AAR is a ringing, if not yet financial, success. It has a solid lineup of shows hosted by informed, interesting and humorous people. Even the network’s "star," Al Franken (the wannabe Bob Hope) is okay when he’s not trying to upstage a guest.
IMHV, the best is Morning Sedition with Mark Riley and Marc Maron. These guys can get down to business and inform you or leave you holding your sides with laughter with equal facility. Their backup crew and writers often give the listener a zoo-like experience, but with style and intelligence. The "Mort Milfington" bits are already a national comedic treasure. Ditto for "Lawton Smalls."
Unfiltered with Rachel, Lynn and Chuck D, is equally excellent, as is Jeanane(?) Garofolo and her sidekick Sam Seder.
For a truly intense radio experience - not for everyone, perhaps - is the hyper and highly charged Ms. Randi Rhodes. When she’s not trying to single-handedly save the world, her show is topnotch and also exhibits some zooish traits that are generally funny and probably should be further built on.
Mike Malloy, like Randi, often sounds insane, but his good heart shines through. Lots of interesting guests.
The weekend venue includes the "cerebral" Laura Flanders who does good interviews with interesting guests and Ring of Fire with Bobby Kennedy and Matt D’Antonio(?) Good stuff on the environment.
In the New York City area, AAR can be found at 1190 AM.
Due to the high quality of its content, AAR can be forgiven for some of the advertizing it carries. Someone has to pay the bills. But, if they ever do live host ads, I’m tuning out.
AAR is a ringing, if not yet financial, success. It has a solid lineup of shows hosted by informed, interesting and humorous people. Even the network’s "star," Al Franken (the wannabe Bob Hope) is okay when he’s not trying to upstage a guest.
IMHV, the best is Morning Sedition with Mark Riley and Marc Maron. These guys can get down to business and inform you or leave you holding your sides with laughter with equal facility. Their backup crew and writers often give the listener a zoo-like experience, but with style and intelligence. The "Mort Milfington" bits are already a national comedic treasure. Ditto for "Lawton Smalls."
Unfiltered with Rachel, Lynn and Chuck D, is equally excellent, as is Jeanane(?) Garofolo and her sidekick Sam Seder.
For a truly intense radio experience - not for everyone, perhaps - is the hyper and highly charged Ms. Randi Rhodes. When she’s not trying to single-handedly save the world, her show is topnotch and also exhibits some zooish traits that are generally funny and probably should be further built on.
Mike Malloy, like Randi, often sounds insane, but his good heart shines through. Lots of interesting guests.
The weekend venue includes the "cerebral" Laura Flanders who does good interviews with interesting guests and Ring of Fire with Bobby Kennedy and Matt D’Antonio(?) Good stuff on the environment.
In the New York City area, AAR can be found at 1190 AM.
Due to the high quality of its content, AAR can be forgiven for some of the advertizing it carries. Someone has to pay the bills. But, if they ever do live host ads, I’m tuning out.