Our very own Stephen Crockett.

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He will tell us more about his show soon.

[Stephen Crockett]

I will fill the group in more later but here is a quick update. Democratic Talk Radio was started the night the Bush vs. Gore ruling was handed down by the Supreme Court in December 2000. It started in Al Gore's old Congressional District.

I financed it mostly out of personal funds but did get some help from local Democratic County organizations in Tennessee and Alabama. We had a few contributions from Democratic activists around the country and lots of help from Lori Ruffner and her son Stuart Ruffner before 2004. As a working class guy, I personally spent $35,000.

We will be on the air in Jacksonville, Florida later this month (etails about station below). We should be in the greater Allentown, PA market within 2 months and in Delaware shortly thereafter. All the stations we are looking at stream on the Internet.

Our original Tennessee stations did not stream although we will likely resume broadcasting there by the Fall.

If you want to help financially. I am selling 30 second ads for $25 in all the markets.

More to follow. Please look at my websites.
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Amazingly, we are going to have a 24 hour progressive/Democratic/labor friendly radio station on the air in Jacksonville, Florida for the rest of 2008! It will be run by a great Democratic talk show host and my friend Andy Johnson.

For those of you who followed the 2000 Florida Election mess, Jacksonville was key! Republicans pulled every dirty trick in the book there and invented some new ones. With a fair, honest vote in Jacksonville, our entire nation would have been spared the Bush-Cheney disaster of the past 8 years.

I urge everyone to listen by streaming the station on the Internet.

Buy ads if you can and urge others to do so. If you have a website, you might want to buy a 30 second ad for $25 to promote it. If you belong to a union, please consider asking your union at every level to buy some ads..... especially issue ads promoting fair trade, the Employee Free Choice Act, healthcare reform, higher minimum wages and general union ideas like "Unions- the folks who brought you the weekend" or "unionize to preserve the American middle class." All Democratic clubs and progressive organizations everywhere can help Democrats carry Florida by financially supporting the station and get national exposure for their club in the process.

Here is the press release I received from Andy:

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Andy Johnson, former member of the Florida House, has now taken over AM 1460 WZNZ in Jacksonville, turning it into the only progressive talk station in North Florida, starting up on Monday, January 14. People in North Florida can tune in at AM 1460. People anywhere can tune in on the station's [Only registered and activated users can see links] ([Only registered and activated users can see links];3A%2F%2F[Only registered and activated users can see links]) website which is rapidly being tweaked and improved. Johnson will feature Ed Schultz, noon-3, the most famous antidote to Rush in America, and then Johnson's own show, Down to Business Andy Johnson, 3-6 p.m. Throughout the day Johnson will load up 1460 with more hours of live local talk than any other station in North Florida. It is important for progressives to show support for people willing to take the risk of offering Progressive Talk."

Thanks,

Stephen Crockett

Co-host of Democratic Talk Radio [Only registered and activated users can see links] ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
Editor, Mid-Atlantic Labor.com [Only registered and activated users can see links] ([Only registered and activated users can see links])

[Stephen Crockett]

Video link for Stephen Crockett interview on Pennsylvania Democratic Party website ([Only registered and activated users can see links])

January 14th, 2008 [Only registered and activated users can see links] ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
Let me know what you think.
Thanks,
Stephen Crockett
Editor, Mid-Atlantic Labor.com
Co-host, Democratic Talk Radio