Action Plan: Save Thom Hartman on Green960

John Scott, programming director for Green960, is planning to drop The Thom Hartmann Show from the weekday station lineup. Word has it the axe is set to drop in September, and that gives us some time to get organized.

I think Scott can be persuaded. Green960 listeners have already succeeded by a massive show of indignant protest in convincing Scott to reverse earlier boneheaded programming decisions like the one to drop The Stephanie Miller Show. He "un-made" that decision after a huge outpouring of negative listener reaction showed him he was wrong. I think we can do it again!

Here's the plan:

1. Write a short, polite (at least relatively polite), but firm message indicating your abject, horrified disapproval of John Scotts' recent decisions first to demote Thom Hartmann to only two hours a day on Green960, and then, unfathomably, to entirely drop Thom Hartmann, America's best liberal talker, from the Green960 lineup.

2. Send that message to John Scott, his boss at Clear Channel (Green960's owner), and Clear Channel's CEO:

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John Scott

Programming Director

KKGN-AM (Green960)

340 Townsend St., 4th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94107

johnscott@clearchannel.com

Phone: 415-972-1111

Fax: 415-356-5571

Green960 Feedback line (call 24/7): 415.356.5546

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John's boss (owner of KKGN-AM: Green960):

Michael Erickson

Clear Channel Communications, Inc.

200 East Basse Road

San Antonio, TX 78209-8328

michaelerickson@clearchannel.com

Phone: 210-822-2828

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Mark Mays

Chief Executive Officer

Clear Channel Communications, Inc.
200 East Basse Road
San Antonio, Texas 78209-8328

(210) 822-2828

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3. So that each of the three gentlemen above knows that the other two received also your complaint, make sure you "courtesy copy" (cc) the others on each message/fax/letter you send.

4. In addition, phone calls to all three individuals above are a great way to add fuel to the raging fire of Green960 listener indignation at Hartmann's demotion and unceremonious ousting from the station's regular weekday schedule.

5. Send a link to this post to as many progressives as you can think of, especially Hartmann fans in the SF Bay Area, to let them know of the terribly harm that's about to be done to liberal talk radio in the City by the Bay, and encourage them to take action also.

6. Spread this info far and wide on progressive message boards, etc. ... and don't forget to comment on the Green960 blog, as well. Click here to go to Scott's latest post.

(Notice the part where Scott writes: "Want Thom Hartmann to be on Green 960-2? Say so." Great. Scott's screen-testing Thom for a spot on the all-digital Green960-2, after canning him on the station's AM radio signal. Gee ... thanks a lot, John.)

7. Sign the petition to get Thom Hartmann back, live, all three hours, in his old time slot, nine to noon weekdays, on Green960 (or other comparable station in the SF Bay Area).

8. Join our group!

(This site is a group blog; see the sidebar for info on how you can become a "Green960 Fixer.")

The San Francisco Bay Area NEEDS a good, progressive talk station, with the nation's best liberal talkers, like our favorite, Thom Hartmann.

You know what to do, Hartmann fans ...

Let the fireworks begin!

Let's Fix Green960!