Air America Radio Remote in Kaimbridge, I Mean Cambridge

[Laurence Glavin]

Even though I received word that Al Franken's remote at the Hotel
Marlowe in Cambridge would not be open to the general public,
I thought I'd travel there to see if they could squeeze me in.
Au contraire, the doors were wide open, possibly to assure a
full house.  I did a head count, and sure enough everyone in attendance
had one head each.   There were 17 rows of chairs 16 across and
every one was taken as far as I could see.  Unlike the venue in
Maine, where there was for-pay snack booth, WXKS/WKOx offered
FREE (and excellent cookies) and hot coffee.  No more anti-CCU
diatribes from me.  (WCRB could provide me with free lobster
Savannah at Lock-Obers and they would remain on my s**t liszt.
Speaking of profanity, Al Franken did a warm-up before the show
started, and taking the position that today would be his last
chance to bash Bush, he called him a d**k-head and an effing
synonym for anus...then said "I'm just getting it out of my 
system since I can't say that on the air".  Today's show
was faster-paced, and the sound into the hall was flawless.  
No over-the-air calls were taken, but pre-arranged calls 
from Norm Orenstein (a political guru), ex-Sen. BOB KerrEy, and
others were handled seamlessly.   Let's see: 2,000 in Maine;  just
shy of 300 in Mass.  Maybe ME will go for Kerry and Ma for Bush!
BTW, I may become a star at WXKS/WKOX.  They run little
station promos of listeners praising the new format.  While
there, I recorded such a promo using terminology like:
"My car allows setting each pushbutton for two stations, and as
soon as Air America came here, I set one to 1430, and another 
to 1200 so I can keep it on wherever I travel."  So if you
hear that message, you may be listening to me.

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