Many have been hailed as the lead dog in left leaning talk radio’s fight to answer the dominance of syndicated radio talkers Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and Glenn Beck. Now it’s Thom Hartmann’s turn. The  Dial Global syndicated radio host is being called “the most influential progressive voice on the radio.”  An interesting profile on the Hartmann media empire, including his presence on multiple platforms like Free Speech TV, DISH and DirecTV, is here.

Stephanie Miller whose syndicated radio show was picked up in New York by progressive talk station WWRL-AM Friday, recently appeared on CNN’s Reliable Sources along with WOR’s Steve Malzberg to debate the reasons for the ratings struggles of liberal talk radio. Stephanie packs a compelling argument in a very short segment, which is what the pros do.

We went to Green 960 San Francisco PD John Scott’s blog yestesrday to get the Randi Rhodes take on her situation with Nova M. Well John’s a little frustrated with what he calls the Progressive Talk “Dramaland”…

The media ‘s embrace of Barack Obama continues to astound. On Sunday January 18th a panel of nationally syndicated progressive talk hosts will gather at George Washington University’s Lisner Auditorium for a three-hour live national radio broadcast to celebrate the inauguration of Mr. Obama as the nations 44th President.