The thing that interests me least about the radio business is the radio business. But I've had to learn a little bit about it. It's not rocket science: You get ratings, that's good.

6 million although in early July 2007 Coleman's $3. In late May 2008 the Minnesota Republican Party released a letter regarding an article Franken had written for Playboy in 2000 entitled "Porn-O-Rama!". He has conducted several overseas tours to both Iraq and Afghanistan in addition to participating in numerous celebrity handshake tours at military hospitals to visit wounded soldiers.

After a statewide manual recount required because of the closeness of the election Franken was declared the winner by a margin of a few hundred votes. Alan Stuart "Al" Franken (born May 21 1951) is an American politician and the junior United States Senator from Minnesota serving since 2009. Prior to serving in the Senate he was an acclaimed writer and performer for the popular television show Saturday Night Live (SNL) from its conception in 1975 to 1980 returning in 1985 until 1995.