I live in Charlottesville, VA and commute to Maryland once a week for my job. Every morning I looked forward to the excellent radio program The Breakdown with Todd B. That is until last week when Talk 1580 took the show off of the air!
The channel, owned by CBS, really blew it here. Talk 1580, if given a little more time was heading for primacy in the DC market as a leading source for independent, progressive, and yes, even conservative commentary and news. Todd B's show was pivotal in this development because of his ability to get to the heart of issues and present both sides of the argument in an even handed manner.
What makes the show's cancellation a real tragedy for the DC area is that we are on the eve of the historic election of our first black president. As such Todd B and Talk 1580 were in the unique position to be the voice for DC politics for the next several years.
Ownership saw things differently...
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