Our nightly audience is estimated at 4,400, ranking us fifth among central Iowa radio stations during the 7:00 – 8:00 pm time slot!

Even more satisfying is that our audience is nearly three times greater than was Michael Savage’s, the hate monger who used to broadcast between 7:00 and 8:00 pm.

We don’t use the term “hate monger” lightly. But in the case of Savage, any milder descriptor seems disingenuous. “Hateful” is the appropriate term for someone who:

Says to a gay man, “You should get AIDS and die, you pig;”

Calls civil rights a racket designed to steal white males' birthright;

Insists that Jimmy Carter is like Hitler;

Screams “I don’t want to hear one more word about Islam. Take your religion and shove it up your behind.”

These are just a few samples of Savage’s implacable statements.

Thursday, we welcome Tim Urban to the conversation. Tim’s the president of Urban Development Corporation, and we’ll kick-off the discussion by looking at an opinion piece he wrote last week.

The Fallon Forum airs Monday–Thursday from 7:00–8:00 pm on 98.3 WOW-FM and on-line at www.983wowfm.com. Call (515) 312-0983 or (866) 908-TALK to join the conversation. And check out The Bradshaw Show, Monday – Friday from 1:00–4:00 pm, also on 98.3 WOW-FM.

Speaking of Bradshaw, kudos to our 98.3 radio homey for scoring “Best Local Talk Radio Show” in Cityview last week! (Oh, and Ed got runner up in the “Best Do-Gooder” category.)

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Thanks, and we hope you’ll tune in and help make progressive talk radio a growing reality in Iowa.