If anyone is involved with the struggle to get progressive talk back on the airwaves in those communities from which it's been yanked, this tribe is for you. It's also for people who have been successful in defending it in those communities where it's been threatened. We're also looking at the larger picture: building an organization to support progressive talk all across the country and fostering legislation that will protect the public airwaves from media consolidation and political manipulation.
Here are some stories (in reverse chronological order) on our group in Boston:
http://diatribune.com/grassroots-meet-rainmakers-boston-progressive-talk...
http://diatribune.com/who-almost-killed-progressive-radio
http://diatribune.com/invisible-airwaves-crackle-life
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Grassroots Meet Rainmakers: Boston Progressive Talk Radio
Submitted by AlanF on Mon, 05/28/2007 - 12:38.[cross-posted at Blue Mass Group and Daily Kos]
In late April, Air America "pre-founders" Sheldon and Anita Drobny came to Boston to meet with Save Boston's Progressive Talk Radio, which is working to put progressive talk back on the airwaves. The Drobnys spent most of that time meeting with politicians and potential investors, but also spent an evening with the group at progressive comedian Jimmy Tingle's theater in Somerville. Many people from our group who couldn't attend have been begging for a description of the event, and I thought I'd post it here for the enjoyment and edification of Bostonians and non-Bostonians alike.
