Air America Listener

email from Air America | Sept. 21, 2005 | Danny Goldberg, CEO

[FastCoyote]

Dear Air America Radio Listener,

When we launched the Air America Radio network one year ago, the country was being talked to death by conservative zealots like Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Bill O'Reilly, and others. Right Wing radio saturated every media market and every community – a dominance of the airwaves that has been a huge part of what allowed the Right Wing to:

Drag America into the Iraq war. Open up the Arctic National Refuge for oil drilling. Take over both houses of Congress. And, of course, win the 2004 Presidential election. Rather than wait for the Right Wing to run out of breath, we launched Air America Radio to give the country back its voice. Thanks to listeners like you, we have a presence on 70 stations covering 60% of U.S. media markets. Air America Radio currently offers 15 shows and runs 24 hours a day of entertaining – at times irreverent – but always enlightening programming.

To continue this great success story and start shaping the national debate the way that Right Wing talk radio does every day, we've got to reach into every community in this country. We know we can’t achieve this next stage of growth without significant help from you, our loyal listeners.

We’ve also been asked on many occasions by our listeners how they can help out. Today we are launching a new program called AIR AMERICA ASSOCIATES that gives you the opportunity to do just that.

http://airamericaradio.com/associates

As an Air America Associate, you are a member of a special group of listeners who support Air America Radio and are dedicated to building the Air America community. When you sign up, we will send you a packet of bumper stickers to remind you that your job as an Associate is to spread the word about Air America Radio to other progressives in your workplace, your family, and your neighborhood.

Also, as an Air America Associate, you'll be kept informed of events in your area and receive a monthly Associates insider newsletter with backstage news from our shows and our headquarters. And in time, when we launch our paid services, as an Associate you will be eligible for special discounts for premium content.

Rush Limbaugh didn't take over our airwaves by himself – he had an army of "dittoheads" behind him. We will never reach the same critical mass that he has without our listeners helping us as well. So, please become an Air America Associate today by clicking here:

http://airamericaradio.com/associates

Thank you very much for your support,

Danny Goldberg Air America Radio CEO

[FastCoyote]

I thought all you Air America Listeners would enjoy the hint of desperation in this call to the last lemmings to jump while there's still time.

[Billthedrill]

Hope he brought enough bumper stickers for the kiddies. They're his biggest supporters...

[ladyinred]

Yep I was listening that day that Rush dragged us into Iraq were you? It was just an railroad job by that right wing nutcake! :-)

[GW and Twins Pawpaw]

If their message is so great why are they having such financial trouble? Could it be because the Right earneth and the left sucketh it away?

[BurbankErnie]

HA HA HA

Please Donate Money so we can pay Al Franken.

HA HA HA

[cmsgop]

Damn The Marketplace, GIVE US YOUR MONEY YOU IDIOTS, OR RUSH WILL SHOOT YOUR KIDS !!!!!

[finnman69]

Now this is funny, $50 gets you THREE bumperstickers. BWAHAHAHAHAH

$50 Get three I’m Building Air America Radio bumper stickers.

$100 Get three I’m Building Air America Radio bumper stickers, plus the stylish tote

$250 Get three I’m Building Air America Radio bumper stickers, the stylish AAR tote plus personal thanks on AirAmericaRadio.com

[digger48]

Lying liars, lying to their lying listeners.

[bray]

Shouldn't they be sending some of those cool bumper stickers to the Orphanage they robbed??

Pray for W and Our Freedom Winning Troops

[A CA Guy]

Did they give that ill gotten money back to that kid's charity yet or are they still keeping it?

[Mark]

Rush Limbaugh didn't take over our airwaves by himself – he had an army of "dittoheads" behind him.

I'm pretty sure that Air Amerca has at least a squad of "dildoheads".

[Ditto]

LOL. Don't you love it when the enemy has to grovel?

[MNJohnnie]

Dear Danny, When you scam $850,000 from a Boys and Girls club chapter to prop up your pathetic Hate American radio station, the bottom is out of the barrel. I would not even pee on you if you were on fire. Rot in hell scum.

[MinuteGal]

Hah! This is like the Titanic's staff announcing discounts for the next cruise.

Leni

[Chickensoup]

Did Limbaugh do beg spots during the beginnings of his career? I dont recall any.

[Rocky]

Yeah, I'm sure Rush made appeals for support from his listeners.

There's a difference between "dittohead" and "useful idiot", one which Air America management can probably not appreciate.

[ianschwartz]

Looks like they're getting really, really, really, really, really, really desperate.

[rock58seg]

No! But I think he recently suggested that they start asking for donations, ala NPR.

[rock58seg]

Now I remember it had to do with a California station or owner he used to work for, who could not sell advertising because of carrying errAmerica.

[Larry Lucido]

We will never reach the same critical mass that he has without our listeners helping us as well.

Let me fix that.

"We will never reach the same critical mass that he has."

There, that's better.