dumbed down Day to Day show. Have I snarled about that already?
Who knows if any of the listeners to Redneck Radio are going to swap over. We'll all have to wait until Air America can figure out where the rest of the nation lives.
Posted by mbowen at March 31, 2004 08:08 PM
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I was able to get KDAY in the valley back when I was wee and I can get Air America (for the most part) when I'm driving to and from work now.
I've enjoyed what I've heard so far. Al Franken would do better with a little more focus but their morning show is pretty decent. Wesley Clark followed by Pat Buchanan? Whose doing that on News Radio (or TV for that matter) right now?
Posted by: Jason at April 1, 2004 05:02 PM
I live in Pasadena and the station fades in and out. However, I can sort of pick up the AM 1050 transmission out in the Inland Empire when I'm at work. Man, I have to take that station in small doses. Five minutes at a time, max.
Posted by: Patrick at April 3, 2004 04:51 PM