Air America Radio, “America’s Progressive Talk Radio Network” and home to Al Franken and Janeane Garofalo, comes to Seattle starting Monday. It’ll be on 1090 AM, most recently the site of “Young Country” KYCW, and previously the longtime frequency of the old KING-AM.

It won’t be on in time to strongly affect the elections here. (Washington ceased to be a “swing state” weeks ago, as evinced by the recent paucity of Presidential campaign commercials on local TV). But, with any luck, it’ll be around long enough to drum up public support for progressive ideals, no matter who’s occupying the seats-O-power.