Progressive 680 is No More

It is official Progressive Talk 680 is gone. It started this summer when WSMB started carrying St Louis Cardinals games. In other words they were going to cut into Air America for 162 baseball games. There were other signs that future of progressive radio was in trouble here like the fact the WSMB site had not been updated in some time, and still had a picture of Al Franken on the home page even though it has been many months since Al left Air America. The station is now an all sports format connected to the Fox Radio Sports Network. However there are already two all sports stations in this market and course you can still get Rush, Sean, and the right wing talkers. It is depressing that progressive talk did not make it here, but I think they really did try because I remember the billboards around town announcing the progressive talk format. However, the idea never took hold and one gets the feeling this format change has been in the works for awhile now. Hopefully someone else will make the plunge but for now I am not holding my breath.