Lets hear this show once again. A small Los Angeles area radio station that carried the Imus show isn’t ready to let go of the program just yet. KCAA plans to run a Best of Imus this coming week in their regular 6am til 9am pacific time slot. Supposedly the week will begin with the show that sparked the controversy and gave a few media-ho preachers some more time in the spotlight.
Kudos to the station if they go ahead with the airing. Of course the Imus program was this tiny station’s premiere offering, and the station’s chairman, Fred Lundgren said, ” . . without Imus, we’re pretty much toast.” He added, “What Imus did was deplorable, inexcusable, but it shouldn’t end the career of a man who has done so much good. This is an overreaction beyond anything I’ve ever seen in radio.”
The rerun plans have been publicized in the L.A. Times, Newsday, and countless other publications and websites. It will undoubtedly be the biggest promo this station has ever had. Lundgren claims, “Unless we get a court order to cease and desist, we’re going to run it. I’m not going to let networks dictate to me who I run on my station.”
KCAA STREAMS and if their server can handle the likely traffic, here’s the link. And if the home page is down here’s the stream link.
But Sharpton’s past verbiage has helped to incite violence and murder. Repeatedly. And thanks to the I-Man’s idiocy we were subjected to the absurd spectacle of Imus groveling before this hypocrite.
Imus’s schtick is a demented, perhaps flashback hazed politically incorrect banter, the goal of which is entertainment. Sharpton’s schtick is carefully calculated and politically gamed to be divisive, as well as politically and economically rewarding. Hannity has said that the good reverend is charming when not in character. I take that to mean he is only evil in public.
So we now witness the real ho’s of this bonfire of the inanities episode coming forward one by one to condemn comedy gone bad, while kissing the rings of charlatan preachers. Political ho’s who used Imus, not minding his always irreverent attitude, as long as his biting comedy bit all the “right” people, and perhaps gained them a few votes along the way. Corporate ho’s who hawked their products and looked the other way when Imus walked the edge. And network ho’s who are just doing their job – being ho’s.
Meanwhile there are some sensible comments, especially from Mark Levin. He says all those now disassociating themselves from Imus should have to mention the number of times they appeared on the Imus show. Levin also said he doesn’t believe in Stalinist retribution – and that we should just let the market work, adding “No one listens to the show!” and “If MSNBC no longer simulcasts your show, is that a bad thing?” However, I think we should make note of the corporate sponsors that now support Stalinist persecution of free speech.
But of all the comments I’ve heard and read the past few days, my favorites are a pair of posts from Steve of Hog On Ice. So click on over to read:
Don Imus to Retire and Move to Hymietown
and
Imus Must Die
Added comment – Won’t it be doubly ironic if Imus’s career winds up being saved by the students who were the subject of his insult. One of the girls when first told of the comments, reacted appropriately, she dismissively joked about it. Maybe she gets it. Obviously millions do not.
