Michael Savage’s flagship station drops him.
Michael Savage’s flagship station drops him.
Earlier today, the conservative blog Patriot Axom noted that far-right radio host Michael Savage has been taken “off the air” from his San Francisco-based flagship station, Talk 910 KNEW. Now, a representative from the station has issued a statement explaining why it will no longer air Savage’s show:
I’m going to answer the very first question many of you have.
“Why did you take Michael Savage off the air?”
Here’s your no-spin direct answer; we have decided to go in a different philosophical and ideological direction, featuring more contemporary content and more local information. The Savage Nation does not fit into that vision.
910 KNEW’s decision is the latest blow to Savage’s efforts to spread hate. Last winter, following a campaign by the Council On American-Islamic Relations and Brave New Films, numerous advertisers ended their relationship with Savage, including Geico, Union Bank of California, and ITT Technical Institute. Savage has in the past advocated killing 100 million Muslims, compared President Jimmy Carter to Hitler, and has said that the U.S. Senate is “more histrionic than ever” because of the addition of female senators.
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Thank you 910 KNEW I hope thousands follow your lead.
September 10th, 2009 at 3:53 pmCouldn’t have happened to a nicer Weiner.
September 10th, 2009 at 3:54 pmCould this be the canary in the coal mine? We can only hope so. I know Limbaugh’s radio network is having financial troubles. Beck losing his sponsors. Good times!
September 10th, 2009 at 3:55 pmAnother ‘winger fails at capitalism.
September 10th, 2009 at 3:55 pmBwa ha ha.
It’s about fkn time Weiner bit the dust. Such a vile, hate-filled human being.
Granted, he’ll wind up on some other far-right outlet…but this public humiliation is a decent start.
September 10th, 2009 at 3:57 pmYou know how horrible you are when even in these crazy days, you’re too strident for the Right Wing
September 10th, 2009 at 3:57 pmMay I offer a new slogan?
The New KNEW! NOW – BIGOT FREE!!
September 10th, 2009 at 3:58 pmHe’s been pissing and moaning more than ever since he was banned from traveling in Europe. His absence won’t be missed.
September 10th, 2009 at 3:58 pmWeiner is going to be whining and honking about this big time, but it was always an outrage that a station in San Francisco would be spewing his hate around the SF Bay Area, one of the most liberal parts of the U.S. Weiner belongs in Alabama or Nebraska… oh oh, that’s not going to work. They don’t much like Jews down around those parts.
September 10th, 2009 at 3:58 pmThis guy is sofa king whacko. I’m delighted by this news.
September 10th, 2009 at 4:00 pmWell, whatever their reasons for doing it, KNEW did the right thing for the country by taking Michael “Savage” Weiner off the air. Good for them.
September 10th, 2009 at 4:00 pmThe comments at the linked site are pretty creepy. There are actually people who listen to Weiner and Bek for 6 hours each day…
September 10th, 2009 at 4:05 pmRobert, I went over and saw them as well, but I think they’re hilarious. To sum up: “Boo hoo hoo, sob, choke, blubber… but, but, he was the greatest… hater… ever!”
September 10th, 2009 at 4:06 pmYES!!!
September 10th, 2009 at 4:06 pmThis is a start. Maybe more radio station will come to their senses and curb more of these radical right-wing talk show hosts.
September 10th, 2009 at 4:07 pmI briefly dated a guy who listened to Savage. When he gave me Savage Nation to read, I cut him loose.
September 10th, 2009 at 4:09 pmBuh-Bye Bu-Fu
September 10th, 2009 at 4:10 pmIt doesn’t take a lot of imagination to conclude that the profitability of radio/TV hate is going down.
September 10th, 2009 at 4:10 pm“Because the views of Michael Savage did not reflect those of this station or of any sane person on the planet.”
September 10th, 2009 at 4:11 pmNow that my beloved mentor has lost his flagship station, he has more time to spend humping the flag.
September 10th, 2009 at 4:13 pmLooks like KNEW is going to end up with one extra bun after all.
September 10th, 2009 at 4:14 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
It’s the little victories that sometimes give you the biggest lifts during the day.
Question: what are they replacing him with?
September 10th, 2009 at 4:15 pmMmmm, hate seems to becoming less and less fashionable…could be the ReichWingers are hating too much and turning off people? Let’s hope so.
September 10th, 2009 at 4:15 pmI’m in a bad mood today. My party just came back from a month-long business trip using every slimy sales tactic to clear the shelf of crappy merchandise, and now it seems like everyone canceled their orders …
September 10th, 2009 at 4:16 pmWho cares, kws? He’s gone from his flagship.
September 10th, 2009 at 4:18 pmWell if the white house starts to really call out the lies and misinfromation etc… well i think lots of these wrong side white wing talkers will be getting the boot.
September 10th, 2009 at 4:19 pmAs the corp side knows its all about the Benjamins….and they will not care how big or how much they help the company’s pull in there profits.
cause the bottom line is profit and the business of business is business.
My thoughts any ways.
This bigot and his son own Rockstar energy drinks. Make him feel the pinch by not buying his liquid slime.
September 10th, 2009 at 4:22 pmWe know you’re upset dipsh#t but there’s no reason to shout. You righties are so hysterical.
September 10th, 2009 at 4:22 pmIn the immortal words of Freddie…
“Duh, duh dun, dun, another one bites the dust.”
September 10th, 2009 at 4:22 pmWe MUST NOT admit that what my new Town Hall Hero did last night was wrong. Forget decorum and civility, just keep bashing the dems. Kudos to the congressman from Texas who couldn’t answer a simple Yes or No question on MSNBC – “Was Joe Wilson’s conduct wrong?” My reps should stand together in unison until that unity can barely fill the front row of the House chamber.
September 10th, 2009 at 4:22 pmThis is great news I rank it right up there with the start of the pro football season tonight. Great, I love it!!!!
September 10th, 2009 at 4:23 pmWell, kws, your cry about revenue is apropos. Why pay big bucks for a weiner no one cares to eat anymore. Sort of supply just got squashed because demand ain’t there.
You can still listen to Rush for your talking points
September 10th, 2009 at 4:25 pmkwsventures
So what you are saying is that we need more socialism. You are a stupid leftist!
September 10th, 2009 at 4:25 pmkws sez:
Looks like Beck & Savage have lost in the “Free Market”, and Limpdick is losing as well.
September 10th, 2009 at 4:26 pmarbereshe @4:22
That won’t be much of a hardship….
Sounds like that liquid crack from the “Chappelle Show”.
September 10th, 2009 at 4:26 pmHow the hell did people like Savage…and Beck and Rush and Levine and Ingram and other wingnuts get their jobs in the first place? Their sponsors gave them the power to spew their hatred and bigotry and lies for years. Savage will remain on major stations across the country. Not to worry. Media are corporate mouthpieces…and a single example such as this is encouraging, but of not real consequence.
September 10th, 2009 at 4:27 pmAt http://tvnewslies.org we’ve been fighting against the distortions and the deception for years. It has only increased.
Savage is getting a lesson in free speech. He is free to say anything but just not on that radio station. The advertisers exercised their free speech by pulling ads. Savage should be ecstatic that all of these Constitutional rights were upheld without government interference.
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He’ll be back. Fox will lend him an aryan brotherly helping hand and hire him like do all of the rest of the fallen racist. Imus, North, Mark Vermin, Hoover, Beck, O’reilly etc etc.
September 10th, 2009 at 4:35 pmCan we all thank Mr. Savage Weiner for helping to redefine American Exceptionalism?
Months ago the rest of the civilized world recognized he was a nutbag. Now he has finally reached the home audience so we no longer have to listen to the ‘except America’ when it comes to recognizing propagandists.
September 10th, 2009 at 4:37 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
Until the cult figure, Obama, takes over the media, I suspect revenue will talk and B.S. will walk.
kws, once upon a time you had a teentsy bit of relevance. Now you are just whining while you fill your diaper.
September 10th, 2009 at 4:38 pmkwsventures says:
Why did Air America file bankruptcy? Low revenue. Only the Uncle Sam has a printing press to make dollars out of thin air. Of course, that gig will end badly. Everyone else, no matter the shows agenda, needs real revenue to stay around.
Go f- yourself you commie socialist! It was you who wrote that piece of 18-minute commie propaganda that hopelessly indoctrinated my child! You were behind it! You are Russian SCUM!!!
September 10th, 2009 at 4:38 pmYAY!!!!!!!
Hmmm. The song “Another One Bites the Dust” is capering through my head…;o)
Good riddance to one sick, evil piece of garbage!!
September 10th, 2009 at 4:38 pmgoodness sakes, kws,
if you hadn’t already told us that you’re a self-made righteous dude, i might be tempted to think you’re
an unhinged wingnut screechmonkey.
you really are sounding more hostile and incoherent by the day.
September 10th, 2009 at 4:40 pmOlbermann had an orgasm after Obama spoke.
So sad. Proof positive kws is a talking point moron.
September 10th, 2009 at 4:40 pmkws isn’t a self made anything but troll. No relevance, no competence, all diaper.
September 10th, 2009 at 4:42 pmWow. Looks like this blow to the Savage Nation has really gotten kwsventures’ panties in a bunch.
I mean, he never makes any sense but now he’s shouting.
September 10th, 2009 at 4:42 pmRush talking points? Okay. and your buddy. Olbermann had an orgasm after Obama spoke. And Chrissy Matthews got a tingle up his leg.
Thanks for rallying the democrats. The idiot hick in the top row thought who he’d “look like America” by bringing his town hall act to Congress set the entire GOP on a course away from the debate table. It doesn’t matter that the president slightly hit the ‘reset’ button last night, you’ve all taken yourselves out of the game. You’re a bunch of outmoded dipsh-ts.
September 10th, 2009 at 4:42 pmHe’s not even a self-made troll. He gets his talking points prepackaged from the home office just like the rest of ‘em. He’s a troll franchisee.
September 10th, 2009 at 4:43 pmAwwwwwww, is poor widdle kws all pissy-wissy? Awwwwwwww. What a shame!!!
(snicker)
September 10th, 2009 at 4:43 pmAHAHAHA! Good!
September 10th, 2009 at 4:45 pmbut ralph, America is built on franchises! Just look at Congress.
September 10th, 2009 at 4:46 pmBeck should take a long hard look at how he uses his show. If push comes to shove, Murdoch will throw Beck under the bus rather than lose more advertising dollars. Maybe this will be a trend with the conservative commentators.
September 10th, 2009 at 4:48 pmbecky you are next.
Real people don’t want this racist bs.
September 10th, 2009 at 4:49 pmI wouldn’t take that bet either, kws. Beck’s going to be around a while. Savage? Not too sure about that.
But like I said…small victories.
September 10th, 2009 at 4:52 pmA sign of the times. Hate radio’s popularity is following the same trend as Republicanism. America is waking up to the corrosive anti-Americanism that these outlets spew. Beck, Limbaugh, Hannity, et al don’t make mega-millions because they’re selling deodorant and boner pills…they are subsidized to get the Republican corporate message out to the rubes and stooges who are too stupid to think critically.
September 10th, 2009 at 4:57 pmI have no problems with conservative stating their cases, what ever it may be.
September 10th, 2009 at 5:05 pmConservative whom spew their poison venom have no place in a democratic society.
M. Savege. You are not welcome.
Savage is what Obama did to the Repubs last night.
September 10th, 2009 at 5:19 pmOne Weiner down, many more to go.
September 10th, 2009 at 5:22 pmThis must be very hard for our friend, kwsventures. I see he balled up his little fists, held his breath, stamped his feet and quickly pounded out four little whining tantrums in a row! Poor kid.
September 10th, 2009 at 5:24 pmHow could this happen?! Well, maybe they discovered that people were aware of the fact that the Savage Weiner is actually a self-loathing closeted gay man who used to frolic in the nude with Alan Ginsburg.
September 10th, 2009 at 5:29 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
yeah but like you he still can’t
get laid without paying for it.
Never underestimate the power of alcohol
:)
September 10th, 2009 at 5:52 pmTundra: “I’m sure he isn’t crying in his wheaties in the morning.”
Then you don’t know Michael Weiner. The guy is the biggest whiner in the business.
September 10th, 2009 at 6:00 pmThe battle is over and the Savage Nation is defeated and in ruins!
September 10th, 2009 at 6:07 pm“So long, farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, goodnight!”
September 10th, 2009 at 6:12 pmNever underestimate the power of alcohol
Mixed with rufies….
September 10th, 2009 at 6:16 pmTundra says:
This Yahoo made his millions, I’m sure he isn’t crying in his wheaties in the morning.
Endorsing his son’s product (Rockstar energy drinks) on air without mentioning the connection, more like.
September 10th, 2009 at 6:20 pmI am oft reminded by this column, the awefully hard work of doing what you say, and saying what you mean; KNEW-avoid broadcasting hateful speech, and please try to avoid denegration of past service to our country, by veterans, or anyone else!!
September 10th, 2009 at 6:31 pmI’m sure he’s not, Tundra, but I doubt he’s sleeping well the night before. A loss is a loss.
September 10th, 2009 at 6:33 pmHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAH
September 10th, 2009 at 7:13 pmbuh-bye beyotch.
You need to accompany these stories with a different picture, the one of Michael “Savage” (”You think he’s compensating for something?”) Weiner fondling Barbra Streisand’s boobs (or more accurately, those of a Streisand wax statue) with a sh*t-eating grin on his face.
Cheers,
September 10th, 2009 at 8:38 pmSavage: the U.S. Senate is “more histrionic than ever” because of female members. Isn’t that the pot calling the kettle black. Projection is all that these jokers know and it has become O so tiresome.
September 10th, 2009 at 9:41 pmsee ya wiener
September 10th, 2009 at 10:10 pmI wonder if this has anything to do with the fact that all he’s been spouting off about for the last couple of months is that he still is banned in England. Boring to the MAX!
September 10th, 2009 at 10:24 pmWell, bozo, now you have all the time in the world to hone your hate skills.
Dumba$$.
“When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag carrying a cross.” Sinclair Lewis
September 10th, 2009 at 10:26 pmRockstar energy drinks….R A W F U L
September 10th, 2009 at 11:01 pmBecks battle with Karma is so not going well…
September 10th, 2009 at 11:03 pmThis mother of an autistic child dances with glee everytime anyone turns away from this person’s foolish, vile rhetoric. Even my extremely conservative friend can’t stand him.
September 10th, 2009 at 11:10 pmThis man is an horrible excuse for a human being. He is a very hateful militaristic aszhole who was is nothing more than a coward. I hope he realizes that he’s going to burn in hell right next to all of the people he hated like Sadam Hussein, Hitler, Adi Amen, Stalin, and Dick Cheney.
September 10th, 2009 at 11:24 pmPhoto caption….
“No pictures, please. The flash might make me vaporize.”
September 11th, 2009 at 12:04 amTelling that Savage would use the term “histronic” to describe
September 11th, 2009 at 12:12 amfemale members of the senate.
He obviously picked up that terminology in therapy for his own personality disorder.
Not so fast…unfortunately, race-baiter Glenn Speck is still in their lineup. Either way it’s too soon to count out Speck, Weiner or their ilk. Just as with al Qaida the likes of hate talkers will be driven into oblivion (or at least irrelevancy) only by winning over the hearts and minds of their followers. The ratings say that will be no small task. These followings were not built overnight; their dismantling will likely take at least as long.
September 11th, 2009 at 1:08 am350 radio stations coast to coast, 8-10 million listeners and ONE station drops out (as the do every day) and its party time? Weiner will probably add 10 more this year….. How do all you people find the time to listen to Weiner, Rush, Beck, Hannity, watch Fox news all in one day Plus spend time here? With your massive intellects and incalculable amounts of knowledge team Obama could use your massive compartmentalizeing ability’s at the highest levels of government. As you know he has a ton of stuff to do right now and he needs you help to save the US and the world. Some of you better get up off you lazy assis and get to work before the whole thing goes into the crapper. If you don’t it will be your fault!
September 11th, 2009 at 1:11 am910 is replacing Savage with John and Ken.
From wikipedia
John and Ken were instrumental at getting Democratic Governor Gray Davis recalled.
September 11th, 2009 at 2:34 amBuh-bye, Weiner.
September 11th, 2009 at 6:35 amSend the hate jocks and pundits to Gitmo!
September 11th, 2009 at 7:51 amI’m thinking North Korea would LOVE this guy, or any crazy whack job dictator who needs someone to spread lies and hatred about the opposition.
September 11th, 2009 at 10:21 amFox will hire him.
September 11th, 2009 at 12:21 pmwould someone please explain to me why every anti-Savage comment gets multiple thumbs down and the earlier the post, the higher the thumbs down number. And why are there no thumbs up to comments? It seems there is some dirty work going on here and can ultimately vote down any comment. I guess it’s a lot easier to click on thumbs down than write an intelligent argument.
September 11th, 2009 at 12:40 pmWe regret to inform the rabidly right wing Savage Nation minions that an ounce of sanity will be returning to the AM airwaves. Soooorrrryyyyy!!! NOT!
September 11th, 2009 at 2:25 pmIt must be said:
“Ha ha!” -Nelson
September 11th, 2009 at 3:09 pmIf the number in parentheses is positive it means more readers are clicking the “thumbs up” button. Only comments with a negative number are getting more “thumbs down” clicks than “thumbs up”. If you scan this board the anti-Sav posts are overwhelmingly rated positive by readers.
September 11th, 2009 at 4:59 pmAlthough I hate to give him ratings, I’ll have to tune in tonight to hear him explain how Obama is behind this. I could use a good laugh today.
September 11th, 2009 at 5:31 pmThere once was a mad man named savage,
who’s rep of libs he did ravage;
and stations could see, for they did set him free
but due mostly due lack of the cabbage
September 11th, 2009 at 9:25 pm910 KNEW’s decision is the latest blow to Savage’s efforts to spread hate.
Spread hate? Is this another example of the sophmoric writing that comes out of TP by someone who has never listened to Savage?
There are many more stations right behind 910 ready to pick him up.
Gee, I wonder if obama’s chicago street thugs and pelosi’s brown shirts had anything to do with forcing 910 to drop Savage?
Welcome to the new United Socialist’s of America
September 12th, 2009 at 1:50 pmGive yourselves a big pat on the back left wingers because you have helped put another nail in the coffin of the First Amendment. You should feel great about yourselves as you continue to destroy the Constitution of the United States.
What ever happened to the free American spirit that would say “While I don’t agree with what you say, I will defend to the death your right to say it.”?
That spirit clearly does not exist on Think Progress.
September 12th, 2009 at 2:34 pmThank you for your sharing.!
September 13th, 2009 at 11:09 amGod forbid we should have a Conservative voice in San Francisco, home of the fruits, and nuts. Doesn’t matter. silikon takma ameliyati.
September 16th, 2009 at 9:01 amBIG MISTAKE 910 KNEW!! YOU JUST GOT RID OF YOUR BIGGEST VOICE.
VERY STUPID BUISNESS DECISION, EVEN IF YOU DONT LIKE LISTENING TO HIM.
3 MILLION OTHER PEOPLE DO.
FOR ALL YOU MORONS WHO ARE HAPPY THAT HE IS OFF THIS STATION. IT DOESNT MEAN HE IS OFF THE AIR YOU IDIOTS.
ANOTHER STATION PICKED HIM UP FASTER THAN YOU COULD BLINK.
YOU CAN NOW LISTEN TO SAVAGE ON 650 KSTE.
September 16th, 2009 at 12:45 pmAS FOR HIM ADVOCATING KILLING 100 MILLION MUSLIMS!!
HE DIDNT SAY THIS FLAT OUT LIKE YOU MISINFORM PEOPLE HE DID.
YOU TOOK THIS SMALL PORTION OF HIS FULL CONVERSATION SO YOU COULD MISINFORM PEOPLE.
THE POINT HE WAS MAKING WAS IN REGARDS TO US GOING OVER TO IRAQ TO FIGHT A WAR.
HE SAID WOULD YOU RATHER HAVE 100 MILLION MUSLIMS DEAD OR 100 MILLION AMERICANS DEAD.
HE DIDNT FLAT OUT SAY HE WANTED TO SEE 100 MILLION MUSLIMS DIE.
YOU PEOPLE ARE PATHETIC LIARS!!
EVEN IF YOU DONT LIKE WHAT SOMEONE SAYS, THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO SAY IT, EVEN IF THEY ARE WRONG, EVEN IF THEY ARE RIGHT, EVEN IF THEY ARE HATEFUL, EVEN IF THEY ARE NICE.
FREEDOM OF SPEECH PROTECTS EVERYONE!!
IF YOU DONT LIKE IT TURN THE DIAL.
WE HAVE PUT UP WITH THE BS THE LIBERALS HAVE BEEN SPREADING FOR YEARS AND NOT THAT A CONSERVATIVE SAYS SOMETHING THEY DONT LIKE THEY WANT TO CENSOR HIM.
SAVAGE’S INTERNATIONAL CIVIL RIGHTS HAVE BEEN VIOLATED.
BRITAIN EVEN SIGNED AND CO-AUTHORED NUMEROUS LAWS TO PROTECT PEOPLE. THEY KNOW IT AND THEY KNOW THEY ARE WRONG. THAT IS WHY THEY FIRED THE HOME SECRETARY.
IF BRITAIN STANDS BEHIND ITS TREATIES THAT PROTECT EVERYONES!! RIGHTS THEN SAVAGE WILL CLEAN UP WHEN HIS CASE GOES TO COURT.
YOU CANT CREATE LAWS AND ONLY APPLY THEM WHEN YOU WANT.
THAT IS NOT JUSTICE. THAT IS CHAOS!!
September 16th, 2009 at 12:58 pmSAVAGE IS NOW ON 650 KSTE FOR YOU MORONS THAT THINK HE IS OFF THE AIR FOR GOOD.
LMAO!!! LOSERS!!
SAVAGE IS THE SMARTEST MAN ALIVE!!
September 16th, 2009 at 1:04 pm