[Nonstatist]

Mr. Cohen and his subjects act as if talk radio is in trouble. The fact is, "Liberal Talk Radio", is in trouble

Not really true. NPR is liberal talk radio and many lefties listen to it partly because it has no commercials. The fact that the taxpayer subsidizes is incidental to this fact.

Whatever Franken puts out will also have to compete with NPR. If he goes for mostly satire and skits 14 hrs a day, its going to get old quickly. In short ... this aint gonna work.

[CyberCowboy777]

The fact that no other Liberal Talk radio network has worked lends credence to the view (which I hold) that NPR would not exist if it were not for it being subsidized.

NPR is not a banner of how liberal talk radio can work, but a testament to how liberal talk radio is a idea doomed to failure.

I listen to NPR, the fact is, "Liberal Talk Radio", is in trouble. Without NPR "Liberal Talk Radio" does not exist and many of us are working to de-fund that.