[BC] Dial-Global Will Make Progressive Radio Work

[Rich Wood]

------ At 12:50 PM 2/19/2009, Tom wrote: -------

>Liberal talk network Nova M Radio has filed for bankruptcy 
>liquidation, according to the company's co-founders Anita and 
>Sheldon Drobny. Established in 2006, Nova M had been struggling 
>financially since last fall due to a weak ad market. To make matters 
>worse, talk host Randi Rhodes disappeared from the network and its 
>34 affiliates last month.

It was inevitable. Whenever I read that a personality has absolute 
control I write the endeavor off as a guaranteed failure. This 
usually happens with "high maintenance" personalities who feel 
there's nothing more to learn and the ideology is more important than 
the success of the network. I can buy the argument that the show had 
technical problems for a day or so, not longer. This smells like a 
management/employee dispute.

The people who suffer are the poor PDs who now have to scramble to 
replace a show they thought they had a contract with with virtually 
no notice. This is amateurish stuff. That's why I believe that 
Dial-Global is the only current syndicator that can make Progressive Talk work.

Rich