Jon Elliott's show hits the San Diego airwaves today 3-6pm on AM1700. Jon's show was formerly on Air America, but was always recorded here in San Diego. He spoke to our Campaign for Progressive Radio (CPR group) two days ago and gave us details -- he plans to make it a success by going after advertisers who appeal to a progressive audience -- think Henry's, REI, and independent cafes and bookshops, NOT car dealers, mortgage companies, mattress stores, and pest control -- those are standard advertisers for standard audiences, the advertisers Clear Channel goes for, even for its former prog talk station KLSD. Jon Elliott will also raise money via memberships at $10/month -- NPR style sort of. He plans to fill AM1700 airtime with prog talk shows from other hosts, one by one. For more details go to Jon's Website.
We are videotaping today's debut show for our "SaveKLSD" documentary about the rise and fall of KLSD radio and of radio in general. SaveKLSD film Website.
BTW: Jon 's producer (not sure of her title actually) Jill Richardson came to our meeting too... she is a star in her own right with LaVidaLocavore.org, a blog about food and politics... (see her posting from May 16 about the Elliott show). Food politics is a subject near and dear to my heart -- I used to work for an advocacy group in DC that focuses on nutrition, food safety, sustainable agriculture. It is called Center for Science in the Public Interest and it is quite effective and truly works in the public interest (CSPI does not accept government or industry funding)
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