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My friend David Madeira has the first local based show on the new conservative talk radio station 94.3 FM. He describes himself as a recovering politician that wants to save the country from liberalism. That hasn't worked out well so far and I'm of the opinion that many people are rhetorically conservative but functionally liberal. More on that in a future post.
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Madeira recently lost the Republican nomination for Congress in the PA 10th Congressional District to Tom Marino. In 2008 he was instrumental in helping Chris Hackett go down in flames against Congressman Chris Carney and before that he came in 2nd in the 2006 GOP primary for the 20th PA State Senate seat, losing to Lisa Baker.
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I talked with Madeira yesterday on the telephone and asked him how he got this gig and he explained that he pitched it to WILK first but they blew him off but the people at The Talker decided to give him a chance. Talk radio is a natural forum for David as anybody who has ever been in the same room as Dave knows the most dangerous place to be is between him and a microphone.
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The interview:
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Let me ask a question off the record
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I don't have to do that anymore so ask me me anything you want. I'm having more fun being a talk show host than being a candidate. I no longer have to worry about offending anyone. I can be like you pajama clad bloggers.
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You have great website for the show, who put it together?
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My 14 year old son
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You got such a great time slot. There must be dozens of people listening at 8AM on a Saturday
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It's just a reflection of the owners confidence in my ability.
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Can Marino win
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I do. I think that the anti-incumbent and anti-Democratic mood has been underestimated. It will be a tough race because Carney will try to eviscerate Marino as he did to Hackett over the flat tax issue.
A podcast of his show is available at this link
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Dave told me he is hoping to move on to a bigger audience and I wish him well. The right wing airwaves are just about saturated so I will give him some unsolicited advice. Talk about local issues, build an audience and get a better time slot.
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Joe Peters has had a show for a while. and this seems like one of those paid hours.
I happened to listen to it. Great bumper music and then snore... He is boring...
Your comment about rhetorically conservative, but functionally liberal, is interesting. I have long believed that most people are fiscally conservative and socially liberal. That makes them libertarians, but they just don't know it because we are so ensconced in this two-party system.
The media and the American psyche eschew anything beyond the two-party system because it is anethema to our national pasttime of sitting on the couch and watching two teams battle it out on TV (you pick the sport). Unfortunately those who pay attention to "all" the issues and actually think beyond "what benefits me the most tomorrow and damn the future" are usually left with "Miss/Mr. Congeniality".
I have often thought myself of doing a radio program. Alas, I shall have to wait until I retire as teaching is a 24/7 burden.
yawn, he has no personality.
Please the owners didn't hire him. He bought his way onto to the air. No one would hire him, he is bland and dry.
Hey Professor. By your own admission, you are far too intelligent to be behind a MiCrophone. What would your students do in your absence? Class dismissed.
Hey Professor if you are going to do it buy air time on WILK, no one listens to the talker. They're ratings are abysmal. Not even a 1 share.
Listened in to the talker this morning. Uggh it is like right wing NPR. Elitist, mundane and so freaking boring. No wonder these people have to pay to go on the air, who would hire any of them. Won't be tuning in again.
The all sounded like an SNL parody of public radio, except they are actually serious.
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