Politics > Politics-USA > Liberal radio network down to 1 major city (I guess they don't understand capitalism)
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21 Apr 2004 05:42:45 PM |
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Liberal radio network down to 1 major city (I guess they don't understand capitalism) |
In a free society you need to PAY your bills!!
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Liberal radio network down to 1 major city
New York only Top 10 market for struggling, new Air America
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Al Franken of Air America
Despite a court order to return the all-liberal radio network to
Chicago, it appears the Windy City won't have Air America by the end
of this month, leaving New York City as the sole Top 10 market for the
fledgling company.
The Chicago Tribune reports Air America will cease broadcasting over
WNTD-AM in Chicago April 30, and will remain off the air for now in
Los Angeles, where it was yanked from KBLA-AM last week by station
owner Multicultural News Radio.
Los Angeles and Chicago are the nation's No. 2 and 3 media markets
respectively, according to ratings service Arbitron.
Besides No. 1 market New York, Air America's next largest region is
No. 16 Minneapolis, with other affiliates in Portland, Ore.,
Riverside, Calif., West Palm Beach, Fla., Key West, Fla., Chapel Hill,
N.C.,and Plattsburgh/Burlington on the New York-Vermont border.
Programming also can be heard on XM Satellite Radio as well as the
Internet, and the company says "coming soon" markets include No. 4 San
Francisco.
Air America features liberal personalities including comic and author
Al Franken and actress Janeane Garofalo, and was floated as an
alternative to conservative radio talent such as Rush Limbaugh,
Michael Savage and Sean Hannity.
As WorldNetDaily reported last week, the network was silenced in both
L.A. and Chicago during a payments dispute with Multicultural Radio,
which alleged Air America had bounced checks, a charge strongly denied
by the liberal network.
A Chicago source familiar with the situation told the Tribune "a
Multicultural representative showed up at WNTD's offices, ... kicked
out Air America's lone staffer overseeing the network's feed to the
station from New York, switched over to a Spanish-language feed, and
changed the locks on the doors."
Air America has since won a court order to return it to the air in
Chicago, but yesterday said that it would stop broadcasting on WNTD at
the end of this month as it reached a deal with Multicultural.
"We are pleased that we reached a negotiated settlement," said David
Goodfriend, executive vice president of Air America, in a brief
statement.
"We've been vindicated," Gene Heinemeyer, general manager of
Multicultural's New York stations told the Tribune. "It was a dark day
in radio for what they did."
Air America isn't giving up on Chicago, however, and is reportedly in
preliminary talks with another station, WONX-AM.
"If their money is green and there's enough of it, OK," station owner
Frank Kovas, a self-described political conservative, told the
Tribune.
Industry analysts say Air America definitely has an uphill battle in
reaching financial success in broadcasting.
"The liberal talkers are not only battling the conservatives for air
time, they are up against the sports talkers, on-air counselors,
medical advisers, computer talk geeks and so on," writes Jeffrey
McCall, professor of communication arts and sciences at DePauw
University in Indiana. "This is a tough party to crash."
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| User: "John Fraude Kerry" |
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| Title: Re: Liberal radio network down to 1 major city (I guess they don't understand capitalism) |
21 Apr 2004 06:01:08 PM |
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"Johnny Buffalo" <Kipower@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:94a6979e.0404211442.6773fe38@posting.google.com...
Industry analysts say Air America definitely has an uphill battle in
reaching financial success in broadcasting.
Yes, as Rush Limbaugh has pointed out repeatedly. Few people want to listen
to whining liberal Democrats.
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| User: "SnowAngel" |
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| Title: Re: Liberal radio network down to 1 major city (I guess they don't understand capitalism) |
21 Apr 2004 09:38:20 PM |
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"John Fraude Kerry" <DemScum@DNC.net> wrote in message news:<U2Dhc.17902$l75.16258@newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net>...
"Johnny Buffalo" <Kipower@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:94a6979e.0404211442.6773fe38@posting.google.com...
Industry analysts say Air America definitely has an uphill battle in
reaching financial success in broadcasting.
Yes, as Rush Limbaugh has pointed out repeatedly. Few people want to listen
to whining liberal Democrats.
This is so true. I tried listening today and I couldn't stand it.
But I did get some good info from a commercial. They were saying that
the book 'Run the Other Way' by Bill Hillsman should not be read. That
pretty much tells me that it should be read. It's all about the
politcal process of both parties. Check it out.
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| User: "Tom Aldrich" |
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22 Apr 2004 04:11:18 AM |
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Al Franken of Air America
I don't care what Al Franken represents, how anyone can sit and listen to him is
beyond me.
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| User: "anybody-but-bush" |
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22 Apr 2004 08:13:36 AM |
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"Tom Aldrich" <TomAlrich@usenetserver.com> wrote in message
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Al Franken of Air America
I don't care what Al Franken represents, how anyone can sit and listen to
him is
beyond me.
You just keep saying that to yourself Tommy. It will all be over soon.
www.airamericaradio.com
Empowering liberals all over the world.
Learn how to rip Tommy a new one LISTEN
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| User: "Aaurus" |
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22 Apr 2004 09:44:10 AM |
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Liberal radio network down to 1 major city
And, as luck would have it, that city has to be mine. Aren't I lucky? hehehe
As WorldNetDaily reported last week, the network was silenced in both
L.A. and Chicago during a payments dispute with Multicultural Radio,
which alleged Air America had bounced checks, a charge strongly denied
by the liberal network.
This is almost TOO predictable! I'm almost wondering if it's a marketing
gimmick!
Industry analysts say Air America definitely has an uphill battle in
reaching financial success in broadcasting.
This is because they're going about it in a completely backward fashion. The
conservatives who have made it big in talk radio didn't do so because of any
coordinated effort to get conservative viewpoints onto the radio. In fact,
there have been some successful liberal hosts in certain markets; but they,
too, were a product of their entertainment value, not from some agenda. If
more liberals wanted to listen to talk radio, more liberal hosts would simply
develop purely from the ratings factor. Liberal constituants generally would
rather listen to music stations than the intellectual stimulation of talk
radio. Nothing wrong with that. Know thy place.
-James
http://www.uncampaign.com
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| User: "Tempest" |
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21 Apr 2004 07:48:26 PM |
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Johnny Buffalo wrote:
In a free society you need to PAY your bills!!
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MEDIA MATTERS
Liberal radio network down to 1 major city
New York only Top 10 market for struggling, new Air America
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Al Franken of Air America
Despite a court order to return the all-liberal radio network to
Chicago, it appears the Windy City won't have Air America by the end
of this month, leaving New York City as the sole Top 10 market for the
fledgling company.
The Chicago Tribune reports Air America will cease broadcasting over
WNTD-AM in Chicago April 30, and will remain off the air for now in
Los Angeles, where it was yanked from KBLA-AM last week by station
owner Multicultural News Radio.
Los Angeles and Chicago are the nation's No. 2 and 3 media markets
respectively, according to ratings service Arbitron.
Besides No. 1 market New York, Air America's next largest region is
No. 16 Minneapolis, with other affiliates in Portland, Ore.,
Riverside, Calif., West Palm Beach, Fla., Key West, Fla., Chapel Hill,
N.C.,and Plattsburgh/Burlington on the New York-Vermont border.
Programming also can be heard on XM Satellite Radio as well as the
Internet, and the company says "coming soon" markets include No. 4 San
Francisco.
Air America features liberal personalities including comic and author
Al Franken and actress Janeane Garofalo, and was floated as an
alternative to conservative radio talent such as Rush Limbaugh,
Michael Savage and Sean Hannity.
As WorldNetDaily reported last week, the network was silenced in both
L.A. and Chicago during a payments dispute with Multicultural Radio,
which alleged Air America had bounced checks, a charge strongly denied
by the liberal network.
A Chicago source familiar with the situation told the Tribune "a
Multicultural representative showed up at WNTD's offices, ... kicked
out Air America's lone staffer overseeing the network's feed to the
station from New York, switched over to a Spanish-language feed, and
changed the locks on the doors."
Air America has since won a court order to return it to the air in
Chicago, but yesterday said that it would stop broadcasting on WNTD at
the end of this month as it reached a deal with Multicultural.
"We are pleased that we reached a negotiated settlement," said David
Goodfriend, executive vice president of Air America, in a brief
statement.
"We've been vindicated,"
In other words, "thanks to Bush, we can commit illegal business
practices and get away with it".
Gene Heinemeyer, general manager of
Multicultural's New York stations told the Tribune. "It was a dark day
in radio for what they did."
Air America isn't giving up on Chicago, however, and is reportedly in
preliminary talks with another station, WONX-AM.
"If their money is green and there's enough of it, OK," station owner
Frank Kovas, a self-described political conservative, told the
Tribune.
Industry analysts say Air America definitely has an uphill battle in
reaching financial success in broadcasting.
"The liberal talkers are not only battling the conservatives for air
time, they are up against the sports talkers, on-air counselors,
medical advisers, computer talk geeks and so on," writes Jeffrey
McCall, professor of communication arts and sciences at DePauw
University in Indiana. "This is a tough party to crash."
--
"The tyranny of a prince is not so dangerous to the public welfare as
the apathy of a citizen in a democracy."
- Baron de Montesquieu, 1748
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