So yeah, our local Air America affiliate, KXXT 1010 AM, has a new promo spot they're running that had me rolling on the floor. And it's absurdly simple. Remember that until Thursday of last week, they were yet another in that broad army of right wing talk radio stations. And they've been actively publicizing the phone number of their comment line since the changeover.
For 30 seconds, all you hear are enraged, shrill, irrationally angry right-wingers hurling invective, including bleeped-out obscenities. Choice quotes include, "Arizona is Bush country. We don't want your filth here," "You must just want to lose all your listeners and go out of business," "I hope you get fired for this," "F**k you!" and "Take your liberal s**t out of the Southwest!" And those were among the calmer comments. The spot ends with an announcer saying cheerfully, "Thanks for the endorsement!"
I daresay all 20 of their pre-changeover listeners called in and were quoted in that brief commercial. And boy, were they pissed!
We seem to have struck a nerve.
1 comment:
lol! That commercial scares me! All that hatred! But you're right, the callers are ridiculous. I hope Air America lasts--I just wish it was broadcast live and that the station signal was stronger.
It'd be sad to think AZ is made up of people like the ones in that commercial....
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