Subject: Randi Rhodes

• Media Matters Wants to Ban Ann Coulter from NBC, This Liberal Declares, "Let the Kook Speak!"

  Banish this conservanut harpy from NBC? Nay, I cry, nay! This a.m. I was greeted by an e-mail in my in box from the tres lefty org Media Matters asking me to join its campaign to keep wingnut pin-up girl Ann Coulter from appearing on the January 6, 2009 Today show. Seems she''ll be on the program plugging her latest crackpot Jeremiad against the horrors of liberalism, Guilty: Liberal Victims and Their Assault on America. Media Matters prez Eric Burns wants me to call or write NBC an

  December 29, 2008

• Nova M Meltdown? Randi Rhodes Disappears, and a Note for Friends of Desert Politics

  The brilliant and hella-funny Randi Rhodes, off the air for now. PCP. Peyote. Embalming fluid. Nicaraguan horse dung. See, I'm trying to figure out what the hell's in the water cooler over at Nova M, as owners Anita Drobny and hubby Sheldon point the nose of the plane toward the ground and up the speed. Believe me, I say this as a pal of the station, but Nova M seems to be peeling away any reason I have to listen to the damn thing. The meltdown's been going on since before N

  February 14, 2009

• Feb. 16 In Blogs: NBA All-Star Game, Napolitano, Limp Bizkit and More

  We understand that in the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. Worry not! We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Valley Fever: 2009 NBA All-Star Game: Defense (For a Change), Jumpshots, and Forced Drama "Suge" Knight, Famed Rap Producer, Hurt After Scuffle at Scottsdale's W Hotel Feathered Bastard: Nova M Meltdown? Randi Rhodes Disappears, and a Note for Friends of Desert Politics Janet Napol

  February 16, 2009

• Nova M Deader than Bernie Mac? Sheldon Drobny's Mental Breakdown, and More on Randi Rhodes and 1190 AM's Implosion

  from TheDailyGut.comDon't get mad at me, Drobny posted this himself once at HuffingtonPost.com.I was planning to save most of this for my Bird column this week, but the news is coming too fast and furious today not to follow up on my recent post concerning Randi Rhodes' disappearance from Nova M radio. Indeed, that lefty AM talk network seems to be going down faster than last week's Flight 3407 to Buffalo. Trade pub Radio and Records reports that, "Network general manager Eric Reinert tells R&

  February 17, 2009

• Feb. 17 In Blogs: Nova M, Wenches, Whisky and More

  We understand that in the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. Worry not! We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Valley Fever: "TheEroticReview.com" Founder David Elms Arrested in Phoenix, Suspected of Trying to Hire Killer Disaster Exercise to Test Hospitals, Public Safety Officials With 1,200 Volunteer Victims (Including You, If You Want) Feathered Bastard: Nova M Deader than Bernie Mac? Sh

  February 17, 2009

• The Curse of Randi Rhodes: Nova M's Successor "On Second Thought" Padlocked in Phoenix (w/Update)

  The padlocked doors of On Second Thought Radio Network, formerly the lefty talk radio enterprise Nova M. Photo taken this afternoon. I'd been tipped off that KNUV 1190 AM, formerly the flagship station of the liberal Nova M radio network, and briefly, the home of Nova M's successor network, On Second Thought, had been padlocked. So I had to see for myself, as On Second Thought's driving force, Mike Newcomb, was apparently doing his afternoon show today as usual. At least, that's

  March 2, 2009

• March 3 In Blogs: Meghan McCain, Randi Rhodes, Fountains of Wayne and More

  We understand that in the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. Worry not! We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Valley Fever: County Attorney Thomas Says County Request to Investigate Employee is "Hypocrisy" Meghan McCain Complains Her Wanna-Be-President Dad Ruined Her Dating Life Feathered Bastard: The Curse of Randi Rhodes: Nova M's Successor "On Second Thought" Padlocked in Phoenix (w/Upda

  March 3, 2009

• The Pelican Sticks a Fork in Nova M, Finds Out if Obama is a Red, and Logs On to Grant Woods' Web Cast

  February 19, 2009

• The Bird Trumpets Redflex’s Demise in Pinal County and Tweets About Nova M’s Move Left on the Dial

  January 8, 2009

• Randi Rhodes Returns to Phoenix Airwaves as 1480 AM Reverts Back to Progressive Radio

  Farewell, cruel lizard... After reporting earlier this year on the slow, painful collapse of progressive radio with the implosion of left-wing network Nova M here in Phoenix and the padlocking of its short-lived replacement at 1190 AM, I've been deluged with phone calls and e-mails from loyal listeners of the lefty airwaves, asking me when liberal on-air personalities such as Randi Rhodes, Mike Malloy and Stephanie Miller will return to Phoenix radios. Well, the word seems to be

  June 24, 2009

• June 24 In Blogs: Randi Rhodes, Phx Bux, Twitter, and Kirk Adams

  In the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Feathered Bastard: Randi Rhodes Returns to Phoenix Airwaves as 1480 AM Reverts Back to Progressive Radio Up on the Sun: Arty Girl: Local Currency, Phx Bux, Launches July 4th Lil Wayne's Lawyers Making Moves in Arizona Courts, Deftones Wiping Bassist Off Record, Casey Kasem Goes For Good Chow Bella: Follow Miche

  June 24, 2009