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Dennis Donovan

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71. You're talking to a dude with a working RCA U-109 in his living room!

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Sun Feb 24, 2019, 04:53 AM

Feb 2019

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Al Franken, Rachel, and the Air America experiment [View all] orangecrush Feb 2019 OP

Sam Seder Janeane Garofalo Marc Maron Ben Mankiewicz were all on AAR too. nt Snotcicles Feb 2019 #1

I picked it up orangecrush Feb 2019 #4

How was it sabotaged? lordsummerisle Feb 2019 #127

I loved Morning Sedition ChubbyStar Feb 2019 #5

The name of the show orangecrush Feb 2019 #12

Yeah that was it, I couldn't remember the name. AAR had Mike Malloy Randi Rhodes Snotcicles Feb 2019 #15

Firetruck!!!! Yeah, I loved Marc Maron. He almost never touches politics on his WTF podcast now hlthe2b Feb 2019 #77

Morning Sedition was a great show n/t lordsummerisle Feb 2019 #126

Charles Grodin did a liberal talk show on TV. He was taken off when Clinton was about to be wasupaloopa Feb 2019 #2

Richard Mellon Scaife orangecrush Feb 2019 #8

Mellon Scaiffe also runs a "foundation" that buys right wing books Progressive Jones Feb 2019 #130

That network saved my sanity elfin Feb 2019 #3

I had right wingers living in my apt bulding orangecrush Feb 2019 #9

LOL, love it iluvtennis Feb 2019 #50

... orangecrush Feb 2019 #53

Al Franken's Show Was Amazing ChoppinBroccoli Feb 2019 #6

It was a masterpiece of broadcasting orangecrush Feb 2019 #10

"who got the memo" was my fave. mopinko Feb 2019 #13

"So how is Israel today?" n/t gay texan Feb 2019 #44

... orangecrush Feb 2019 #51

Morning Sedition... Dennis Donovan Feb 2019 #17

Sedition was sublime radio. I'll tell you a funny story about one of my call ins ChubbyStar Feb 2019 #22

From someone with an Opus avatar? Dennis Donovan Feb 2019 #122

I loved the oy oy oy Show! Blue_playwright Feb 2019 #23

... CentralMass Feb 2019 #52

Thank you very much! orangecrush Feb 2019 #117

Who could forget HootieMcBoob Feb 2019 #128

:-) CentralMass Feb 2019 #134

"Lying? or Stupid?" was my favorite with Franken. DinahMoeHum Feb 2019 #105

I liked Jeaneane too Clash City Rocker Feb 2019 #7

Progressive women orangecrush Feb 2019 #11

When she would call in as Katherine Harris. I would almost piss myself laughing so hard. nt Snotcicles Feb 2019 #18

... orangecrush Feb 2019 #28

It was 2004 - I bought satellite radio specifically for it Dennis Donovan Feb 2019 #14

Being a traditionalist orangecrush Feb 2019 #29

You're talking to a dude with a working RCA U-109 in his living room! Dennis Donovan Feb 2019 #71

Beautiful radio! orangecrush Feb 2019 #104

I love and miss Zenith! I have a '53 Trans-O Dennis Donovan Feb 2019 #120

Weird coincidence orangecrush Feb 2019 #137

16 tubes in your 109! orangecrush Feb 2019 #142

Chuckle! krkaufman Feb 2019 #31

Thanks, I corrected it orangecrush Feb 2019 #45

Got the date wrong orangecrush Feb 2019 #46

you know what i really remember? no campaign ads. mopinko Feb 2019 #16

Great point. orangecrush Feb 2019 #32

Air America was great. Also liked Randy Rhodes. Hoyt Feb 2019 #19

Would love to see a resurgence. orangecrush Feb 2019 #43

Randi Rhodes is on the internet M-F Nictuku Feb 2019 #95

Thank you very much! orangecrush Feb 2019 #96

She's on YouTube as well, live-streaming. . . DinahMoeHum Feb 2019 #110

.... orangecrush Feb 2019 #118

Facebook and Progressive Voices Hstch05 Feb 2019 #132

I get Randi's podcast too - She gets me all wired up - she's good womanofthehills Feb 2019 #144

Oh, how I miss Air America! Gumboot Feb 2019 #20

Great times orangecrush Feb 2019 #41

I listened all the time kimbutgar Feb 2019 #21

Thanks! orangecrush Feb 2019 #40

I used to listen to Air America way back when but I had no idea Rachel was on there yaesu Feb 2019 #24

Actually heard her orangecrush Feb 2019 #36

I remember her saying on her radio show that no one who looked like her could ever mucifer Feb 2019 #79

If you're gonna be on TV, you've GOT to have make up on!! Or look AWFUL. oldsoftie Feb 2019 #89

She was saying she doesn't look like the hosts on CNN MSNBC FOX etc and she doesn't mucifer Feb 2019 #90

I always thought she should have had her OWN show on AA. oldsoftie Feb 2019 #92

She hates the makeup orangecrush Feb 2019 #107

Air America was a welcome lifeline...before stumbling upon DU. FailureToCommunicate Feb 2019 #25

Rachel and Al orangecrush Feb 2019 #33

I streamed it all day every day. nt Baltimike Feb 2019 #26

A friendly voice orangecrush Feb 2019 #39

Nice to reminisce, but this is a BIG...HUGE reason progressives are extinct in rural America... Hulk Feb 2019 #27

Well said... orangecrush Feb 2019 #34

And an FCC complaint has been filed? mwooldri Feb 2019 #131

Right wing networks do make money. betsuni Feb 2019 #60

Great summary! orangecrush Feb 2019 #109

Loved Air America! summer_in_TX Feb 2019 #64

Thanks! orangecrush Feb 2019 #114

This can't be mentioned often enough. DFW Feb 2019 #69

Funny you mention that... orangecrush Feb 2019 #119

Bingo. +1 million JHB Feb 2019 #85

Fire and brimstone appeals to the conservative mind IronLionZion Feb 2019 #91

best thing could happen is cohen gets asked about why trump team studied talk radio in 2014 certainot Feb 2019 #30

Great points orangecrush Feb 2019 #37

Al Franken's show was the first time that I heard the name, "Barack Obama". n/t Yavin4 Feb 2019 #35

Not,suprised orangecrush Feb 2019 #38

No, the problem was: liberals don't listen to endless hours of political talk radio... brooklynite Feb 2019 #42

Judging from this thread orangecrush Feb 2019 #48

And so did I...but not endlessly brooklynite Feb 2019 #54

That's not true. Bill Clinton got rid of the Fairness Doctrine allowing right wingers to mucifer Feb 2019 #80

No, the Fairness Doctrine was repealed in 1987 by the FCC under direction of Dennis R. Patrick yaesu Feb 2019 #88

What a different world we lived in. It's so crazy today. oasis Feb 2019 #47

Have to agree orangecrush Feb 2019 #49

I absolutely lived for Air America! CottonBear Feb 2019 #55

Rachel Maddow and Lizz Winstead were humorous on their morning "Unfiltered" Show. n/t John1956PA Feb 2019 #56

A rich Dem needs to buy Clear Channel and stamp out hate radio. OMGWTF Feb 2019 #57

Yes, that would be the best investment any rich liberal could possibly make Liberty Belle Feb 2019 #62

Randi Rhodes crazytown Feb 2019 #63

Yeah, someone like Tom Steyer. DinahMoeHum Feb 2019 #112

AAR didn't fail, it opened the door lillypaddle Feb 2019 #58

Agree! orangecrush Feb 2019 #124

Thanks lillypaddle Feb 2019 #138

... orangecrush Feb 2019 #139

Sam Seder and Randi Rhoades station agent Feb 2019 #59

Make no mistake, Air American was driven off the air by the right wingers. Liberty Belle Feb 2019 #61

Word! orangecrush Feb 2019 #116

She is too adorable in that photo.😘 dewsgirl Feb 2019 #65

He wasn't on AAR, but the local AAR affiliate had a guy named Stacey Taylor... SKKY Feb 2019 #66

i was so excited that air america was about to orleans Feb 2019 #67

Thanks for sharing the memory! orangecrush Feb 2019 #121

Until AirAmerica returns saveferris Feb 2019 #68

I discovered Air America on my summer vacations in the USA. DFW Feb 2019 #70

Thank you! orangecrush Feb 2019 #125

Stephanie Miller Ed Schultz Nicole Sanders Jim Dafete judesedit Feb 2019 #72

Sam Sedar, Thom Hartmann, too judesedit Feb 2019 #73

Marc Maron was funny. I miss that great line-up. judesedit Feb 2019 #75

Marc was my drive-in. Morning Sedition! Boomer lives! lindysalsagal Feb 2019 #78

Oops...Nicole Sandler. I'm surprised I remembered what I did. judesedit Feb 2019 #76

I remember Rachel and Chuck D hosting together. Great stuff! suffragette Feb 2019 #74

i was a commuter and this was so wonderful! Up until then all I would hear... samnsara Feb 2019 #81

Great times orangecrush Feb 2019 #113

Air America and Sirius Radio an oasis from hate country and Jesus radio in Western Iowa IADEMO2004 Feb 2019 #82

Yes, SiriusXM is a must anymore. Liberal In Texas Feb 2019 #84

Truth orangecrush Feb 2019 #102

The Air America affiliate in Albuquerque, NM, is still going strong. Dave Starsky Feb 2019 #83

Thanks for the tip! orangecrush Feb 2019 #101

I miss Air America Politicub Feb 2019 #86

Here in Erie Pa. too! orangecrush Feb 2019 #100

Stephanie Miller had me laughing so hard I once had to pull over to the side of the road to CTyankee Feb 2019 #87

Thanks for sharing the memory! orangecrush Feb 2019 #99

I miss Air America MustLoveBeagles Feb 2019 #93

Same here! orangecrush Feb 2019 #98

The Democratic Party should have actively sought donors to support AA, even at a loss. CrispyQ Feb 2019 #94

Agree 100%. orangecrush Feb 2019 #97

My youngest daughter would like that Motorola radio. dameatball Feb 2019 #103

Sadly orangecrush Feb 2019 #106

Lol. At one time it was all about turntables and LP's...:) It's been quiet on that front for a while dameatball Feb 2019 #108

I have under my bed, 6 feet away from me orangecrush Feb 2019 #111

Air America used to air this song, starring "Rush Limbaugh". . . DinahMoeHum Feb 2019 #115

... orangecrush Feb 2019 #123

Thank you so much for posting this! zentrum Feb 2019 #129

My pleasure! orangecrush Feb 2019 #135

A Beauty! zentrum Feb 2019 #143

Thank you! orangecrush Feb 2019 #145

Thank you! n/t Cetacea Feb 2019 #133

Very welcome! orangecrush Feb 2019 #136

Air America was the Bettie Feb 2019 #140

Good reason! orangecrush Feb 2019 #141

That Sinclair broadcasting with Boris whatsisname HipChick Feb 2019 #146

Sinclair is RWNJ network orangecrush Feb 2019 #147

Yep...and on a lot of local stations.. HipChick Feb 2019 #148