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Air America Founders Seek Their Own Stations
New York Times ^
| April 3, 2006
| Lia Miller
Posted on 04/03/2006 10:21:00 AM PDT by abb
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As Rush always says, the right to speak freely doesn't guarantee the right to be heard....
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posted on
04/03/2006 10:21:02 AM PDT
by
abb
To: abb
Hope they have lots of money to throw down their rat hole.
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posted on
04/03/2006 10:25:40 AM PDT
by
b4its2late
(There are good terrorists.............. DEAD ONES.)
To: abb
So, is it true that AirSCAMerica lost their flagship station?
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posted on
04/03/2006 10:27:36 AM PDT
by
Hoodat
( Silly Dems, AYBABTU.)
To: abb
To: abb
They have to buy some stations to spread their hates because advertizers certainly arent stepping up to the plate to purchase advertizing. Liberal talk radio does NOT sell in America. People do NOT want to hear how terrible their country is.
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posted on
04/03/2006 10:29:20 AM PDT
by
Buffettfan
(VIVA LA MIGRA! - LONG LIVE THE MINUTEMEN!)
To: abb
Air America pays millions to broadcast while Rush & EIB are paid millions to broadcast.
This really confuses Stuart Smalley, enough that he had his yearly salary prepaid.
I'll bet they have to tie a pork chop around their neck too, to get their dog to play with them.
To: abb
More money down the toilet.
They seem to lack two vital aspects to their endeavors.....
Listeners and advertising dollars!
Silly Liberals, talk radio is for winners not losers like Al Frankenfurter.
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posted on
04/03/2006 10:32:42 AM PDT
by
TheForceOfOne
(El Chupacabra spotted near U.S./Mexican border feeding on illegal immigrants. Pass it on..)
To: abb
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posted on
04/03/2006 10:33:10 AM PDT
by
finnman69
(cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestu s globus, inflammare animos)
To: finnman69
Geroge Soros's checks....
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posted on
04/03/2006 10:34:00 AM PDT
by
finnman69
(cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestu s globus, inflammare animos)
To: TexasCajun
I was in St. Louis last week and could not tune in my regular conservative Chicago base station. I stumbled upon Air America and decided to give it a try. The Randy Rhodes Show was on. What a crock! They are so angry that they blow away any chance of any credibility. I could not listen to her mean venom for very long.
To: abb
"Sir, our radio station is failing. Nobody wants to listen to it."
"Well, then, our course of action is obvious: it's time to expand!"
"Sir, that is the exact, polar opposite of what we should be doing. We can't even survive in San Francisco. What makes you think we could survive in places further to the right than San Francisco?"
"The people want to hear our message, that's how! More stations means more people listen!"
"Normally, yes, sir, it does. But we somehow manage to lose listeners every time a new station picks us up. We have theoretical mathematicians working on how that's possible right now."
"Theoretical mathematicians, eh? From which university?"
"I think you misunderstood, sir. The mathematicians themselves are theoretical. We can't afford to hire any."
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posted on
04/03/2006 10:39:52 AM PDT
by
Gordongekko909
(I know. Let's cut his WHOLE BODY off.)
To: abb
Note to potential sellers: get ALL the money at the time of sale. Anything that doesn't come across the table that day somehow, for many and varied and unusual and against surprisingly low odds but perfectly understandable, never will.
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posted on
04/03/2006 10:41:49 AM PDT
by
jiggyboy
(Ten percent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
To: abb
started the new company with Dr. Michael Newcomb
Guess his doctorate isn't in economics.
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posted on
04/03/2006 10:44:05 AM PDT
by
A Balrog of Morgoth
(With fire, sword, and stinging whip I drive the RINOs in terror before me.)
To: b4its2late
Hah--if they're like the rest of Air America, they'll just write checks, regardless of whether there's money to cover them. Best to hope that the sellers make don't take a bath on these deals.
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posted on
04/03/2006 10:44:13 AM PDT
by
MizSterious
(Anonymous sources often means "the voices in my head told me.")
To: abb
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posted on
04/03/2006 10:47:08 AM PDT
by
SittinYonder
(That's how I saw it, and see it still.)
To: MizSterious
Good point. True on the rubber checks for sure....
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posted on
04/03/2006 10:49:37 AM PDT
by
b4its2late
(There are good terrorists.............. DEAD ONES.)
To: Hoodat
WLIB, Air America's flagship station in NYC was bailed out at the nearly the last minute by leftists with more money than sense, as usual. They also leased out some of their facilities to the new feminist network. It ended up being only a few month reprieve, as even leftists eventually get tired of throwing their money down a hole. It appears that they think they'll have advertisers by then ( Ha ).
This "radical" plan is nothing new. They looked at buying stations for AA outright at first, but found the idea as cost prohibitive. Their final decision on buying stations was to get their network out there, then after it turned profitable start buying stations. I guess the Drobnys decided to skip that last step.
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posted on
04/03/2006 10:55:00 AM PDT
by
Hillarys Gate Cult
(The man who said "there's no such thing as a stupid question" has never talked to Helen Thomas.)
To: jaydubya2
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posted on
04/03/2006 11:07:55 AM PDT
by
jwalburg
(If I have not seen as far as others, it is because of the giants standing on my shoulders.)
To: jiggyboy
Err Amerika has got to be *the* laughingstock of the industry. A seller would have to be certifiably insane to hand over the keys to the station before the check clears....
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posted on
04/03/2006 11:12:12 AM PDT
by
Cyber Liberty
(© 2006, Ravin' Lunatic since 4/98)
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