The Cascadia Advocate is written by the staff, board, and contributors of the Northwest Progressive Institute, a regionally focused nonprofit working from Washington, Oregon, & Idaho to constructively transform our world through insightful research and imaginative advocacy.
NPI was founded in August 2003 and is based in Redmond, Washington.
| Excerpt: | Longtime right wing talk radio host Dori Monson died suddenly this weekend of an unspecified condition after being hospitalized, his employer Bonneville Seattle announced on its website today. Monson was sixty-one. |
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| Published at: | 5:48 PM on Sunday, January 1st, 2023 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Media & Culture |
| Other Tags: | Obituaries |
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| Excerpt: | For decades, Rush Limbaugh heaped abuse on people as a syndicated practitioner of hate speech. Now he's gone. His contemporaries in right wing media are now trying to memorialize a Rush who never existed. |
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| Published at: | 8:00 PM on Thursday, February 18th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Categories: | Media & Culture |
| Other Tags: | Obituaries |
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| Excerpt: | Read NPI's tribute to the world's longest-running dance music station, based in Seattle at Nathan Hale High School. |
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| Published at: | 9:30 AM on Monday, January 25th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Media & Culture |
| Other Tags: | Music |
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| Excerpt: | With bad news in abundance these days, it’s always a relief when we have good news to share. And we have some really good news to pass along and celebrate: Seattle is gaining a new independent media outlet that will air progressive news and views over our publicly owned airwaves. KODX-LP 96.9 FM will be […] |
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| Published at: | 8:52 PM on Tuesday, October 3rd, 2017 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Media & Culture |
| Tags: | Radio |
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| Excerpt: | A major victory for media diversity and independent journalism has been won today with the news that Pacific Lutheran University has agreed to sell NPR affiliate KPLU to the nonprofit group Friends of 88.5 FM, which successfully raised $7 million in the span of just a few months to keep the station independent. The just-announced […] |
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| Published at: | 3:12 PM on Tuesday, June 28th, 2016 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Breaking News, Media & Culture |
| Other Tags: | Future of Journalism, Media Ownership |
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| Excerpt: | Last week, as we reported a few days ago, Clear Channel pulled the plug on progressive talk radio in Portland, converting AM 620 KPOJ (“Portland’s Progressive Talk”) to a Fox Sports affiliate after more than eight years of serving as a home for popular hosts like Thom Hartmann, Ed Schultz, Randi Rhodes, Norman Goldman, Rachel […] |
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| Published at: | 4:11 PM on Friday, November 16th, 2012 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Media & Culture |
| Other Tags: | Media Ownership in the Pacific Northwest |
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| Excerpt: | Let’s keep the pressure on! Another station has just canceled Rush: AM 1420 WBEC [Pittsfield, Massachusetts] releases statement regarding the removal of Rush Limbaugh from the airwaves Due to the inappropriate remarks made by Rush Limbaugh regarding Sandra Fluke, the management of AM 1420 WBEC has made the decision to remove the Rush Limbaugh Show […] |
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| Published at: | 4:41 PM on Tuesday, March 6th, 2012 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Economic Security, Media & Culture, Policy Topics |
| Other Tags: | Ethical Business |
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| Excerpt: | Let’s hope that they’re just the first of many: New West Broadcasting announced today that it is discontinuing the Rush Limbaugh program on KPUA AM 670 in Hilo, Hawaii effective immediately. Chris Leonard, President and General Manager of New West released the following statement this morning: “We have always encouraged spirited discussion about national and […] |
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| Published at: | 1:49 PM on Monday, March 5th, 2012 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Media & Culture |
| Tags: | Radio |
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