Comments on: Freedom Isn’t Free: A Response to Kleinheider http://www.liberadio.com/2006/12/13/freedom-isnt-free-a-response-to-kleinheider/ with Mary Mancini and Freddie O'Connell Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:44:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Mary http://www.liberadio.com/2006/12/13/freedom-isnt-free-a-response-to-kleinheider/#comment-10794 Mary Thu, 14 Dec 2006 22:06:00 +0000 http://www.liberadio.com/?p=482#comment-10794 What Freddie doesn't know is that I'm suing him right now! What Freddie doesn’t know is that I’m suing him right now!

]]> By: Freddie http://www.liberadio.com/2006/12/13/freedom-isnt-free-a-response-to-kleinheider/#comment-10786 Freddie Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:44:47 +0000 http://www.liberadio.com/?p=482#comment-10786 I'm being as frank as I know how. Since no one else has recognized the apparent size of this niche, despite our balkanized county's political demographics, we're attempting to maneuver as much capital as we can toward the market experiment of local liberal talk radio. If we <em>fail</em>, then I'll be more inclined to accept some legitimate market-based criticism. Or, more likely, I'll blame Mary for bad management, and we'll wind up in a lawsuit. :P I’m being as frank as I know how. Since no one else has recognized the apparent size of this niche, despite our balkanized county’s political demographics, we’re attempting to maneuver as much capital as we can toward the market experiment of local liberal talk radio. If we fail, then I’ll be more inclined to accept some legitimate market-based criticism. Or, more likely, I’ll blame Mary for bad management, and we’ll wind up in a lawsuit. :P

]]> By: Slartibartfast http://www.liberadio.com/2006/12/13/freedom-isnt-free-a-response-to-kleinheider/#comment-10764 Slartibartfast Thu, 14 Dec 2006 16:24:45 +0000 http://www.liberadio.com/?p=482#comment-10764 *But I suspect that in a city that trends Democratic in its voting patterns as strongly as Nashville does (such as this year’s record Democratic margin in the Senate race) * This is a very well written treatise, but the quoted statement is a wee bit misleading. Can you name a city that has over 100,000 residents that DOESN'T trend Democratic (Salt Lake City notwithstanding)? If you compare voiting patterns in Metro Davidson County to Detroit, New York City, LA, Boston - wouldn't you say Nashville actually trends a little more conservative? Most other cities are wholly and completely urban, meaning almost wholly and completely liberal. But the metropolitan nature of Nashville means there are actually suburbs, and even a few rural areas, all within the confines of "the city". Face it, Belle Meade, Bellevue, Brentioch, West Meade, Hillwood, Joelton - these are all technically part of "Nashville", yet they trend at best moderate. I know my West Meade district went for Corker. Boston, Detroit and the others don't have this dichotomy. They are true "cities" from border to border. So, because of our unique geographic and demographic makeup, I'd say Nashville trends more conservative than most other large cities. I'm not saying there isn't a market for liberal talk radio, but I think you'd be wise to be perfectly frank with yourself about what you're facing. *But I suspect that in a city that trends Democratic in its voting patterns as strongly as Nashville does (such as this year’s record Democratic margin in the Senate race) *

This is a very well written treatise, but the quoted statement is a wee bit misleading. Can you name a city that has over 100,000 residents that DOESN’T trend Democratic (Salt Lake City notwithstanding)?

If you compare voiting patterns in Metro Davidson County to Detroit, New York City, LA, Boston - wouldn’t you say Nashville actually trends a little more conservative? Most other cities are wholly and completely urban, meaning almost wholly and completely liberal. But the metropolitan nature of Nashville means there are actually suburbs, and even a few rural areas, all within the confines of “the city”.

Face it, Belle Meade, Bellevue, Brentioch, West Meade, Hillwood, Joelton - these are all technically part of “Nashville”, yet they trend at best moderate. I know my West Meade district went for Corker. Boston, Detroit and the others don’t have this dichotomy. They are true “cities” from border to border.

So, because of our unique geographic and demographic makeup, I’d say Nashville trends more conservative than most other large cities.

I’m not saying there isn’t a market for liberal talk radio, but I think you’d be wise to be perfectly frank with yourself about what you’re facing.

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