The Portland radio landscape was already in pretty bad shape, but it took a turn for the worse last Thursday when 910am changed formats. I guess I can live without most of their programming, but I’ll really miss the Rick Emerson Show. Rick Emerson was their most talented host and I think the loss of his show is a huge loss to the listening audience.

Rick’s show wasn’t about anything in particular. He was just a geek talking to other geeks about geeky shit. Now, maybe his show wasn’t popular with non-geeks, I wouldn’t know, but there are a lot of us out here. Unfortunately, without the Rick Emerson Show, all we’re left with on the radio is a bunch of conservative blowhards (and maybe a sprinkling of liberal blowhards) pontificating on the political topic of the day.

Rick’s show was refreshingly free of such bullshit. It was genuine and entertaining. There’s got be a place for show like his in a city like Portland. I know my day would be a lot better for it.

If you feel the way I do, then maybe you’ll want to do something about it?