The Mike Malloy Show

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The Mike Malloy Show
Genre Progressive talk
Running time Three hours
Country Flag of the United States United States
Languages English
Home station Nova M Radio
Starring Mike Malloy
Creators Mike Malloy
Executive producers Kathy Bay Malloy
Air dates August 2, 2004 to present
Website
MikeMalloy.com

The Mike Malloy Show is a liberal radio talk show hosted by long-time radio personality Mike Malloy. Malloy came to talk radio in 1987, moving from his position as a writer and producer at CNN. He is married to producer Kathy Bay, with whom he has a daughter born in July, 2004. He has an additional five children, all grown, and five grandchildren.

The show features Malloy's extended monologues on the day's news and the people and events behind it, listener calls, and occasional guest interviews. He advocates for the Democratic Party to move to the left and to take more liberal and progressive stands. Malloy's radio style is very confrontational and sometimes controversial: he is an advocate for the open discussion of 9/11 conspiracy theories, for the impeachment of George W. Bush and the ousting of what he calls "spineless democrats" from the U.S. Congress. Malloy refers to his audience as "Truthseekers", and to the Bush Administration and its close associates as the "Bush Crime Family" [1].

Malloy's show is currently syndicated by the Nova M Radio network. Previously, it was syndicated by Air America Radio, but Air America abruptly dropped the show on August 30, 2006. Its broadcast originates from Atlanta, Georgia, though the minimal in-studio staff allows Malloy to broadcast from other locations when he travels. Malloy is the only radio talk show host in America to have received the A.I.R (Achievement in Radio) Award in both Chicago and New York City [2]. Talkers Magazine named Malloy to the 2008 Talkers 250, their list of "the 250 Most Important Radio Talk Show Hosts in America".

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[edit] Air America Radio

The show launched on August 2, 2004 and broadcasted live on weeknights from 10 p.m. - 1 a.m. Eastern Time on some Air America affiliates.

On January 2006, Malloy's show was removed from WLIB, Air America's New York City affiliate. He was replaced by the apolitical Satellite Sisters' show. On August 11, 2006, he announced his pending return to WLIB on September 1, 2006, barring no unforeseen difficulties. However, unforeseen difficulties did indeed arise.

On August 30, 2006 the following notice appeared on his web site:

“ MIKE MALLOY FIRED BY AIR AMERICA RADIO: There will be no Mike Malloy program today - or any day - on Air America Radio as we have been terminated. We are as shocked as you are. We are told it's a financial decision. More details to follow as we hear them ourselves. ”

At the time, Malloy was not doing his show, but substituting for Randi Rhodes on her show. In an interview on The Majority Report that aired on September 8, 2006, Mike explained that he was fired for "financial reasons." He said he was looking for another place to do his show, and while he would like to come back to Air America, he would never do so while the current management was in place due to the unprofessional way he was fired.

[edit] Head On Radio Network

Immediately after Malloy's firing from Air America, Head On Radio Network broadcasted "best of" Malloy programs that date back to March 2003 at 10:00 p.m. EST [1]

[edit] Nova M Radio

Since October 30, 2006, Malloy has been broadcasting on the Nova M Radio network from 9:00 p.m. to midnight EST. [3]

On Feb. 4, 2008 Los Angeles progressive talk radio station KTLK (AM) began airing the Mike Malloy show live 6-9pm.


[edit] Regular features

  • 1984 - Malloy read excerpts from George Orwell's classic novel during one segment of the show (usually in the last half-hour); lasted from January 2006 through May 2006.
  • Cinco de Moron - The annual show on Cinco de Mayo that makes fun of the manner in which George W. Bush speaks Spanish. The 2006 show focused on the controversy surrounding Bush's opinion of singing the The Star-Spangled Banner in Spanish.
  • Youth Night - The occasional show where Mike only takes phone calls from teenagers from 13 through 17 years of age.
  • Uncle Mike's Story Corner - A depressing story, usually related to the war in Iraq, set to the theme song of Mister Roger's Neighborhood
  • Who Stole the Kishka? - Mike starts playing the mentioned polka song and begins dancing to the music in the studio. [2]

[edit] Notable episodes

On May 9, 2003, a weekly segment named Bush-Free Fridays was supposed to start on the show, where neither Malloy or any callers to the show would mention George W. Bush by name. The segment was not successful, as even Malloy himself at one point mentioned Bush by name and joked about leaving the studio during the show. [3]

On November 9, 2007, Malloy played a segment from The O'Reilly Factor where host Bill O'Reilly did a segment on Malloy, about a comment he had made earlier on the show about supposedly having "violence fantasies" about Scott McClellan and Dana Perino. [4] Malloy ridiculed O'Reilly on-air as the segment was playing, and later mentioned the case where a visitor on O'Reilly's blog said that "his guns were loaded" if Hillary Clinton should become President. [5]

[edit] Guest hosts

[edit] Staff

  • Host: Mike Malloy
  • Executive Producer: Kathy Bay "The one who must be obeyed"
  • Associate Producer: Ian Gary Hough
  • Webmaster: Bily Foster

[edit] Music

[edit] Affiliates

The following stations syndicate The Mike Malloy Show either partially or in its entirety.

Calls Freq. Branding Format Market/Market Rank Timeslot Group Owner
Satellite Stations
SIRIUS 146 SIRIUS Left [6] Progressive talk United States Live 9P-12A ET Sirius Satellite Radio
XM 167 Air America Radio[7] Progressive talk United States
Canada		 Tape 10P-12A ET XM Satellite Radio
Internet
Nova M Radio N/A Progressive Talk [8] Progressive talk Worldwide Live 2A-5A UTC (Winter)
Live 1A-4A UTC (Summer)		 Nova M Radio
Terrestrial Stations
KTLK 1150 kHz K-Talk 1150 [9] Progressive Talk Los Angeles, CA / 2 Live 6P-9P PT Clear Channel Communications
WCPT 850 kHz Chicago's Progressive Talk [10] Progressive Talk Chicago, IL / 3 Live 8P-11P CT Newsweb Corporation
KKGN 960 kHz Green 960 [11] Progressive talk San Francisco, CA / 4 Tape 9P-12A PT Clear Channel Communications
KMNY 1360 kHz Biz Radio 1360 AM [12] Talk Dallas/Fort Worth, TX / 5 Live 8P-11P CT Multicultural Broadcasting
WINZ 940 kHz AM 940 WINZ [13] Progressive talk Miami-Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood, FL / 12 Live 9P-12A ET Clear Channel Communications
KPTK 1090 kHz Seattle's Progressive Talk [14] Progressive talk Seattle-Tacoma, WA / 14 Tape 8P-11P PT CBS Radio
KPHX 1480 kHz The Valley's Progressive Talk [15] Progressive talk Phoenix, AZ / 15 Live 7P-10P MST (Winter)
Live 6P-9P MST (Summer)		 Continental Broadcasting
(LMA: Nova M Radio)
KTNF 950 kHz AM 950 Air America Minnesota [16] Progressive talk Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN / 20 Tape 12A-3A CT Jr Broadcasting
KPOJ 620 kHz Portland's Progressive Talk [17] Progressive talk Portland, OR / 23 Tape 8P-11P PT Clear Channel Communications
WVKO 1580 kHz WVKO 1580 AM [18] Talk Columbus, OH / 37 Tape 1A-4A ET Bernard Ohio LLC
WXXM 92.1 MHz Madison's Progressive Talk [19] Progressive talk Madison, WI / 95 Live 8P-11P CT
(Monday-Thursday)		 Clear Channel Communications
WAAW 94.7 MHz Progressive Talk [20] Progressive talk Augusta, GA / 109 Begins in June Frank Neely
KYNS 1380 kHz Progressive Talk [21] Progressive talk San Luis Obispo, CA / 172 Tape 8P-11P PT Mapleton Communications
KGOE 1480 kHz KGOE 1480 AM [22] Talk Eureka, CA / N/M Live 7P-9P PT Bicoastal Media

[edit] References

  1. ^ bush crime family tree
  2. ^ The Mike Malloy Show - Speaking Truth to Power
  3. ^ ‘Air America Radio’ Founders Launch New Liberal Network - Media Buyer Planner

[edit] External links