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David Goldstein Featured at Progressive Radio Northwest Community Forum, Tuesday, October 29

Progressive Radio Northwest (PRNW) invites you to join American blogger and former Seattle talk radio host David Goldstein on Tuesday, October 29, for the second in our series of monthly get-togethers to meet, mingle and discuss issues central to our mission of bringing progressive radio back to the region. Goldstein addresses the question of “What’s the Way Forward for Progressive Talk?”

The Forum begins at Seattle’s Montlake Branch Library at 6:30 pm and then moves to the Montlake Ale House at 7:45 pm for those wanting to continue the Meet & Mingle.
Tuesday, October 29, 6:30 to 7:45 pm

Montlake Branch Library, 2401 24th Ave. E., Seattle, WA 98112, (206) 684-4720

http://www.spl.org/locations/montlake-branch

Accessible building; Limited parking lot/Ample street parking; Served by Metro Bus Routes: 25, 43, 48

Montlake Ale House from 8:00 pm; 2307 24th Ave E; Seattle, WA 9811; (206) 726-5968; Accessible building

RSVP by Friday, October 25 at progressiveradionorthwest@gmail.com.

About the Speaker

David Goldstein is an American blogger and former talk radio host in Seattle, Washington. From 2006 to 2008, he hosted The David Goldstein Show on Saturdays and Sundays on710 KIRO.

We hope to see you!

The Progressive Radio Northwest Team

www.progressiveradionorthwest.org

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And we’re delighted to share the terrific news from our friends from Blue Oregon about Carl Wolfson’s return to the Portland airwaves:

When Clear Channel killed KPOJ‘s progressive talk radio, thousands of Oregonians lost access to a lot of great progressive talk. People pulled together and built the Save KPOJ movement and helped Carl Wolfson back behind the mic, with an internet radio show.

Now, it’s time to take this to the next level. Progressive talk radio is coming to the FM dial in Portland: KXRY — to be known as XRAY.¬FM will be a combination of progressive talk radio and music from the Northwest. It’s a local, not-for-profit radio station.

Soon Portland Area residents willl be able to hear Carl Wolfson and Thom Hartmann on their FM dial. Before that happens, XRAY.-FM will soon be available online, so everyone in Oregon will be able to enjoy this new progressive radio station.

Progressive talk radio is coming back!

Carla Axtman

BlueOregon Action

Save KPOJ

http://www.blueoregon.com/petition/xray-progressive-radio

Our Progressive Radio in Seattle (PRS) Team had a meeting this past week with a former advertising sales person for KPTK who provided us with some interesting information about the demise of 1090 Progressive Talk.

1090 has been owned by CBS since its inception and was the only progressive talk station owned by CBS in the country.
CBS chose to not spend any money on advertising for KPTK and did minimal guerilla marketing for promotion.
When KPOJ in Portland first became a progressive talk station, they spent money on advertising and it did well for the first year.

Please help us build signers on our petition

Our SignOn petition has over 9,100 signers. We want to build it to over 10,000. If you know someone who hasn’t signed yet and would be interested in what we are doing, please send them the link: “Don’t Let Seattle Lose Progressive Radio” http://signon.org/sign/dont-let-seattle-lose-1?mailing_id=9335&source=s.em.cr&r_by=4666192

When we’re ready, MoveOn will pay for making one set of paper copies for us to deliver. The plan is to create a media event, if we can find a reporter that wants to cover it. We can deliver electronic copies of the signers anytime.

Website in progress

A volunteer is helping create a website that will be on a free platform. We’ll let you know when the site is up and running.

Meeting with Al Gore?

A member of our PRS team met briefly with Al Gore (while he was on his book tour) and shared our plight of losing progressive talk radio in the NW.

Funding a progressive talk station in Seattle