Antone's Nightclub
'Chronicle' Should Be More Supportive of Liberal Media
RECEIVED Wed., March 30, 2005
Editor,
Thanks for the Air America article [“Talk Radio Turns Blue,” News, March 25]. Unfortunately, someone needs to check the "facts" as they were written.
First of all, it's obvious Lee Nichols hasn't listened to the station (KOKE) or even bothered learning elementary time zone conversions. The show times he lists were all for Eastern time ... not much help if you want to hear an entire show.
And to Kevin Brass ... just whom did you interview "at the front of the line”? My wife and I were first in line and we were there at 5:30am.
Finally, liberal-leaning Austin gets a station that speaks to and for the local liberals out of the morass of right-wing hate-radio and this is what we get? I'd think you'd be a little more supportive! And accuracy always helps, especially with AAR; after all, they're on our side!
Thanks for the Air America article [“Talk Radio Turns Blue,” News, March 25]. Unfortunately, someone needs to check the "facts" as they were written.
First of all, it's obvious Lee Nichols hasn't listened to the station (KOKE) or even bothered learning elementary time zone conversions. The show times he lists were all for Eastern time ... not much help if you want to hear an entire show.
And to Kevin Brass ... just whom did you interview "at the front of the line”? My wife and I were first in line and we were there at 5:30am.
Finally, liberal-leaning Austin gets a station that speaks to and for the local liberals out of the morass of right-wing hate-radio and this is what we get? I'd think you'd be a little more supportive! And accuracy always helps, especially with AAR; after all, they're on our side!
Mark Goswitz
Round Rock
Round Rock
[Lee Nichols responds: I have in fact listened to KOKE (and loved it), and I do understand time zone conversions, but due to an editing error the times listed were indeed incorrect: Here in the Central time zone, show times are: The Al Franken Show, weekdays, 11am-2pm; The Majority Report, weekdays, 6-9pm; and The Revolution Starts Now, Sundays, 9-10pm. As for not being sufficiently "supportive" of Air America: Following a March 4 interview in the Screens section by Shawn Badgley [“Not Shutting Up Anywhere”], the Chronicle's March 18 “Naked City” section featured Al Franken in three places (Quote of the Week, the dominant photograph, and a 170-word brief) followed on March 25 with a more-than-full-page feature.]