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		In Argentina, the mentally ill are using radio as therapy. It happens in America also, but here they call it "A.M. talk shows" (cnews.canoe.ca)		75
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Lionel Mandrake		2007-01-09 02:24:55 PM

Listening to AM talk shows is a symptom of mental illness, not a therapy.

tarrant84		2007-01-09 02:27:45 PM

Ha, sports talk radio is teh awesome.

whidbey		2007-01-09 02:29:45 PM

I dunno, I found Art Bell to be rather therapeutical.

Amusing, batsh*t crazy, interesting tangents...

Pelagius		2007-01-09 02:29:47 PM

Wow. Can't top the headline or the Weeners, so I'll just type this meaningless rubbish.

+1

jasonmicron		2007-01-09 02:31:12 PM

AM is better than the crap on the FM band.

Thenixon		2007-01-09 02:32:24 PM

TFA is about broadcasting shows as therapy for the mentally ill. which is still, as Lionel pointed out, a symptom.

SlothB77		2007-01-09 02:41:59 PM

ah, the intellectualism of the FM disc jockeys and shock jocks are just too much for me. please, another hour about boobies. I can't absorb it all in.

hillbillypharmacist		2007-01-09 02:42:32 PM

It's not helping, either. In fact, it's enabling.

Pocket Ninja		2007-01-09 02:46:13 PM

Yeah. The VCR and the DVD, there wasn't none of that crap back in 1970. We didn't know about a world wide web. It was a whole different game being played back when I was a kid. You wanted to get down in a cool way? Just picture yourself on a beautiful day with the big bell bottoms and groovy long hair, walking in style with a portable CD player...

Not! No...you would listen to the music on the AM radio. Yeah, the AM radio.

mediaho		2007-01-09 02:47:31 PM

+1

BTW, is there a better term for this generation-long phenomenon than "Liberal-bashing industry?"

BizarroHulk		2007-01-09 04:26:34 PM

Rimshot!

Let's have another hand for Subby. He'll be here all week. Don't forget to tip your waitress.

James Brown		2007-01-09 04:27:14 PM

Driving under the influence of O'Reilly

carmody		2007-01-09 04:27:31 PM

Lionel Mandrake: Wrong. Listening to talk radio is the leading cause of mental illness in America.

Sgian Dubh		2007-01-09 04:28:57 PM

Lionel Mandrake: Listening to AM talk shows is a symptom of mental illness, not a therapy.

I think subby meant to imply the people on the talk radio show are mentally ill, but that doesn't exclude your point.

mcsiegs		2007-01-09 04:30:23 PM

Pelagius

How do you know the submitter's size? He may be smaller downstairs than you?

ck1938		2007-01-09 04:30:32 PM

I'd make an Air America joke here but their ratings are so bad any societal effect is negligible.

Reverend Otis		2007-01-09 04:30:59 PM

ALL HAIL DENNIS PRAGER

Cheeses of Suburbia		2007-01-09 04:31:20 PM

What is the content per hour ratio? The local sports station seems to have about 30 minutes total of host monologue, or host talking with callers/guests. The other 30 minutes is ads, traffic, sports news updates, promos, etc.

Also notice how often their "guests" are just reporters from another radio station, newspaper, or web site. Not actual coaches, players, athletic directors, etc.

MCStymie		2007-01-09 04:31:32 PM

It's really a "chicken-or-egg" question with mental illness and talk radio.

/Sportstalk 980 FTW!
//Pass the Valium.

StrikitRich		2007-01-09 04:31:47 PM

Pxtl		2007-01-09 04:33:14 PM

James Brown

God freaking damn it, Olbermann sucks. I mean really, he had GOLD material there, and it was the most tiring, disappointing interview I've ever seen. You give that same footage to Stewart or Colbert and I'd be laughing my ass off.

He's like the John Kerry of television.

badan		2007-01-09 04:33:36 PM

Major Kudo Dittos, smitty!
/Rush is a band.

BigJake		2007-01-09 04:33:47 PM

baltimoreblonde		2007-01-09 04:34:05 PM

I'm not a sports fan, but for some strange reason, I really enjoy sports talk radio...

/possibly (?) crazy

ShirleySerious		2007-01-09 04:34:29 PM

There's only one FM talk station in the country (AFAIK) worth listening to. WCKG in Chicago.

Opie & Anthony (never listened to the show, but it sounds like it's better than Mancow)
Stan & Terry show
Penn Jillette
Steve Dahl
Tom Leykis (kind of a blowhard, but amusing)

AM in Chicago sucks, though.

Goonie_Goo_Goo		2007-01-09 04:35:15 PM

Yup, been listening to more AM talk radio than the drivel on FM lately. I also stop at teh indie record store once a week for another used cd of the classics (jazz, death metal, Tom Waits).

/Welcome to my lawn

Goonie_Goo_Goo		2007-01-09 04:35:50 PM

...oh yeah, and Wesley Willis, too

proleboy		2007-01-09 04:37:58 PM

I'd always wondered where Michael Savage broadcast from.

adm_crunch		2007-01-09 04:40:35 PM

Neil Boortz and his crew are quite entertaining, but I almost always change the station when he takes a caller. I don't really need to hear what Bob in Cincinnatti thinks about the issue.

James Brown		2007-01-09 04:42:25 PM

ShirleySerious: There's only one FM talk station in the country (AFAIK) worth listening to. WCKG in Chicago.

That lineup is the same as just about every other FreeFM station in the country. Almost verbatim what we have on KIFR in San Francisco or KLSX in Los Angeles.

/and Tom rocks, BTW

Tricky Chicken		2007-01-09 04:44:00 PM

Yup, no liberal bias on fark...

Whatthefark		2007-01-09 04:44:11 PM

Pocket Ninja

Why? Why did you have to do that? Now that damn song is stuck in my head!

/My vote for talk radio...Tom Leykis.

MCStymie		2007-01-09 04:44:23 PM

Goonie_Goo_Goo gets +1, +2 vs. Batman, for Wesley Willis.

/Atari Teenage Riot!

James Brown		2007-01-09 04:44:26 PM

proleboy: I'd always wondered where Michael Savage broadcast from.

He is based in San Francisco, amazingly enough. I'm surprised he can leave his house in Pacific Heights or wherever and not get his ass beat. Also amazing is that he has the highest rated talk show in the Bay Area.

hbgdaddy		2007-01-09 04:44:34 PM

conway (tim conway jr.) and whitman are most entertaining and their game, what the hell did jesse jackson say, is upper crust radio.

Mr_Fabulous		2007-01-09 04:45:14 PM

Why would you willingly listen to anything on AM or FM radio anymore, if you already have an iPod (or XM or Sirius, for that matter)?

/now playing: Wilco's live album

adm_crunch		2007-01-09 04:46:40 PM

Tricky Chicken
Yup, no liberal bias on fark...

There are a lot of liberals here, a lot of conservatives, and a lot of libertarians, etc. But based on most thread comments, the liberals do seem to outnumber everyone else by about 10 to 1.

James Brown		2007-01-09 04:48:00 PM

Whatthefark: /My vote for talk radio...Tom Leykis.

The radio talk show that is... not hosted by a right wing wacko or a convicted felon. No!

I like Tom's show. A call in radio show that isn't some big right/left wing circlejerk. How novel.

Pxtl		2007-01-09 04:50:20 PM

adm_crunch

Yes, but the lion's share of liberals are just teenaged dittoheads - the kind of people who just kneejerk-shout "BUSH SUCKS" and contribute very little else to the conversation. The proportion of serious political debaters is much smaller, which is what keeps Fark political flamewars nice and lively.

MisterRPG		2007-01-09 04:50:57 PM

This is Maurice Chavez, and you're listening to Pressing Issues.

// Obscure?
// Hope not.

MadAsshatter		2007-01-09 04:51:03 PM

adm_crunch:

But based on most thread comments, the liberals do seem to outnumber everyone else by about 10 to 1.

I suspect a direct correlation to Starbucks offering wi-fi.

kurfu		2007-01-09 04:51:13 PM

Sounds like subby and his ilk are still upset that "Air America" went bankrupt.

Dunit		2007-01-09 04:55:39 PM

DJ: Ok, I have your future... you will die a terrible, terrible death.
Marge: (Gasps)
DJ: Oh, I'm sorry, that was our last caller. Wait, I'm getting it... Ok. You will die a terrible, terrible, death.
DJ #2: Thanks for calling, would you like to request a song?
Homer: IT'S RAINING MEN!

grinningdeamon		2007-01-09 05:10:52 PM

I don't know what the hell it was, but a few days ago I was flipping through the stations, and on some AM station a lady called in saying that she thought she was the reincarnation of a puppy. She always liked to lay on a blanket on the floor. And have her food served in bowls so she can eat like a dog. Fetch is one of her favorite games. Oh, and she was 34. From Canada, no less.

criticalnegation		2007-01-09 05:15:47 PM

listened to mike savage for the first time the other day...that poor guy's sick in the head. srsly feel bad for him...he's just constantly angry about nothing...he needs to be on anti-anxiety meds for srs :\

chuck4455		2007-01-09 05:19:07 PM

Poor Ad Placement Department:

OMFG!!

Nobody noticed the Disneyland "Goofey" ad right next to this article?

"Now wait a minute...I didn't say she was crazy...I said she was farkin Goofey!"

/Thenk keew...
//Thenk kew vurah muhhh
///Elvis has left the building

brigid		2007-01-09 05:19:45 PM

Campbell Bain is not amused.

Cid_Highwind		2007-01-09 05:21:16 PM

I can't stand talk radio. I especially can't stand Tom Leykis. Why people would listen to this guy's relationship pontificating, I have NO idea.

c42099		2007-01-09 05:28:06 PM

"Big" Ed Schultz, and Team Fargo, are definitely worth listening to. Get 'em up here in the Twin Cities on Air America, AM950.

Always reasoned, intellignt conversation, no screaming idiots just complaining and bashing the "other" party.

Knowing someone is trying to make a difference keeps me happy on my 15 min.ride to work.