Posted on 08/01/2014 6:09:33 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo
The Conservative talker quit his show during the middle of his program 7/31. “The Jason Lewis Show” is syndicated by Genesis Communications. Lewis spent a decade at KSTP-AM in the Twin Cities before leaving the station in 2003 for a job at WBT in Charlotte. He returned to the Twin Cities in 2006 for a job at KTLK. Lewis’ show was syndicated in 2009. His flagship was Clear Channel’s KTLK.
“He told me two months ago he intended to retire Aug. 1,” Mike Crusham, president and market manager of CCME Minneapolis/St. Paul told The St. Paul Pioneer Press. “He decided not to go public with it until today. I think he is serious about it. I hope he is not. He is one of the best talk show hosts I have ever worked with or listened to.”
A couple of hours after he quit, Lewis said via his Twitter account: “Today I left the radio biz for something better.”
The tweet included the hashtag #GoingGalt and a link to the website galt.io.
The site says this about “Going Galt”: “A phrase derived from the iconic Ayn Rand novel ‘Atlas Shrugged.’ In the book, the ‘producers’ or ‘men of the minds’ — as the famed author put it — decide to go out on ‘strike’ as a protest against those who would attack them politically.”
Also on the site is a 15-minute clip featuring Lewis that, according to galt.io, is a “parody of what it is like working in a highly regulated industry and some of the events that led to his decision” to quit the radio show.
A Jan. 30 article in the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal describes galt.io as a “Libertarian tech startup” co-founded by Lewis.
Clear Channel’s Crusham said the station is planning on running the “Joe Pags Show,” from WOAI in San Antonio, starting next week in Lewis’ KTLK time slot.
I really liked him when he subbed for Rush.
After he left the show producer vamped. That sounded a little contrived to me.
I love Jason. Still, I’m thinking this is a stunt.
No, I think he really believes in what he is attempting.
What is he attempting?
So it begins.
I really haven’t been paying close attention. It’s some sort of libertarian think tank/resource sharing website.
https://www.galt.io/login/?next=/
What exactly?
America already runs a MASSIVE trade deficit just with communist China.
What in the world, does any American see in “going Galt”?
We’ve already gone Galt. China is running away with everything. America needs to build stuff.
America does.
I wish him all the best. Been listening to him since he was at KSTP.
This is clearly a well planned PR campaign. And it worked. I did check out the galt.io site.
It’s a movie of him quitting spontaneously to go Galt.
So obviously this is planned and orchestrated with galt.io being integral.
The movie uses the theme from Blazing Saddles, Taxman by the Beatles and some country song about taxes.
I wonder, given the theme of non-producers stealing from producers, if they licensed and paid for the use of those songs.
Shame. I was surprised to hear Levin on at his usual spot on my station. I may not agree with all of libertarian thoughts, but at least he gets me thinking. I’m grateful for his input.
Oh well. I hope he has luck with Galt.io.
“The movie uses the theme from Blazing Saddles, Taxman by the Beatles and some country song about taxes”
If youn had ever listened to his broadcats over the years, you would know that Blazing Saddle had always been his opening music and the others, regular bumpers.
Galt.io didn’t come into being yesterday. It’s been over a year in the making.
I saw in the credits no acknowledgement of the licensing of the four songs used.
Bumper music Is not analogous to using a song in a movie and ownership licensing compensation is done differently.
I never hear of him before today.
Are you associated with the campaign, or just a fan?
That has been his opening sound bed for 25 years.
Did you hear Jesse Ventura, voice dripping with sarcasm, saying “He calls him self Mister right.”
What’s the deal with the black ring tattoo on the ring finger of the mysterious driver?
They sure telegraphed that.
Sorry, don’t know what you are talking about.
I’m a member
Perfect. Can you explain what it’s all about. At least what you are able/allowed to?
Thanks.
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