Kftk Fm 97.1

As an anomaly in my age-​group, I sometimes feel like I’m going insane on the Republican island on which I live. I nod, smile, and even mmmhmmmmm in agreement when my friends and co-​workers make Bush jokes, or circle jerk over the president. I even laughed out loud when my boss told me «you would have to be an idiot to be in this business and be a Republican». I refrain from debating my Facebook friends and their totally misguided and ignorant posts about the government shutdown, and I even maintain silence when my flesh and blood, who shares my freaking DNA, twin sister makes comments saying she will never move back to the U.S. My life is pretty much political Hell, and I just sit there and take it.
The ONLY solace I get in this moronic, liberal-​infested community in which I survive, is my drive to and from work, when I get to listen to conservative talk radio. Do I want to carpool with you, you freaking hippy??? NO! And it’s not because I don’t care about the environment. It’s because I don’t want to listen to NPR. Can I please just have 5 minutes of peace and intelligence? NPR stories are so formulaic, what’s the point of even listening to its self-​celebrating, unabashedly one-​sided nonsense? Oh, and I’d rather listen to a five-​hour radio show hosted by Stephen Hawking’s fucking voicebox than listen to Diane Rehm for five minutes.
So what do I get when I move to St. Louis, Missouri, what I assume will be the Republican capital of the U.S. I get FM NewsTalk. Seriously, St. Louis, we can’t do better than this? It kills me. Pretty much everything I’ve heard on there has been utter and total shit, and I’ve listened to it a LOT. For three years. Normally I’m just so excited to be listening to something that remotely resonates with my values that I am almost fooled into liking it, but each day the denial is chipped away by the total horseshit on this station.
Last week I ran an errand midday and was listening to a radio show where the premise, to my understanding, was that the hosts were calling random convenience store clerks and asking them «basic» (horribly-​worded) questions, and then laughing at them when they got them wrong. Someone complained, and the hosts defended their blatant racism and total ignorance on an attempt to «remind the intelligent people that listen to our show that there are unintelligent people out there». The only thing you are doing is making unintelligent people hate you. Intelligent people already know we’re few and far between. No wonder people fucking hate Republicans. If I had tuned into that station for the first time and heard that shit, I would have vomited. How embarrassing for this station, our party, and our city. I mean honestly. Feel free to bask in your conservatism, but you can still be progressive and forward thinking, you damn Hoosiers.
The shit that is on when I have to drive home from work is total and complete nonsense. It’s not political or interesting in any way. It’s just a couple guys talking about literally nothing. Fuck, not even talking. Just laughing. There was one show where they were trying to think of quotes from 80’s movies or something. Like, how painful is it to sit and listen to someone try to remember a movie quote. How can you have a radio show when you have absolutely NOTHING to say? Seriously? How is that possible?
I also seriously can’t stand Dana Loesch or the morning show, but beating a dead horse here.
There are a couple good shows on this station, but they are in the middle of the day. MIDDLE OF THE DAY, people. The Republicans are all at WORK and not listening to the radio.
Please do better. I’m glad you guys exist, but you have to do better. Seriously. For the love of God. Or I’m going to have to go to Top Gun and put myself out of my misery.