Oases in the desert

Alternatives to San Diego’s right-wing radio (and TV) wasteland. If you can’t hear on terrestrial radio, listen online or on your smart phone via Stitcher Radio, streaming podcasts, radio shows and news featuring progressive talkers Stephanie Miller, Mike Malloy, Bill Press, audio from the Rachel Maddow and Keith Olbermann shows, and much more.

RADIO —–

FM93.7.  Amy Goodman’s Democracy Now! program can be heard in Rancho Bernardo/North San Diego on 93.7 FM, part of KPFK Pacifica Radio 90.7 FM Los Angeles. Weekdays 6 AM – 7AM, Repeats at 9 AM.  Ring of Fire with Robert Kennedy Jr. airs  Thursdays, 3-4pm.  KPFK has diverse programming content, commercial free.    http://www.kpfk.org/

AM810/KGO. At night, you can hear political/social commentary on The Gene Burns Program, 7-10pm via San Franciscso’s  legendary KGO radio, Liberal Ray Taliaferro hosts “The Early Show” from 1-5am. San Diego’s own Stacy Taylor has been hosting the Saturday, 7-10pm show ! 

AM1150/KTLK Los Angeles. If you’re far enough up in North County, you can hear LA’s Progressive Talk station, KTLK-AM with Thom, Randi, Stephanie, Mike, plus Gayle King and others.

AM1450/KPTR, Palm Springs. NEW PROG TALK STATION in SoCal! You can get prog talk in Palm Springs as of Feb. 2010 on KPTR/AM1450. Line-up includes Thom Hartmann, Ed Schultz, Randi Rhodes. Mike Malloy, Stephanie Miller, and others.

AM1450/KRXA, Monterey/Santa Cruz, CA.  A progressive line-up similar to the Palm Springs station above, along with a local show hosted by co-owner Hal Ginsberg.  Listen online.

Progressive Talkers —– Elliott & Taylor, formerly of KLSD/AM1360 & AM1700,  they’re online and podcasting…  back on SD’s airwaves at some point, we hope:

• Jon Elliott –  He’s got a blog with a podcast and a Facebook page.
• Stacy Taylor – Check out his blog and Facebook page. As of Dec. 4, 2010, he’s added podcasts and is experimenting with live blogging, e.g. Nov. 30, 2010 live blogging to MSNBC progressive TV shows, from Ed to Rachel.

Progressive Radio Shows — Live Schedule (Pacific Time), actual air schedule depends on the station
5-6am  Amy Goodman & Juan Gonzalez (Democracy Now!), radio/TV
6-9am Stephanie Miller
9am-12 Thom Hartmann
9am-12 Ed Schultz (and MSNBC TV, 3pm)
12-3pm Randi Rhodes
4-7pm Leslie Marshall
6-9pm Mike Malloy
7-10pm Alan Colmes
3am-6 Bill Press
 

MSNBC Television – Progressive Line-up (Pacific Time) for Time Warner/Ch. 50 in San Diego
MSNBC – San Diego Cable Channels: Time-Warner: channel 50, Cox: Channel 23 (north), channel 39 (south)
2pm Hardball with Chris Matthews
3pm Cenk Uygar
4pm Hardball repeat
5pm The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell
6pm The Rachel Maddow Show
7pm The Ed Show
8pm The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell repeat
9pm The Rachel Maddow show repeat
10pm The Ed Show repeat
11pm Hardball repeat
12am The Last Word repeat
1am Rachel repeat

Current TV (Keith Olbermann starts late Spring, 2011, 8pm Pacfic Time; Keith becomes the Chief News Officer and equity partner with influence over development of more news/political programming),  Chairman and part owner of CTV is Al Gore, Comcast owns 10%.  Of course, Comcast now owns Keith’s old employer MBNBC (NBC Universal).

AT&T U-Verse: Channel 189 (Nationwide)
DirecTV: Chanel 358 (Nationwide)
Dish Network: Channel 196 (Nationwide)
Time Warner: Channel 251 (San Diego)

San Diego Media Efforts Spearheaded by CPR Members

Common Cause: CPR is affiliated with this national, non-partisan good government group, with media reform as a top agenda item.  Locally, contact Jeanne Brown, jbrowne@commoncause.org.

East County Magazine (online only): Started by Miriam Raftery, covers in-depth news, views, and events from San Diego County, east of the I-15, reflecting a broad diversity of people and issues. Contact: editor@eastcountymagazine.org

Liberty One Radio:  A business venture of Sal Magallanez (smagallanez@sbcglobal.net) and Hector Bonilla, now seeking investors to launch a progressive radio station in San Diego.  Website features podcasts interviews with San Diego movers and shakers and others.

New Media Rights: An organization cultivating citizen media and defending online rights.   Contact Mera Szendro Bok, meraszendro@gmail.com

Save KLSD:  A film forcoming in 2011 about the grassroots effort to save San Diego’s progressive talk radio KLSD/AM1360, the ongoing local advocacy it inspired (including the formation of CPR), and the national effort to diversify our public airwaves.  Co-produced by Jennifer Douglas (jennifercdouglas@yahoo.com) — see her Wonderful World of Media Reform blog. and Jon Monday (jon@mondaymedia.org).