ALL TALK, ALL ACTION.
1490 KQDS-AM was Duluth and Superior's Progressive Talk station, carrying Ed Schultz, Al Franken, Sam Seder, and many more on a paltry 1000 Watt signal that made the ratings it managed to earn truly impressive. The owner of the the only Progressive Talk outlet (in a city that votes heavily Democratic each and every election) terribly neglected it, not even deigning to put up the most rudimentary website-- its fans put together a MySpace page so they had an online gathering point.
When it was shut down, midnight January 31, 2007, there was no warning, having had advertisers in to renew sponsorships and ad buys just the week before without a peep given to the upcoming format flip.
The proud Progressive and Liberal folk of Duluth, Minnesota and Superior, Wisconsin aren't going to let that be the end of their sole oasis in a market that boasts several conservative talk stations. They are gathering support to flip another station in their market to carry the radio they demand. Time to roll up your sleeves and get in there with them.
Sign the Duluth/Superior Petition to
Bring Progressive Talk Back to the Airwaves
and
join the Duluth/Superior Progressive Talk Yahoo Group