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Bob Kincaid: Last Man Standing in Liberal Radio Network Land
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http://blog.buzzflash.com —
Head On Radio Network's Bob Kincaid Talks to BuzzFlash About What Air America's Failure Can Teach Us About Progressive Success. BUZZFLASH INTERVIEWby Meg WhiteWith the demise of liberal talk radio station Air America last month, liberals lost their voice in commercial radio. But is that really such a huge loss?Bob Kincaid, a progressive radio host based in rural West Virginia and co-founder of The Head On Radio Network (HORN), will be the first to tell you he's not happy Air America is gone."It's a sad thing," Kincaid told me in a telephone interview Wednesday. "I don't want less liberal radio; I want more liberal radio."As the host of Head On with Bob Kincaid, he welcomed left-wing competition against his online radio show, which has outlasted the recently-defunct liberal experiment of the AM airwaves. But he does have a strong opinion as to how we got to this barren landscape in progressive radio."I think part of the reason Air America failed was because it was set up to work on a right-wing business model," Kincaid said. "I think it's highly unlikely that [model] is going to be successful down the road."read more
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