NewsTalk 950 WROC, former home of the original The Jason Crane Show, is Rochester’s progressive talk station. With the departure of Al Franken from Air America yesterday, WROC took the opportunity to revamp its lineup. The new version is much, much stronger. Here it is:
- 12 a.m. — Politically Direct (hosted by David Bender, sponsored by People for the American Way)
- 1 a.m. — Joey Reynolds (old-school variety talk show from WOR in NYC)
- 6 a.m. — The Bill Press Show
- 9 a.m. — Stephanie Miller
- 12 p.m. — Ed Schultz (live instead of taped, as it had been until now)
- 3 p.m. — Randi Rhodes (also live now instead of taped)
- 6 p.m. — News 8 (audio of local TV newscast)
- 6:30 p.m. — Rachel Maddow (for my money, the brightest light to come out of the whole Air America adventure)
- 8 p.m. — Democracy Now! (finally, a local station dares to air this daily progressive news program from Pacifica)
- 9 p.m. — Lionel (in my opinion, this show is the low point of the schedule, but you can’t have it all…)
- 11 p.m. — News 8 (audio of local TV newscast)
- 11:30 p.m. — Lionel (again)
I’ve got to say that I’m really impressed with this new lineup. Sounds like the program director has a vision for what to do with this station. Kudos!
The full schedule and links to the shows are at the NewsTalk 950 Web site.
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