Weekday Line-Up Starting May 21st:
2a-3a The Air Americans with Mark Riley
3a-6a The Young Turks
6a-9a KPOJ Mornings with Thom, Heidi and Carl
9a-12p Thom Hartmann – Nationwide
12p-3p Ed Schultz
3p-6p Randi Rhodes
6p-8p Rachel Maddow
8p-11p Mike Malloy
11p-2a This Is Air America with John Elliot
Put on the Sunday show. He is a superstar. And drop Foghorn Legorn Shultz.
Sam Seder was informative and entertaining. I miss his show. Thom Hartmann is the best. Unfortunately, now that he is on at 9:00 am, I don't get a chance to hear him.
Ed Schultz's ego is tiresome. When he invited all Air America listeners to stop listening to his show, I accepted his invitation and no longer spend my lunch hour with "Big Eddie".
Under the old lineup, I would get in 6 to 9 hours of listening. With the new lineup, I get in about 1 to 2 hours tops. They only way I get to listen to Thom's national show is by downloading the mp3 file.
KPOJ - please stop polluting the airwaves with hate radio. Send Mike Malloy packing.
Thank you for bringing back Mike Malloy. I don't listen to Ed because always refuses to discuss 911 as an inside job, and he has no edge to him (my opinion). I had a feeling the 6am to 9am slot was going to be the Wolfson Show at some point...why the secrecy?
I hope to get a good dose of Sam Seder soon, and I like Rachel Maddow more than I thought I would (having Kent Jones also helps).
Randi...you make me homesick for Manhattan!
And I know you need to make money, but I'm getting tired of that woman who is obviously making more than in her first month in da bidness.
I must admit I am an Ed head, I think Ed should get played live, what a wonderfull way to link the nations pergressives together. I like Tom Hartman's local show too. So why not just switch the time slots.
Its as simple as this BRING SAM BACK!!!!! :(
I still think Thom and Heidi were better than Carl, Thom,and Heidi. It is BORING!!!!! Too muchof a good thing. I never listen full time anymore. Put Thom and Heidi back on as a duo.Then bring back Sam for the 9-noon slot. That would be worth listening to for the majority of the time.
We could survive without ED! He is so arrogant that a person wants to ask him to just stop talking for a minute. He seems a bit corny.Besides he is not progressive. He seems just a bit morre liberal than Rush!!!
How about Stephanie Miller? She would be a good fit somewhere . She is fresh,funny,and intelligent. Something Gun toting, loud mouth Big Eddy is not!
Keep working on the programming. It still needs tweaking!
Please..give us The Stephanie Miller show. Never have I heard a more refreshing, spirited, absolutely humorous yet politically correct radio show! Too much "Tom Hartmann" happening in the morning. Tom is knowledgeable and I do appreciate his local show with Heidi and Carl (very nice addition). I think, however, we need a "different kind of show" to give us a happier, uplift to all the mayhem going on in the current administration and politics in general.
Thank you kindly,
Dr. Don Warford
Is this what drives your "evolution".......???
(l) Shift Ed Schultz and the Satellite Sisters to another Portland Clear Channel station. Since they are not Progressive, they would fit in better and people would still have access to them.
(2) If you have to re-run something, let it be Thom Hartmann's national program, which I consider to be the most educational.
(3) Broadcast the new AAR programs; broadcast all programs as close to "live" as possible. Old news is boring to say the least.
2. Dump the silly sisters on sat am, can't stand them and end up finding a computer stream of something to listen to!
3. The local weekday show is Boring! Get Stephanie Miller for the 6-9 slot.
4. Ed is a redneck bore.
5. Mike Malloy is the best thing on radio. Thanks for bringing him back KPOJ!!!!!!!!
I only listen to one of Thom's shows... it gets to be too much.
I think you have gotten a handle on the schedule during the week, please leave it alone and let us become used to the hosts. It goes better if you can find the show you want at a set time.
Weekend mornings need a consistant host, to develope better listener ties.
I like that you now aren't running repeats, all night.
More power at night would be great.
A:
Sam Seder - BRING HIM BACK
Mark Riley - can't hear him in current slot
Thom Hartmann
Rachael Maddow
Ring of Fire
A-:
Laura Flanders
Ed Schultz
David Bender
B:
Randy Rhodes
C:
Mike Malloy
Russ Belville
Eco Talk
F:
Sattelite Sisters
Ed Schultz is important because he's the most spontaneous of KPOJ's line up. Sometimes some real gems of truth surface on his show from the spontenaety. That's his strong point.
One more thing, live is best and since Thom has the live spot, put Randi on after Thom since she would be live. Then Ed next. I am mad at Randi because she says some unfair cruel things sometimes but if she were live I'd be more likely to listen to her, rather than switch to NPR when she comes on.
PS. I love Lionel a lot.
My top five:
1. Randi Rhodes
2. Sam Seder
3. Ring of Fire
4. Stephanie Edwards (I listen to her mornings when in So. Cal.
5. Mark Riley
Thom Hartmann is very bright but if I'm going to listen to more then one hour of talk.....I also have to be entertianed. I tend to fall asleep when he's on.
Why would they cut Sam Seder back to only once a week? He was a proven winner. I have yet to find him on Sundays. When is he on? Bring him back, damn it!!!
That would leave the 8PM-midnight slot open for the Air Americans. Considering this show will have not only Mark Riley, but also the Ring of Fire (including David Bender) and Laura Flanders, this show should be a much better fit for the evening hours - more information, less rants.
This does also remove the Jon Elliot show, but his show could be expanded on the weekend.
I agree with other people on this board that providing Air America shows live whenever possible would also be a positive move.
lots of workers listen to talk radio in the 9-12 time slot. I know because my work has me in contact with contractors at that time.
They are all listening to Rush Limbaugh or Lars Larsen.
Please give them a Dem who can reason with them....we could gain some voters!!
No offense....but Prof. Thom is not going to get them listening!
I enjoy the buzz I get from Thom, Heidi, and Carl in the morning but could do without the munchies and fits of paranoia.
Please do what you can to bring back Sam Seder. I miss his insight, humor, and pithy commentary. I could live without Ed Schultz. He bores me to tears.
However, because we have only one progressive station in town, we ought to use it for the best progressives; that does not include Ed. I cannot listen to KPOJ when he is on. And that his program is repeated Saturday night is awful!
I like the entire, smart, progressive, Air America Radio line up. (Which does not include Ed.)
Do I have a vote?
P.S. Please keep Mike!
Also, I love Thom. I was really nervous about Carl coming in to the show, but he has grown on me. We need the local show, so it was a good change to keep that show and to get Thom's national show.
Too much Hartman?? Don't know....but please give your listeners LIVE radio TALK shows.
Ed Schultz would kick Lars butt! (and get KPOJ NEW listeners)!
Ed provides itelligent, folksy commentary. His down to earth style is refreshing when compared to "in your face programs" like Randy Rhoades.
Randy Rhoades brings passion, but she needs to better her game by conducting more research. When Bush is gone I wonder what she'll have to talk about. Her approach seems less thought out and less professional. The AirAmerica equivalent of a less intelligent Michael Savage.
I am not a hunter or interested in sports or fishing, but why not?
It seems that we as liberals need to appeal to others than our base to keep or get in control. So, stay with ED.
Love everything else in the lineup!
Wish Randi was live.
Thank you for the good choices.
Proud to be an American women even if we do have a president that has made awful choices for us all. Bring the troops home (mother of a son in the military)!!!
Best,
DWY
The strong point of this very successful franchise of the Air America network is that you have such a great variety of hosts, and they all bring fresh perspective and news to me.
If folks don't like Ed Schultz, or some one else, they should turn off the program and go read a book or something. I like Ed and I like the wide net he casts in inviting guests on his show. I like his attention to other topics on occasion as well.
It is the diversity that one finds under the large KPOJ umbrella that keeps us all tuned in. I have tried to listen to other stations, even the right wing stations with their monotone line ups. No facts, no diversity, and boring, press release propaganda make me quickly tune back to KPOJ.
Please keep the spectrum of opinions and presentations on your shows wide and free, and I'll keeep listening.
Thanks for the great radio!
Carl Wolfson is great, and an asset to Thom & Heidi on the Morning Show. I love the extra time that you've given us to hear Thom Hartmann, and he deserves to have nationwide exposure.
Rachel, Laura Flanders, Ed Schultz and David Bender do a great job. Enjoy Ring of Fire and sometimes Randy Rhoades. Not so much the Satellite Sisters. (Just doesn't quite fit.)
Mr. Green, thanks for keeping Air America alive and giving progressives/liberals a sanctuary of sanity! Keep up the good work. Just bring back Sam Seder and it will be perfect!
Because I enjoy most all of your programs, I'm hesitant to criticize a few, but I don't think the Satellite Sisters fit the station's format. Ed Schultz has good guests and is probably necessary for a segment of your listener group; however, I am weary of his lectures on narrow social issues, his inability to control his temper (generated primarily by a perceived assault to his outsize ego), and his unfair criticism of Air America. The Young Turks are usually good, but sometimes are hard to understand because they talk too fast and run words together.
I'm certain that Air America was instrumental in the 2006 Democratic victory. It's a rallying place for progressives and some hosts, notably Hartmann, urge listeners to become active in the political process.
Thanks for the effort to improve your lineup. I notice more advertisers recently and hope this foretells a successful financial future. Many good wishes.
I'm missing Sam Seder a lot. I think it was a bad idea for Air America to get rid of his daily show. I hope he joins Nova M or something and gets to be broadcast in Portland again. I will listen to him any chance I get.
I can't bring myself to listen to Ed Schultz since he told listeners that if they listen to AAR they should turn him off. I've since switched to KINK radio when I run my errands. If I'm at the computer, I'll listen to Randi Rhodes live online. KPOJ can dump Ed Schultz any time.
Randi Rhodes is always good.
I want to like Rachel Maddow but she's just not funny to me and Kent Jones is even more unfunny. If she would get rid of that schtick of hers and just be herself, I bet it would be much better to listen to. If I hear her singsong the word "Monkey" one more time, I'll scream. I like the fact that she always updates us on the news from Iraq and Afghanistan, but after that she and unfunny Kent seem to mug for laughs. Ugh!
Mike Malloy is fun to listen to but I don't get a chance to hear him too much since he's on so late.
I do try to listen to Ring of Fire on Saturdays and David Bender on Sundays but weekends can be hit or miss for me.
Thom Hartmann is very informative and I'm getting to like him more and more.
I can't take 6 hours of Thom, and not sure I will bother with the 6-9 am show even if he leaves it. Can't abide Randi or Ed at all, so now I will have most of my days back to do other things. I can appreciate that Ed DOES really appeal to midwest, and hard core redneck types, which we have so many of around here! Right?
I really enjoy Rachel Maddow and Kent Jones, and am also happy to hear Mike Malloy again in the late evenings.
Glad we get a bit of Ring of Fire and Laura Flanders on the weekends, as well as David Bender, BUT...
I really miss Sam Ceder's show!! Bring him back, please. I am bereft, and not happy about how this whole thing with Air America went down. What could they possibly be thinking???
Very unhappy in Portland
It sounds ironic, but listening to Mike is soothing at bedtime. He vents all the rage that builds up in the liberal heart during the day, and it's like massage therapy
Don't let Thom "slip, slide away" from the local P"land show, unless he must, for his sanity/energy.
Sam S. was a welcome addition. Bring him back, too, if you can.
Oh, the Satellite Sisters are a coffee-klatch kind of radio, more like dull, non-political radio, sort of a diluted "View" (TV show). Drop them. Also, The Young Turks are NOT WELL INFORMED and are very repetitive.
SURE WISH **STEPHANIE MILLER** could join the lineup. Replace Randi Rhodes time slot?? Bring Sam back, if you can. Mark Maron is missed, too.
I'm a devoted listener, as you can tell. Keep working to improve your lineup and I'll just keep on buying what I can from the sponsors (including "Dave's Killer Bread").
Thank you.
Also, we need a repeat of the Ring of Fire on Sunday. They are great.
One last thing...Randi's style is embarrassing for progressives, even though she has a lot of good material. Ed is a snooze.
Mike Malloy is great - I'm so glad he's back.
I am very sorry to see Sam go from AA. If another network picks him up, PLEASE run him on KPOJ - from the comments it would be a clear winner.
Sam, Marc Marron and Mike Malloy were my favorites on AA - now they're all gone. What on earth has AA been thinking??
I love to listen to Thom Hartman and the morning crew because they have interesting guests and they let callers talk with overriding them always with their own opinions. I really can't listen to Air America when I drive home in the afternoon because Randi just rants and rants. She seldom has guests and shuts down callers who don't agree with her. She repeats the time stuff over and over an it just gets so tiresome. It makes progressive radio as bad as the right-wing talkers. We don't need ranting - it doesn't promote any kind of dialog.
I am sorry to say that after attempting to give it a fair shot, I find the addition of Carl Wolfson to the Thom and Heidi local show to be a huge mistake. The show just drops in quality without Thom getting airtime, Carl talking over Thom, and Heidi getting squeezed out trying to leave space for "the guys." I really liked the Thom/Heidi dynamic and don't think any third personality would be a good addition to the mix. I also feel that if this is a move to gradually slide Thom out, it would be a serious blow to the show. Carl seems to be an Ok guy and is probably worth hearing, but he doesn't even approach Thom in knowledge, interaction with guests and callers, and the ability to ground the present topics in sound knowledge of history.
I have made a serious effort to get up and listen to Thom and Heidi, even though I am a night person and hate mornings. I will not do so for the eventual Carl and Heidi, and am less inclined to make the effort for the current Thom/Heidi/Carl incarnation.
In an earlier comment "sunsawed" wrote this:
I kind of like the local show better than the national. I find myself compulsively wanting to know about what is going on in the Terwilliger Curves, even though I have no idea where they are. And listening to local ads as opposed to the endlessly looped promos and PSAs of the national feed.
As a native Oregonian and a long-time Portland resident I must say I'm flattered...and amused. Who would have thought that someone two time zones east of here would worry about the Terwilliger Curves?
I don't know what to think re: Air America lately! Here's what I mean. All I care about is 620 KPOJ. The fact that KPOJ is in control of their own programming is perfect. I am a huge fan of Thom Hartmann (I read his stuff prior to him being on in Portland) and I am also a huge fan of Mike Malloy. In my opinion Hartmann and Malloy are do for the liberal movement in one week w/ their honest and hard-hitting styles versus a Seder or Franken type liberal who skirt the issues and "think too much" about what to say from one issue to another. Hartmann and Malloy say what needs to be said and they have no problem in expressing their anger openly.
Air America has been making really bad decisions in the last two years. It seems that if you open your mouth and speak the truth, even if it means being radical about it...then you're gone! Exactly what the neocons want. So I have been frustrated with AA's decisions.
I am not the greatest of writers so let me get to my point. Despite the fact that Portland gets to decide who and what we listen to regardless of what Air America is doing (Malloy for example). If Air America fails as a whole, then all of us on the Progressive side of the politcal system lose! No matter what happens nationally, it's clear that a Left-Wing radio station will not only survive in Portland, but thrive. The problem with that is that doesn't help our political ideology nationally. Portland will always be a safe haven for liberals, but it wont do us any good if the neocons succeed at destroying Left Wing AM Radio.
I hope Air America figures it out. It also doesn't help to be overly reactive and forget that a national radio network doesn't become successful overnight! It takes a good five-to-ten years for it to take root, esp. a left-wing AM radio network. These ups & downs are to be expected. I just they (Air America) learn from their mistakes. No more firing guys like Mike Malloy, Sam Seder, and Mike Maron (sp?). Of course we need guys and gals that people will listen to, but we cannot afford to shy away from angry pissed-off libs!
Okay, well sorry for the novella...I am happy that we are getting what we want here in Portland, but we can't be happy with a strong liberal AM radio network just in Portland. Air America must survive on a national level. We as Portlanders should do everything we can to help.
Support the companies that advertise on Air America nationally and try to write those companies an email explaining where you heard their commercial.
-JJ
- The leaving of Sam Seder.
+ Thom H. though the morning hours allow for little listening. Sorry, I'm not a Pod Person yet. Not sure if I want to be one.
+ Having Rachel Maddow on ealier.
- The Mike & Mark morning show was hilarous and very informative. Have not heard any better mix since. Come on, the world's a pretty F'd place, you just gotta laugh.
Ed Schultz belongs on a Portland "progressive" radio station like Joe LIE-berman belongs in the Democratic Party.
Sam Seder was great. He was months ahead of the rest of the country in his recognition of Ned Lamont as a viable candidate.
Informed, passionate, funny, with a huge fan base = kicked off the air.
Ed Schultz. I understand he took the money from the DLC.
I never liked Seder much. Immature...a lefty version of Hannity.
The talent just wasn't there. He would have been gone sooner or later. The jewels-in-the crown are Thom Hartman, Randi Rhodes and Mike Malloy. Your programs make for timely listening here in the Eastern U.S. Thanks for a great station.
Unfortunately, we have no Air America outlet here in Tampa, so I have to listen on the 'Net.
As for the rest of the lineup. LOVE Thom, glad to have his National show 9-12. Clearly bringing Carl in the morning show is a way to phase him in and leave Thom to just his National show. That will be another horrible loss for KPOJ. But a understandible move.
I love Big Eddy. and unlike some of the other listeners I listen to his show every day and turn off Randi. I don't really like Rachel's show very much, but maybe it will grow on me and really, what else were you to do?!
So, all and all, great job with what you had to work with. As you said, it keeps on evolving!
24/7 loyal listener, Michelle
Thanks.
GLB