"Good times..."
Posted on 09/13/2006 8:13:48 AM PDT by Vasilli22
Greenstone launches all-women radio talk network
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Greenstone Media, a radio company whose founders include social activist Gloria Steinem and actress Jane Fonda, has launched an all-women, all-talk network across the United States.
Steinem said the network, which is run by women, aims to provide an alternative to current radio talk, which she describes as "very argumentative, quite hostile, and very much male-dominated."
This network "has a different spirit. It has more community. It's more about information, about humor, about respect for different points of view and not constant arguing," Steinem told Reuters in an interview.
But Greenstone also hopes to attract male listeners.
"We do have male voices on the network. It's much better to have a mixture of voices," said Susan Ness, chief executive officer of Greenstone, which got its name from a children's book by Alice Walker, author of "The Color Purple".
The network's broadcasts have aired since July in selected stations, such as on WIIN in Jackson, Mississippi, WXCT in Hartford, Connecticut, a station in Flint, Michigan, and is launching a broadcast in Albany, New York. It is trying to partner with some satellite radio outfits.
"We expect that people will be able to also get us on mobile phones, cable radio, I-pods and every distribution vehicle," said Ness.
Steinem pointed out that the idea of an all-women network stemmed from a company survey showing an 18 percent decrease in female listeners over the past seven years.
"Women are really fleeing from AM talk radio and now FM music because people get their music in different ways. So there's an enormous window of opportunity, and we're diving in," she said.
Currently, the network does nine hours of programming daily, which should increase shortly to 12.
© Reuters 2006. All Rights Reserved.
... so, then, Gloria
Steinem threw the pilot off
the plane and she said,
"We do not need a
pilot. Hell, I know my way
around a cockpit!"
Didn't these liberal money backers see what a failure Err Amerika has been and continues to be. Just goes to reinforce the belief that they just do not understand capitalism.
ROFL...thanks for my first laugh of the day! "GIRLS GONE VILE!" LOL
Steinem: Women belong in combat!
Fonda: Where we can betray the male soldiers more effectively!
I'll do the network only if they bring me coffee and wear burkas.
"Fonda, Steinem launch all-women radio talk network."
First, they need some women...
Ha!
we know modo will listen, but who will be the other listener?
I somehow doubt that the pro-life women will be well represented.
NPR wasn't enough?
You got that right. I wouldn't tune in and expect to hear them giving equal time to Ann Coulter, Peggy Noonan, Mona Charen, Michelle Malkin, or any other other conservative woman.
What's the over and under? My guess - 18 months.
"Good times..."
These women couldn't attract male listeners with brautwurst, or donuts, or pizza, or beer.
Unless, of course, the men are metrosexuals or girly-men.
I once worked for a Truman type Democrat in MA. She used to say that the only thing she had in common with the Steinem types was where she bought their jewelry and perfume. She held them in very low esteem - and for good reason - they enjoy the idea of abortion - their one and only commandment.
This turns my ears into feet.
Note to Steinem: The world needs a liberal women't station like a "fish needs a bicycle." ;)
Like they do with the national budget ("War on Poverty, ie) , just keep throwing money at it until the problem goes away. (lack of a substantial audience in this case)
Ding Ding Ding. No politics here, whatsoever!
What a waste of Ted Turners money
Hmmmmm. The pot calling the kettle black.
NAGs are surely argumentative, quite hostile and very much female-dominated
I was going to go out on a limb and say 6 months before stations drop them and under a year to fold.
But then, what do I know about radio, I only listen.
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