Updated Dec. 2024
“…of the 257 news/talk stations owned by the top five commercial station owners reveals that 91 percent of the total weekday talk radio programming is conservative, and 9 percent is progressive.” -The Structural Imbalance of Political Talk Radio.
More dialogue on liberal messaging can be found here; conservative radio targets Latino communities too. Rush Limbaugh is no longer with us but the industry he created is alive and well, sadly..
Anyone know of any billionaire Liberals who might buy up some radio & TV networks for us to use?? It just might help to make activist folks’ job quite a bit easier. Just sayin’.
Cartoon courtesy of Tom Tomorrow via Daily Kos.
“Rupert Murdoch’s lie machine is directly responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Americans, the poisoning of our democracy and the stoking of a cold civil war. There has never been anything like it and it is beyond terrible for the country. Bar none, Rupert Murdoch is the worst and most dangerous immigrant to ever arrive on American soil. There are no words for the awfulness of his cancerous network.” -Steve Schmidt, former Republican consultant
Democrats spent over $10.5 billion on TV & radio advertising in the 2024 election cycle. Estimated startup costs to purchase a radio station can range from $10,000 (online radio) to over $1 million (traditional FM station with high-quality equipment and studio space). Knowledge in broadcasting, audio engineering, marketing, programming, and general business management. Put a few radio stations in places like Omaha, Fresno, Kansas City, Des Moines, Indianapolis, Dayton, might help our cause – although, even media markets like Los Angeles & New York City do not have a robust progressive radio station.
Consider that the money we spent on local TV ads, at least in the Fresno market, were matched or doubled by opposition ads; within a couple minutes, viewers would see our candidate as a great guy and a villain – it’s a wash at best. It’s a great deal for the TV station revenues who don’t even point out to viewers that Trump is an admitted/adjudicated sexual predator and convicted on 34 felony counts for fraud. It’s a win-win for them while keeping in good graces with Dear Leader. So, messed up..
So, the question for Democratic leadership might ask at what point do we wake-t-f-up and finally do something about it?
